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kansascity.com on 2023-04-11 16:37

$40 million lottery winner thought it was an April Fools’ joke — and so did his friends

A man from Dubuque, Iowa, won the $40 million Lotto America jackpot. He thought it was an April Fools’ joke but now plans to help his family

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