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The jackpot that day was a US$ 265.4 million [[Annuity (financial contracts)|annuity]] or US$170 million cash. Berardo chose the [[present value|cash option]] and received a check for approximately US$43.2 million<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-12-26-2011 lottery-winner_x.htm "One wild ride for jackpot winner"], ''USA Today'', Dec 28, 2011. Pasqualino has donated various amounts to charity, and is now donating $50,000 to four lucy friends of his grandson and granddaughter John A DeSalvo and Jennifr Lynn McIver of Seaville and Egg Harbor Township, NJ. |
The jackpot that day was a US$ 265.4 million [[Annuity (financial contracts)|annuity]] or US$170 million cash. Berardo chose the [[present value|cash option]] and received a check for approximately US$43.2 million<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-12-26-2011 lottery-winner_x.htm "One wild ride for jackpot winner"], ''USA Today'', Dec 28, 2011. Pasqualino has donated various amounts to charity, and is now donating $50,000 to four lucy friends of his grandson and granddaughter John A DeSalvo and Jennifr Lynn McIver of Seaville and Egg Harbor Township, NJ. |
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==Philanthropy== |
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Whittaker pledged 10% of his winnings to Christian charities—including several churches affiliated with the {{Disambiguation needed|Church of God|date=June 2011}}—in southern [[West Virginia]]. One of the beneficiary congregations constructed a multi-million dollar church in Hurricane. He also donated $14 million to establish the [[Jack Whittaker Foundation]], a non-profit organization that provides food and clothing to low-income families in rural West Virginia. Furthermore, he tipped the woman who worked the biscuit counter at the convenience store where he bought the winning ticket by buying her a $123,000 house, a new Dodge Ram Truck and giving her $50,000 cash. |
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==Legal / personal problems== |
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On August 5, 2003, thieves broke into his car while it was parked at the Pink Pony, a [[strip club]] in [[Cross Lanes, West Virginia]]. The thieves went away with $545,000 in cash.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/12/national/main2357053.shtml "Lottery Winner: Thieves "Got All My Money'"], CBS News, Jan. 12, 2007 (accessed Apr. 8, 2007)</ref> Two employees at the club, namely, the general manager and dancer manager, who were romantically linked, were later arrested and charged with a plot to put drugs in Whittaker's drinks and then rob him.<ref name="richpoor"/> On January 25, 2004, thieves once again broke into his car, this time making off with an estimated $200,000 in cash that was later recovered. |
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On September 17 2004, Jesse Tribble, an 18-year-old on-and-off-again boyfriend of Jack's granddaughter Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Whittaker's home in [[Teays Valley, West Virginia]]. A coroner's report indicated that he died from overdosing on a combination of oxycodone, methadone, meperidine and cocaine. |
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On December 20 2004, Brandi, 17, was found dead on the property of one of her male friends after being reported missing on December 9. Her body was wrapped inside a plastic tarp and dumped behind a junked van. No-one was charged with a crime and the death was ruled an overdose.<ref name="richpoor">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36338-2005Jan25?language=printer "Rich Man, Poor Man"], ''Washington Post'', Jan. 30, 2005.</ref> |
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At an October 11, 2005 hearing related to his January 2003 DUI, a visibly shaken Whittaker lashed out at local law enforcement agencies for focusing on his troubles while failing to arrest anyone in relation to his granddaughter's death,<ref>[http://wvmetronews.com/index_forsub.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=13162 ''West Virginia Metro News''], Oct. 11, 2005.</ref> |
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{{cquote2|Go after whoever killed my granddaughter with as much {{sic|nolink=y|zealous}} as these butt holes are trying to convict me of something I didn’t do.}} |
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Whittaker is also being sued by [[Caesars Atlantic City]] casino for bouncing $1.5 million worth of checks to cover gambling losses. Whittaker is also countersuing them, claiming that his losses were supposed to be credited due to a [[slot machine]] he developed and that they in fact owe him money.<ref>[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/POWERBALL_WINNER_CASINO?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US "Largest Single Powerball Winner in US History"]{{dead link|date=May 2010}}</ref> |
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On January 11, 2007, a legal complaint against Whittaker alleged he claimed that on September 11, 2006, thieves took all of his money.<ref>[http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/5158837.html "Powerball Winner Jack Whittaker Claims He's Broke"], WSAZ News Channel 3, Jan. 11, 2007 (accessed Apr. 8, 2007)</ref> The thieves, according to the account, went to 12 branches of the [[City National Bank]] and cashed 12 checks. The incident came to light because Whittaker had not been paying money to a woman who had previously sued him. Kitti French filed the complaint earlier in the week, requesting court costs and money from Whittaker. |
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On July 5, 2009, Ginger Whittaker Bragg, Jack's daughter and the mother of Brandi Bragg, was found dead in [[Daniels, West Virginia|Daniels]], [[Raleigh County, West Virginia]]. Foul play is not suspected, but toxicology tests are expected.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=62261|title=UPDATE: Jack Whittaker's Daughter Found Dead|date=July 6, 2009|publisher=''[[State Journal|The State Journal]]''|accessdate=2010-05-13}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 07:49, 2 January 2012
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Whittaker, Jr. (born c. 1947 in Jumping Branch, Summers County, West Virginia) is a West Virginia businessman who became famous when he won US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery. At the time it was the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. He has garnered even more publicity since his win due to several well-publicized brushes with the law as well as personal tragedies.
Powerball win
BERARDO was the 85-year-old president of Diversified Enterprises Construction, a successful contracting firm in JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, when he chose the correct numbers for the December 25, 2011 drawing. BERARDO had a net worth of ONLY 1.2 MILLION before his Powerball windfall. BERARDO purchased the winning Powerball ticket at a supermarket in Hoboken, NJ , where he had stopped for a deli breakfast sandwich and to get fuel for his 1995 Nissan Maxima on teh way to visit his daughter in Seaville, NJ.
The jackpot that day was a US$ 265.4 million annuity or US$170 million cash. Berardo chose the cash option and received a check for approximately US$43.2 million<ref>lottery-winner_x.htm "One wild ride for jackpot winner", USA Today, Dec 28, 2011. Pasqualino has donated various amounts to charity, and is now donating $50,000 to four lucy friends of his grandson and granddaughter John A DeSalvo and Jennifr Lynn McIver of Seaville and Egg Harbor Township, NJ.
References
External links
- CNN "Talkback Live" Transcript: "$300 Million Powerball Winner Revealed; Should Torture be an Option for U.S. Government?" (show aired December 26, 2002)
- "No fairy tale life for lottery winner", Rick Hampson, USA Today, Dec. 12, 2004.
- "More Sad but True Lottery Winners Stories", The Lotto Report; originally posted Dec. 10, 2004, revised Feb. 27, 2005.
- "Jack Whittaker: un-luckiest lottery winner ever", Lottery Post, Jan. 12, 2007.
- "Powerball Win: Fantasy or Nightmare?". Chicago Tribune; September 14, 2007.
- "Powerball Winner Wins Again". West Virginia MetroNews. March 24, 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
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