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9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot
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by RayBanBro66 | October 5, 2008 at 11:16 am
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9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpotThe Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roswell, N.M., is usually more associated with little green men than with greenbacks.
But nine residents brought different attention to the town Friday when they claimed a Powerball jackpot worth more than $200 million.
Holly Baldwin bought the tickets at a gas station two hours before the Sept. 27 drawing. Her group decided to take a lump payment of more than $100 million.
Fellow winner Ron Miller says they will invest most of the money and set up a charity trust.
The winning numbers were 13, 24, 29, 40 and 52, with 29 as the Powerball number. The $206.9 million jackpot is New Mexico's largest lottery sum ever and the 15th-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Roswell is best known as the site of a rumored UFO crash in the '40s.
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at 11:22 on October 5th, 2008
wonder how many of the 9 are aliens
and I don't mean illegals from mexico
at 12:45 on October 5th, 2008
Seems Roswell is a luckier place for humans that it is for aliens!
at 16:16 on October 5th, 2008
The same thought entered my mind Jim....
at 23:59 on January 3rd, 2009
I babysit for Holly Baldwin, on of the 9 winners, and I can honestly say that she is a great woman and has put her money to good use. The nine winners were Holly and Carl Baldwin, Ron and Cindy Miller, Ryan and Nicole Miller, Kevin and Jessica Breedyk, and Ron Miller. I know all of them personally and the answer to the alien question is none of them. It is just a tall tale people tell. Thanks for taking interest in them!