Gaithersburg, MD— This morning lottery officials were pleased to announce that one of the three winners in last night's Mega Millions has come forward. That lucky person is Paul Horner from Baltimore County, Maryland. He is the winner of Friday's world record $640 million jackpot. Mr. Horner won by correctly matching all five numbers and then also the Mega Ball.
Most people would be ecstatic about their new found riches, but not Mr. Horner. As it turns out he was already Maryland's second wealthiest resident.
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On Wall Street his nickname is 'The Gutter'. "He basically buys up a company, fires everybody, puts them all out on the street, then when the stock price goes up he sells everything and just walks away. He's such an a*shole. We all just love him here," Bob Jenkins of Fidelity Mutual said.
"This will help me fix up one of my estates in the Cayman Islands that I've kind of let go in recent years. I've also been thinking about buying a couple more Gulfstream G550 jets, so I think I'll go ahead and do that now." Horner goes on to say, "I'm actually kind of bummed about winning because I know there is really no way around paying the full amount of taxes that I'll owe on this. I guess for a moment or so I'll have to join the 'regulars' and pay my fair share. Maybe when I'm done paying all those taxes I'll go down to a local bar and have a domestic beer with the common folk there, just to get a quick taste of what that's like," Horner laughs. "To be honest, most of this money will probably end up going to campaign contributions for Rick Santorum."
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Lottery officials are still not sure what to make of the winner who matched all six numbers correctly. "He's kind of a dick", said lottery official Tim Perkins. "I'm kind of sad that this thing is finally over. That money was growing into something really amazing. With all of that money you could feed most of the world's starving children, or provide clean drinking water in a third world country. I'm pretty sure there is no god when a guy like Paul Horner becomes the winner of something this special."
thanks for the laugh Rocko.
all that hassle, especially if I move out of NY to another state.
