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a short distance from Mr. and Mrs. Winkler's home and
gathered at their parents' home almost every Sunday. Steve
Winkler lived approximately 2 hours away from Mr. and
Mrs. Winkler's home and came to the family gatherings about
every other week.
Mr. Winkler was in poor health in 1989. His medical
condition necessitated frequent trips to the Carle Clinic
in Champaign, Illinois, and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota. The Carle Clinic is approximately 2 hours from
the Winklers' home by car, and the Mayo Clinic is
approximately 8 hours away. Generally, Mrs. Winkler and
one or more of the Winkler children would drive Mr. Winkler
to his appointments at the clinics. Mrs. Winkler and her
children also made frequent trips to visit Mr. Winkler when
he was hospitalized.
During 1989, the State of Illinois operated a weekly
lottery game known as "Lotto". Lotto tickets cost one
dollar each and contained a combination of six numbers.
Every Saturday night, the Illinois Department of the
Lottery conducted a drawing during which six numbers were
selected at random. If the six numbers selected during the
drawing matched the six numbers on a Lotto ticket, the
holder of the ticket won the "grand prize" for the week of
the drawing. If more than one winning ticket had been
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