Updated lottery: Davie man is $900,000 winner
(Updated from Tuesday)
The Florida Lottery announced Thursday the winner of $900,000, who matched all four numbers plus the Megaball in Tuesday's Mega Money drawing. It got lost in the big news of the $189 million Powerball winner.
Howard Kemp, 56, of Davie won the $900,000 jackpot.
The numbers were 02 - 06 - 12 - 33 and the Megaball was 17.
(As I posted earlier, I'm a basketball guy, so No. 2 is Larry Johnson, No. 6 is Julius Erving, No. 12 is Dwight Howard or John Stockton, No. 33 is Larry Bird, and No. 17 is John Havlicek. Pretty good team.)
The winning ticket was sold at Nova Royal Mart, 3690 SW 64th Ave. in Davie. The retailer will receive a bonus incentive of $3,000 for selling the jackpot winning ticket.
Lottery officials said Kemp chose to take a lump-sum payment of $640,254.60.
Kemp plans to use the cash to pay off his Davie home and retire on his 40-acre property in Madison, according to officials. (Apparently he declined to have his photo taken; state Sunshine laws dictate only that a winner's name, age and hometown be released. From there on, it's up to the individual.)
While I wish that money would stay here in Broward, I gotta say live well, Mr. Kemp. Enjoy.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
