Local Pictures
Classified Ads
Obituaries
Sports
Forms
 Announce Births
 Engagements
 Weddings
Email Us
Buy A Copy
Schools
Communities
Local Links

click here to
SUBSCRIBE
to
The Daily
Standard
Newspaper

 

[ PREVIOUS STORIES ]

10-14-03: St. Henry Lottery prize claimed

By SHELLEY GRIESHOP
sgrieshop@dailystandard.com

The winner(s) of the Super Lotto Plus ticket purchased in St. Henry last month came forward Friday to claim the $3.7 million pot.
However, the identity of the new millionaire(s) may stay a well-kept secret. Lottery officials say the money was claimed through a blind trust in order to keep the winner(s) anonymous.
The winning ticket was purchased via random pick at Gels IGA Market in St. Henry. Grocery store owner Charlie Gels will receive $10,500 for selling the lucky ticket.
The $3,753,750, after taxes, has been deposited in the J.A. Falcon Trust, said lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane Seckers. The trust is being handled by attorney Roger Whitaker of Columbus who will receive $1 as compensation for his services as a trustee, according to the trust agreement.
A phone call this morning to Whitaker — in an attempt to find out if the winner was a local resident — was not returned at deadline today.
Gels said, for an earlier story, his store was visited frequently by Eldora race fans the week prior to the drawing, leaving speculation that the winner could be from out of state.
The anonymous Lotto winner(s) shared the overall $21 million jackpot in the Super Lotto Plus drawing Sept. 24 with a husband and wife from Ottawa, where the other ticket was purchased. The couple, David and Esther Niese, held a press conference at the Lottery regional office in Toledo on Sept. 29.
The cash option was chosen by both winning ticket holders, Kilbane Seckers said. The winning numbers were 3, 30, 37, 39, 42, 46 and bonus ball, 22.
Winners are allotted 180 days to validate their tickets at regional offices throughout Ohio.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY STANDARD

Phone: (419)586-2371,   Fax: (419)586-6271
All content copyright 2003
The Standard Printing Company
P.O. Box 140, Celina, OH 45822