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Winner(s). (The Goodness of America).(lucky friends)(Brief Article)

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| August 26, 2002 | Lee, Robert W. | COPYRIGHT 2002 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Michael Pinney of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Larry Quinn of Plymouth, have been friends since high school. Pinney, 33, tests air for an asbestos removal company, while Quinn, 35, recently started a landscaping business.

Since high school, the two have had a running joke speculating about what they would do should they win a lottery. Whatever it might be, they casually agreed to split the winnings.

A few years ago, as Michael and wife Anne-Marie were preparing to wed, he won the modest sum of $50,000 in the state lottery. Under the terms of their unwritten agreement, he offered one-half of the largesse to his longtime friend. Quinn, however, told him to keep it, insisting with a smile that there was no deal unless his share totaled at least $1 million.

On a whim, Pinney bought two more lottery tickets in early July of this year. When the winning numbers were posted, he promptly called Quinn to report that "We" had "just ...

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