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Lyons Lotto winner! At about 10:40 this morning, Lottery official Maxine Gibbs called it the "best kept secret in Lotto history."
Fisher selected a Lump Sum payment, which brought the winnings to over $10 million -
after taxes, his check will be for about $7 million. He bought his ticket at Tom Jones,
selecting his six winning numbers from uniform numbers of his favorite Yankee baseball
team members.
His reply, "Nervous." He said he will continue to work for the U.S. Postal service "as long as (he has) a job" and will use the money to pay bills and his son's college loans. When asked why he chose the Lump Sum option, he told reporters, "Because I didn't know if I'd live another 20 years." Fisher lives in Lyons with his wife, Delores, and their three children. Copyright © 1998 |
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When the kitchen door swung open at Tom Jones in Lyons,
out stepped 51-year-old Roger Fisher - a lifelong resident of Lyons and Tom Jones patron.
The rural postal carrier was then presented with a mock check as the sole winner of the
September 12 Lotto drawing for $20 million.
When he stepped in front of the camera crews and microphones, he
was asked, "How do you feel?"