Illinois family claims its part of second-biggest lottery prize
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Posted 10:08PM on Friday, May 17, 2002
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - A suburban Chicago family with the third and final winning ticket to last month's $331 million Big Game jackpot stepped forward Friday to claim their share of the prize. <br>
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Pedro and Fran Sotomil and their teen-age daughter, Kayla, won $110.3 million but decided to take a lump-sum payment of $59 million. <br>
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Pedro Sotomil has quit his job as a medical technician at a hospital, but his wife plans to continue working as a nurse. <br>
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Sotomil said that when he checked his ticket, ``I said `Oh my God, we have everything here.''' <br>
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``We were shaking, excited, and I'm still recalling the emotions,'' he said as he choked back sobs. <br>
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The jackpot was the second-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history. <br>
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The holders of the other winning tickets sold in Georgia and New Jersey already have claimed their prizes.