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Man 'Accused' of Winning Lottery
In the face of coworkers' accusations that he's trying to hoard their collective winnings, a New Jersey man insists he didn't win $58.9 million in the lottery.
Originally posted Monday April 29, 2002 08:54 AM EDT
How unlucky can one guy get? Angelito Marquez, a nurse's aide, is fighting off accusations from 19 of his coworkers who say he collected their money for a lottery pool and now is trying to keep the $58.9 million booty for himself, the New York Times reports. Marquez, who lives in Union, N.J., denies that he bought a winning ticket in the April 16 seven-state, $331 million Big Game jackpot drawing. His coworkers from the Newark Extended Care Facility, who say they anted up $2 to $5 each for Marquez to buy the tickets, have hired a lawyer and appealed to New Jersey lottery officials over the ticket, one of three to win the prize, the paper reports. (A Georgia woman claimed one of the prizes; another winner, in Illinois, has not yet gone public.) New Jersey lottery spokesman Steven Restivo told the Times that the winner's name will be released, but declined to say when. He also wouldn't say whether Marquez is the lucky winner. The only information about the winner, who bought the ticket at the 1-2-3 Food Mart in Hillside, N.J., is that it was a man in his 40s or 50s, storeowner Amit Ghetia told the Times, though he qualified that by saying he wasn't sure. Marquez is in his late 20s -- but, the paper notes, he could have sent a friend or relative to claim the prize. At least one person hopes Marquez is the one: "They're very nice neighbors; I could not wish for anyone better," Irvena Hartjen, 94, one of his neighbors, told the Times.
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