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Article: Groups win in lottery
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2008
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Pooling their money to buy lottery tickets has benefited two
local groups recently.
For 99 members of the Dubuque Boat Club, winning a $10,000 Hot
Lotto drawing means each member will get about $71, according to the
Iowa Lottery. Although the winners claimed their prize on March 17,
they actually won it nine months ago.
Joseph McPoland, of Sherrill, Iowa, bought the winning ticket for
the group at Granada Enterprises on U.S. 52 North in July.
"I found out practically the next day (that the ticket was a
winner). They said I had up to a year to claim (the prize), so I
thought now was a good time to do it," McPoland said.
A group of 13 co-workers at Maquoketa (Iowa) Web Printing claim
to have a ...