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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Kyle Turner of Palmer won $56,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes with a $3 ticket on Merryman II, which finished second in England's Grand National Steeplechase. He learned of the win via letter on Friday and remains amazed.
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Nets Palmer Man $56,000
ANCHORAGE (AP) - A hobby he admittedly pays little attention to netted a Palmer man and his joyful hysterical wife $56,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes Saturday.
Kyle Turner of Palmer, had a $3 ticket on Merryman II, the horse which finished second in the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England.
Had the horse wound up first the prize would have been $140,000.
Turner stated he got a letter Friday indicating his ticket had been drawn. "I thought it might be worth about $250. I had no idea it would win as much as it did. I'm amazed." He sounded as if he still doesn't believe it.
Both he and his wife regard his purchases as a hobby. "I don't play it professionally, and I guess I'll keep playing it," he said.
Turner is a vice president of the Matanuska Valley Bank in Palmer.
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Palmer
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Saturday
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Kyle Turner of Palmer had a $3 ticket on Merryman II, the horse which finished second in the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England, netting him $56,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. He received a letter Friday indicating his ticket had been drawn. Had the horse finished first, the prize would have been $140,000. Turner is a vice president of the Matanuska Valley Bank in Palmer.