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The Associated Press LIGHTHOUSE POINT Seven-year-old Ashley Richow lost a tooth Monday. Nothing unusual about that, right? However, the tooth fairy — a mother who won a share of the $69.8 million Florida Lotto jackpot plans to put more than just a dollar under Ashley’s pillow. “Maybe the tooth fairy will be bringing her a little something extra this time,” said Kim Tierney, Ashley’s mom and chief of the Lighthouse Point Police Department. Tierney and five officers from the small Broward County police force hold one of the three winning tick ets to last week’s Lotto. The six offi cers will share $23 million, their por tion of the winnings. Other tickets matching the win ning numbers — 04- 12-20-32-42-47 — were sold in North Miami Beach and Tampa. The Amores family of Miami held one of the winning tickets. Arsenio and Gina Amores and their children and grandson claimed their winnings in Tallahassee Monday, opting to take a lump sum of $11.7 million now. The Amores will use some of the money to help out family in Cuba, but mostly, they plan to spend wisely. “We will put it in the bank, live with it and enjoy it,” said Arsenio Amores, 70, a retired hotel work er The Lighthouse Point officers now are trying to figure out what to do with the money. They can either take a lump sum now like the Amores or spread the full amount over 30 years. The group is cautious. None plan to take early retirement and live off their newfound wealth. “We are talking to investment people,” said Tierney, almost somber in contemplating her financial future. “They are help ing us out for investment purpos es and tax liabilities.” The officers’ celebration was low-key despite becoming million aires overnight. “We had Danish (pastries) and a couple of mimosas,” detective Alan Nestor said of Sunday morn ing’s celebration. “There was some high-fiving going on.” “Maybe the tooth fairy will be bringing her a little something extra this time. Lotto winner Kim Tierney Florida Lottery officials were cele brating as well. The big jackpot spurred a major case of Lotto fever, with some 53 million tickets sold last week. The $67 million jackpot was the largest since April 1995, when it reached $81 million. Last year, no jackpot reached $30 million. People dreaming of getting rich flocked to convenience stores across the state, buying as many as 24,000 tickets a minute at $1 apiece. Like many who bought tickets for the Lotto, the officers joined an office pool. “It was a large amount of money,” said Lighthouse Point Police Det. Joe Tavares, another of those who will share the jack pot The six officers had played the Lotto for two weeks, each time paying just $2 a piece.
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Tue, Feb 09, 1999
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