beat: $315m powerball winner now broke

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Not too far from where this "dude" lives in West Virginia, you have David Edwards of Westwood, KY. LotteryBuddy.com states the following:

"David Edwards, a 46-year old divorced father who had just been laid off from his job says he is one of four winners of the U$294.8 million Powerball jackpot. The winning tickets were sold in New Hampshire, Delaware, Kentucky and Minnesota. Edwards said he had recently been laid off from his fibre optics job and was in need of back surgery. He said he purchased $8 worth of chances - seven for himself and one for his fiancee. He used birthdays and other significant numbers for his first four plays. For the fifth, which turned out to be the jackpot winner, Edwards said he decided to try something new and conjured up random numbers in his head.
Kentucky corrections officials said Edwards was convicted of robbery in 1981 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was paroled and returned to prison several times before serving out his sentence in 1997. He also has a conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon."

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