Millionaire U.S. Rep. wins lottery again

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    MILWAUKEE - U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, already a millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, is on a lucky streak. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $250,000 jackpot in the District of Columbia lottery. Then, last spring, he won $1,000 prize in the Wisconsin lottery, and he won another $1,000 in that lottery last week.

    "I got lucky," Sensenbrenner said.

    Sensenbrenner, 64, was born into a family that helped build Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kleenex tissue and Scott paper towels, and he recently reported a net worth of about $11.6 million. He said he spends about $10 a week on lottery tickets.

    The latest winnings came in a Super 2nd Chance drawing, in which people who mail in at least $5 in losing tickets vie for 10 $1,000 prizes each week. Lottery officials put the odds of winning just one time at 1 in 5,000.


    Source: yahoo
     
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  2. linkmistress

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    Dam I can't win a pet if it was raining cats and dogs!!!
     
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    What a lucky guy! Man I wish I have even 0.05% of his luck.
     
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    Bah, yeah he got lucky. I don't do lottery, I like to watch people waist their money on them :p :D
     
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    fabriciogr Active Member

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    bahh... some people are just so lucky..

    the most i ever won was a teddy bear at a state fair about 20 years ago...
     
    fabriciogr, Sep 8, 2007 IP
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    lol "i got lucky" that's the best quote.
     
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    lol sooo unfair.
     
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    Lucky? If you spend $40000 a month on lotteries you will win.
     
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    Wow, thats crazy, the best Ive ever got was you owe us $20.00 lol
     
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    hilarious. i don't think i even won more then $100 on a scratch ticket. and i sure had my fair share.
     
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    The rich get richer
     
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    100% agree. But like he said, 'he got lucky'.
     
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    yea,i play the lotto and im always 1 number off from winning anything..some have all the luck,then theres me.. :)
     
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    damn u wish i was as lucky as that guy. i play lotorry in the UK, and havent won anything for over 2 years now. haha
     
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    This sounds like the lottery was rigged. What is the mathematical probability of a U.S. Rep winning the lotto more than once? It has to be in the gazillions. I think there should be an investigation.
     
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    I never win the lotto
     
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    Jeez, for a second there I thought I was going to be the first person to express doubt about the veracity of this situation.

    There should DEFINITELY be an investigation. The odds of him winning are just too small, esp. 3 times and even if it is only $1,000 for the last 2.

    He should have been investigated back in '97 when he won the first time - a state congressman winning that state's lottery? Bad.
     
    heinlein99, Sep 11, 2007 IP