Former Nun Hits $1.5M Jackpot
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:43 pm
Former Nun Hits $1.5M Jackpot
Woman Will Share With Family, Former Order
POSTED: 9:59 a.m. EDT June 25, 2003
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- It's not just pennies from heaven.
A former nun has hit the jackpot at a casino in Atlantic City.
Catherine Foy, of Philadelphia, won $1.5 million playing a slot machine. She had played just nine quarters when the bells started ringing on Sunday.
"I always knew that the Lord was going to help me pay my bills, I just didn't know that it would be so soon," Foy said.
The 56-year-old former nun took home a check for $78,000 and will receive an equal amount for the next 19 years.
Foy told an Atlantic City newspaper that she'll pay off her debts and share the winnings with her family and her former order, the Sister Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
Woman Will Share With Family, Former Order
POSTED: 9:59 a.m. EDT June 25, 2003
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- It's not just pennies from heaven.
A former nun has hit the jackpot at a casino in Atlantic City.
Catherine Foy, of Philadelphia, won $1.5 million playing a slot machine. She had played just nine quarters when the bells started ringing on Sunday.
"I always knew that the Lord was going to help me pay my bills, I just didn't know that it would be so soon," Foy said.
The 56-year-old former nun took home a check for $78,000 and will receive an equal amount for the next 19 years.
Foy told an Atlantic City newspaper that she'll pay off her debts and share the winnings with her family and her former order, the Sister Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
Yeah really... How lucky CAN you get? :o