It was a great story, but perhaps it was too good to be a true: a world-renowned frum philanthropist’s employee winning the Powerball after he bought thousands of tickets for his workers.
Matzav.com broke the story earlier today, but sources now indicate that the nurse who was thought to have won the Powerball was actually pranked by her own relative.
The mother of seven, who works at the Park Avenue Health & Wellness Center in Pomona, owned by Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz, received a phone call from her son declaring her as one of the three Powerball winners.
The nurse even received a picture from her son of what she was told was the winning ticket.
But her daughter has since told her that the son was joking around.
The manager of the nursing home, Dudi Levy, had told Matzav that she was the Powerball winner, unaware of the prank.
It has been a bizarre turn of events, to put it mildly.
It should be noted that some speculate that the family is denying that the nurse won in order to evade the publicity that would ensure.
None of the three winners have claimed their tickets, lottery officials have said.
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you ARE a joke and embarrassment to Torah yiddishkeit. Go be busy with your stupid open orthodoxy.
I knew this story of this nurse winning was fake from the first minute I read it-including in the NY Times today- some people are so corrupt and fooled to believe every stupid little thing
The one that purchased the tickets should know where it was purchased
Kudos To matzav.com for being the first to report this story
Matzav, YOU are a disgrace! You are always busy with kissing up to Rechnitz that you cant tell the trees from the forest. Now, your chaniffa finally caught up with you. Shame on you! You have become a worthless piece of meat.
I still believe the story is true and their only saying its a prank to stave off publicity
You are busy all day with this guy who does everything for publicity. Are you on his payroll as a PR consultant
the first article —“A half hour after the winning numbers were announced last night, the nurse received a call from her children, who told her to check her ticket. She pulled out her ticket to check her numbers – and then paused. She was delirious with joy when two fellow nurses verified that she indeed possessed the winning numbers. ”
the second article— “The mother of seven, who works at the Park Avenue Health & Wellness Center in Pomona, owned by Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz, received a phone call from her son declaring her as one of the three Powerball winners. The nurse even received a picture from her son of what she was told was the winning ticket”
anyone notice the discrepancy?
GOP future member (prankster son). He will do well with the big lots they deliver to charity.
Bad humor and anti-Torah. Learning middos will be a future.
Times say the kid was the winner. The yids know he wanted human hope only for his paradise of bad conduct.
Got Black belt? Snap snap snap.