$315 Million Powerball Winner Ordered Into Rehab After 2nd Drunken Driving

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB936YNG2E.html

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man who won a nearly $315 million Powerball lottery - the largest single jackpot in history - was ordered into substance abuse treatment Tuesday after his second drunken driving arrest this year.

In an agreement with prosecutors, Jack Whittaker, 57, will check himself into rehab by Jan. 2, must surrender his license and may not drive until he provides written proof he's completed the 28-day residential program.

Whittaker was charged with drunken driving last week, violating his $150 bond for a similar arrest in January. He was released Tuesday after posting a $1,700 cash bond, and will remain free on his original bond in the earlier arrest.

Kanawha County sheriff's Chief Deputy Phil Morris said the agreement "tells me that he's trying to get his life straightened out."

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[On the Road]

1. At Least He Can Hire Himself a Chauffeur

[DrWeird]

2. Notice: he was driving a Hummer.

nt

[DS1]

3. stupid

that's what full-time drivers are for

[hobbit709]

4. Isn't he the same idiot

that kept getting rolled in topless bars and robbed for $300-500 K at a whack?

[salin]

5. thought the same thing... lost several hundred thou

that he left in his car while at either a sleezy bar... idiot.

Same guy also who tried to give a small chunk of the money to the Salvation Army (maybe he was trying to tithe) who wouldn't take it because the money was from "gambling." Dude who has done nothing to earn fame has certainly found his way "into the news" around a whole slew of (dare I say infamous) stories since his big hit in the lottery.

[Raster]

6. may be wrong, but wasn't he one of those southern moral christian types?

[NNN0LHI]

7. Said he'd give 10% to Church of God.Not sure if he did?Likes the Pink Pony

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/06/national/main566853.shtml

Lotto Winner Robbed At Strip Club

AP) A Powerball winner who has donated more than $3 million of his record winnings to churches was drinking at a strip club when $545,000 was stolen from his sport utility vehicle, police said Tuesday. snip

“I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes,” Whittaker said. “My personal life is my own and I make no excuses for my actions.”

Someone broke the driver's side window and took a briefcase containing $245,000 in cash and three $100,000 cashier's checks belonging to Whittaker, who hit Powerball's richest jackpot on Christmas Day, police said. The briefcase, cash and checks were found behind a nearby trash bin.

“It's a known fact that Mr. Whittaker does carry a lot of money around with him, because he does frequent not only that club, but several other establishments ... and he does gamble,” said Kanawha County Sheriff Dave Tucker. snip

Whittaker first arrived at the Pink Pony on Monday evening. He left shortly after midnight, returning at 2:30 a.m. and leaving his vehicle's motor running, Tucker said.

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