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Lottery winner using food stamps
Posted: 05.17.2011 at 3:46 PM
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AUBURN (AP) -- A man who won two million dollars on a Michigan lottery show has told a TV station that he still uses food stamps.

Leroy Fick of Bay County admitted he still swipes the electronic card at stores, nearly a year after winning a jackpot on "Make Me Rich!"  He told WNEM-TV in Saginaw that more than half the prize went to taxes.

Fick says the Department of Human Services told him he could continue to use the card, which is paid with tax dollars.  He told WNEM:  "If you're going to...try to make me feel bad, you aren't going to do it."

The TV station says people have seen Fick driving a new Audi convertible.  Messages seeking comment were left with his attorney and the state Tuesday.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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