Probably the best thing that I’ve ever read in this webpage..
Anonymous replies: April 1st, 2012 at 1:26 PM
“Probably the best thing i have ever read in this web page”
ER news is like a dictionary,we find what we are looking for,the good,the bad and the ugly…..so it is not ER problem it yours.so find the good in you 1st then you can see the good in ER. happy April Fools day
Anonymous replies: April 2nd, 2012 at 5:44 AM
The above reply seems from Elias himself.
abbaa kiyyaa replies: April 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
minew Eliasn ende wegebih qimal temedkew? hohoy wedew ayisqu alu
LOL! Elias that is a good one! I was hoping and praying that the winner wasn’t one of those hodam woyanes, you got me fooled! We love your sense hummer, wit and intelligence. Keep up the good work!
selam replies: April 2nd, 2012 at 12:22 AM
Weyane won a big loto almost 21 years ago do you wish them another one ?
Anonymous replies: April 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Playing lotto and winning is one thing, but ruling the country with iron fist by the most hated dictator, looting, torturing, evicting people and throwing law abiding citizens and their children in the cold to sell their land and to create division among people, incarcerating and massacring people is a total different evil game!
Wow, I rushed to the link with the assumption the winner could be MY sister. Alas, she did not win and I was miserably fooled. This time I am a real victim of the prank.
On a serious note though, an Ethiopian couple who own the 7-11 store in Maryland where one of the winning tickets were purchased, the husband and wife will share a $100,000 prize for selling the ticket. So in essence, an Ethiopian man did win a small portion of the Mega Millions.
If it is true we are happy for that person. April the full! Even the creators have already abandoned it. I am asking why are you making headline out of it? Every year btw?
I do not think we need to celebrate April fool per se. The Ethiopian people had been and are being fooled by Al Amoudin and his Woyane askaries for the past decades. We have 365 days of April fool. We have the most and fastest growing economy, the best educational system, the best health system, the Abay dam, the highest living standard, the highest life expectancy, the world best investors, the best democracy, the best book authors, best in human right where everyone is inherently entitled including journalists and critics.. A mercenary government which “won” 99,6 % of the votes in the 2010 parlamentary election. Well, we have it, day and night the culture of April fool in our Ethiopia!!! Just read Jemal Ahmed’s jabbering with his response in response to “Al Amoudi’s human trafficker in Ethiopia identified” If that is not April fool à la 365 days a year Ethiopian style then what else!?
Ethiopian replies: April 1st, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Very true, we got a year round April the Fool’s day. I guess all our 13 Months of Sunshine are instead 13 Months of APRIL 1ST.
ATLANTA — Three lucky ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland — who had not stepped forward Saturday — will share $656 million, the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, officials said.
At least two of the Mega Millions winners’ tickets were “quick picks” — meaning all six winning numbers were picked by computer. The winning numbers — 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23 — were announced at a drawing Friday in Atlanta.
Lottery officials said the winning tickets were bought at a 7-Eleven in Milford Mill, Md., near Baltimore, and the Motomart convenience store in the southern Illinois farming town of Red Bud. Kansas has not released details of the winning ticket, except to say that it was sold in the most populated northeast part of the state.
Winners could get a one-time payment of their share or take it in 26 annual installments.
The three tickets were worth more than $213 million before taxes, if the payout was over 26 years.
If taken in a lump sum, the windfall would be about $105.1 million, officials said.
A pre-dawn call alerted Motomart manager Denise Metzger to news from lottery officials that a winning ticket was sold at her store, about 30 miles southeast of St. Louis.
“I screamed, I woke my husband up,” said Metzger, whose retail outlet will get $500,000 for selling a winning ticket.
Residents swarmed the store within hours of the announcement to check their tickets.
“I think everyone in town has been here already,” she said, jokingly.
Though the winner may want to remain anonymous, in Illinois the state is required to eventually list his or her identity in public records.
The winning Maryland ticket was a single quick pick ticket sold at about 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
“They are shocked they are getting the $100,000 (seller’s) bonus,” Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett said of Ethiopian immigrants Abera and Mimi Tessema, who have owned the 7-Eleven where the ticket was bought for 10 years.
In addition to the three jackpot winners, there were three tickets that won $1 million each and 158 tickets that won $250,000 each, said Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, which oversaw the Mega Millions game.
About 1.5 billion tickets were sold nationwide.
The previous largest Mega Millions jackpot was $390 million in 2007, which was split between two ticket holders in Georgia and New Jersey.
About half the money goes back to ticket holders in the form of winnings, 35 percent to state governments and 15 percent to retailer commissions and lottery expenses.
No matter who wins, one certain winner is the IRS. It subjects lottery winnings of more than $5,000 to a 25-percent federal withholding tax.
As he stood in line Saturday at the Baltimore County 7-Eleven to buy Mega Million tickets for the next drawing Tuesday, James Martin said the only network not clamoring to tell Saturday’s lottery story was the Cartoon Network. Media trucks clogged the store parking lot.
Though the new jackpot is much smaller at $12 million, he was willing to take a chance.
“Maybe lightning will strike twice,” Martin said.
Tribune Newspapers contributed
“I screamed, I woke my husband up.”
—Manager Denise Metzger, whose Illinois store gets $500,000 for selling a winning ticket
The Ethiopian 7 Eleven Owners in Baltimore, who sold one of the MegaMillion winner ticket got $100,000 in bonus. This is true not April the fool. I heard it in Fox News.
Oh Man!!! You got me!!! I just read the headline and starting screaming ‘My countryman Won!!!!. And then my wife said ‘It is April Fool’s Day!!! It is all prank!!’ You really got me on this one!!! Right on Brother!!!
Three in a trillion chance that even all three winners might be Ethiopians but still possible. All three have yet to be identified. April the Fool isn’t a joke entirely in this case.
I am Pranked!! KIKIKIKI!!
I will add this to your readers:
Loved this!!
FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and
Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case
against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The
argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized
days.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate
presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, “Case
dismissed!”
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, “Your
honour, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have
Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and
Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.”
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, “But you do. Your client,
counsel, is woefully ignorant.”
The lawyer said, “Your Honour, we are unaware of any special observance
or holiday for atheists.”
The judge said, “The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm
14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, it is
the opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God,
then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.
61 thoughts on “Ethiopian man in Maryland wins $108 million in Mega Millions Lottery”
ha ha nice one.
Elias you are sick. You absolotely got me haaaaaa
Probably the best thing that I’ve ever read in this webpage..
Anonymous replies:
April 1st, 2012 at 1:26 PM
“Probably the best thing i have ever read in this web page”
ER news is like a dictionary,we find what we are looking for,the good,the bad and the ugly…..so it is not ER problem it yours.so find the good in you 1st then you can see the good in ER. happy April Fools day
Anonymous replies:
April 2nd, 2012 at 5:44 AM
The above reply seems from Elias himself.
abbaa kiyyaa replies:
April 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
minew Eliasn ende wegebih qimal temedkew? hohoy wedew ayisqu alu
You got me!
I LOVE YOU ELIAS
Wow. Azeb Golla would have been in MD today.
nice!
LOL! Elias that is a good one! I was hoping and praying that the winner wasn’t one of those hodam woyanes, you got me fooled! We love your sense hummer, wit and intelligence. Keep up the good work!
selam replies:
April 2nd, 2012 at 12:22 AM
Weyane won a big loto almost 21 years ago do you wish them another one ?
Anonymous replies:
April 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Playing lotto and winning is one thing, but ruling the country with iron fist by the most hated dictator, looting, torturing, evicting people and throwing law abiding citizens and their children in the cold to sell their land and to create division among people, incarcerating and massacring people is a total different evil game!
Elias,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha, you get me!
:D :D
Kakakakaaaaaaaaaaaa, you really foole me. I already thought of how he is going to spend it.
Mahri Abraha TV Zete replies:
April 3rd, 2012 at 6:37 AM
Ante Werada Tigria go to Awate.com and fool there the Jeberti.I hate this person who is an idiot halv kiles from Aduwa.
Elias
weyane may call you terorist with this one too.
Jegnaw Ethiopiawe replies:
April 1st, 2012 at 1:33 PM
JJJ
that is really funny.you may be wright, if Elias sneezes they may think that is controversy he is up to something…
Wow, I rushed to the link with the assumption the winner could be MY sister. Alas, she did not win and I was miserably fooled. This time I am a real victim of the prank.
Hahahahah….GUD luck to that winning loser…;)
You got me bro, nice one
This is a good one.
Thank you Elias,
You just trick me early in the morning and VERY FUNNY.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! You got me!
On a serious note though, an Ethiopian couple who own the 7-11 store in Maryland where one of the winning tickets were purchased, the husband and wife will share a $100,000 prize for selling the ticket. So in essence, an Ethiopian man did win a small portion of the Mega Millions.
Here is the News: http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspaper/news/sc-nw-0401-mega-millions-20120401,0,317310.story
This is funny. Now I am using it to prank all my friends kkkkkkk
abbaa kiyyaa replies:
April 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 PM
Meron no coping allowed don’t forget copy right hahahaha
If it is true we are happy for that person. April the full! Even the creators have already abandoned it. I am asking why are you making headline out of it? Every year btw?
I do not think we need to celebrate April fool per se. The Ethiopian people had been and are being fooled by Al Amoudin and his Woyane askaries for the past decades. We have 365 days of April fool. We have the most and fastest growing economy, the best educational system, the best health system, the Abay dam, the highest living standard, the highest life expectancy, the world best investors, the best democracy, the best book authors, best in human right where everyone is inherently entitled including journalists and critics.. A mercenary government which “won” 99,6 % of the votes in the 2010 parlamentary election. Well, we have it, day and night the culture of April fool in our Ethiopia!!! Just read Jemal Ahmed’s jabbering with his response in response to “Al Amoudi’s human trafficker in Ethiopia identified” If that is not April fool à la 365 days a year Ethiopian style then what else!?
Ethiopian replies:
April 1st, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Very true, we got a year round April the Fool’s day. I guess all our 13 Months of Sunshine are instead 13 Months of APRIL 1ST.
Ha ha ha..
You got me unprepared, you lied me man!
ATLANTA — Three lucky ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland — who had not stepped forward Saturday — will share $656 million, the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, officials said.
At least two of the Mega Millions winners’ tickets were “quick picks” — meaning all six winning numbers were picked by computer. The winning numbers — 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23 — were announced at a drawing Friday in Atlanta.
Lottery officials said the winning tickets were bought at a 7-Eleven in Milford Mill, Md., near Baltimore, and the Motomart convenience store in the southern Illinois farming town of Red Bud. Kansas has not released details of the winning ticket, except to say that it was sold in the most populated northeast part of the state.
Winners could get a one-time payment of their share or take it in 26 annual installments.
The three tickets were worth more than $213 million before taxes, if the payout was over 26 years.
If taken in a lump sum, the windfall would be about $105.1 million, officials said.
A pre-dawn call alerted Motomart manager Denise Metzger to news from lottery officials that a winning ticket was sold at her store, about 30 miles southeast of St. Louis.
“I screamed, I woke my husband up,” said Metzger, whose retail outlet will get $500,000 for selling a winning ticket.
Residents swarmed the store within hours of the announcement to check their tickets.
“I think everyone in town has been here already,” she said, jokingly.
Though the winner may want to remain anonymous, in Illinois the state is required to eventually list his or her identity in public records.
The winning Maryland ticket was a single quick pick ticket sold at about 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
“They are shocked they are getting the $100,000 (seller’s) bonus,” Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett said of Ethiopian immigrants Abera and Mimi Tessema, who have owned the 7-Eleven where the ticket was bought for 10 years.
In addition to the three jackpot winners, there were three tickets that won $1 million each and 158 tickets that won $250,000 each, said Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, which oversaw the Mega Millions game.
About 1.5 billion tickets were sold nationwide.
The previous largest Mega Millions jackpot was $390 million in 2007, which was split between two ticket holders in Georgia and New Jersey.
About half the money goes back to ticket holders in the form of winnings, 35 percent to state governments and 15 percent to retailer commissions and lottery expenses.
No matter who wins, one certain winner is the IRS. It subjects lottery winnings of more than $5,000 to a 25-percent federal withholding tax.
As he stood in line Saturday at the Baltimore County 7-Eleven to buy Mega Million tickets for the next drawing Tuesday, James Martin said the only network not clamoring to tell Saturday’s lottery story was the Cartoon Network. Media trucks clogged the store parking lot.
Though the new jackpot is much smaller at $12 million, he was willing to take a chance.
“Maybe lightning will strike twice,” Martin said.
Tribune Newspapers contributed
“I screamed, I woke my husband up.”
—Manager Denise Metzger, whose Illinois store gets $500,000 for selling a winning ticket
Copyright © 2012, Reuters
lol!!!
Despite tricking two people today, I can’t beleive that I, myself, really fell for this one.
Nice one Elias!!
The Ethiopian 7 Eleven Owners in Baltimore, who sold one of the MegaMillion winner ticket got $100,000 in bonus. This is true not April the fool. I heard it in Fox News.
I was so happy some money could flow for esat ginbot 7 and other anti woyane organisation. It is a bad jock. Not for us.
Obbo Elias Kifle,
You got me badly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was like waaaaaaaw
Nice try but knew it is April 1st as well…. so wasnt fooled.
Oh Man!!! You got me!!! I just read the headline and starting screaming ‘My countryman Won!!!!. And then my wife said ‘It is April Fool’s Day!!! It is all prank!!’ You really got me on this one!!! Right on Brother!!!
wuy. min aynet qeld newu. ene degmo yeewunet meslogn beqa be desta…
I was shocked how you got the news about the winner. I was eager to see his photo. You know why? it is me who won the Mega million! /o/
I don’t know what to say. You really know what Ethiopians want, don’t you? amazing you got me
hahaha…ene degimo simun felige be 27 yemikefel tinish abediregn elewalw sil.
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Three in a trillion chance that even all three winners might be Ethiopians but still possible. All three have yet to be identified. April the Fool isn’t a joke entirely in this case.
Haha………………..Finally you got me.
Ha ha ha, hilarious!! Well done
Who is the TPO?
T- THird
P- Party
O-Opportunist
Yalzeroot silemaitached, American neha neha and 78 fearzens, parcticed it von the very foolish bats/autos.
Car.Car, worth$ 108,000
10.8 Shee
108 Mega
108,000,000,000
$1 Baltimore
Dr. $$$
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
unbeatable April the fool story!
The questions is what would you do if you won such a big money ?
Lol,
you got me.
really love u elias ,u are still the one…..
I love monay so much When I were here to read some piece I just want to fly there.Say well bro
great one !!!
I am Pranked!! KIKIKIKI!!
I will add this to your readers:
Loved this!!
FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and
Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case
against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The
argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized
days.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate
presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, “Case
dismissed!”
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, “Your
honour, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have
Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and
Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.”
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, “But you do. Your client,
counsel, is woefully ignorant.”
The lawyer said, “Your Honour, we are unaware of any special observance
or holiday for atheists.”
The judge said, “The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm
14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, it is
the opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God,
then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.
Court is adjourned.”
You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!
This is too good NOT to forward!
Thank you!!
Mesfinnachew!!