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that they could have won, Mrs. Winkler telephoned Charlotte
and asked her to check the numbers listed in the Sunday
newspaper. Charlotte verified in two separate newspapers
that the Winklers had the winning ticket. Mr. Winkler then
telephoned the other children and asked each of them to
come to the farm early that day. As each of the children
arrived, Mr. and Mrs. Winkler announced that they had won
the grand prize.
Later that Sunday, the Winklers contacted Mr. Darrel
Oehler, a local accountant who had grown up with the
Winkler children, and asked him to come to the house the
following morning. On Monday, March 6, the Winkler family
met with Mr. Oehler and told him that they had won the
weekly Lotto grand prize. Mr. Oehler advised the Winklers
to discuss the matter with an attorney. Following this
advice, the Winklers met with a local attorney, Mr. Ralph
Turner, later that same day.
During 1989, the Illinois Department of the Lottery
required a written partnership agreement before it would
distribute Lotto winnings to more than one individual or
entity. If a "partnership ticket" was presented for
payment without an accompanying written partnership
agreement, the Lottery Department would provide a pro forma
agreement to the ticket holder and suggest that he or she
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