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Re: Utah Mom Wins $1 Million on 'Deal or No Deal'

Finally, someone wins it!

Calvin C. wrote:
>
http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentIds44766&version=2&local
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> Sandy Mom Wins $1 Million on 'Deal or No Deal'
>
> Last Edited: Tuesday, 02 Sep 2008, 4:57 PM MDT
> Created: Tuesday, 02 Sep 2008, 4:57 PM MDT
>
> Local News on MyFOXUtah.com
>
> SANDY, Utah  --  A Sandy stay-at-home mom has become the first person
> to win $1 million on NBC's "Deal or No Deal."
>
> Jessica Robinson, 27, stuck with a simple strategy and overcame the
> show's long odds to become the top winner in the show's three-year
> history.
>
> "We went into the show thinking I wasn't going to win a million. I
> just had a plan, and I was going to stick to my plan," she said.
>
>  That plan was to stick to case No. 4, because there will soon be four
> in her family.
>
>  Robinson, who already has one child, was nearly 30 weeks pregnant
> when the show was taped in Los Angeles on July 9. The show aired
> Monday.
>
>  At one point in the show, she was given the chance to walk away with
> $561,000.
>
>  "I thought take the risk and go for the ginormous amount," Robinson
> said. She turned to host Howie Mandel and said, "No deal!"
>
> And then the million-dollar case was opened.
>
>  "I see it, and I have no idea what happened after that," she said.
"I
> know I didn't fall over. Within .2 seconds, everyone was around me --
> my family, the models -- confetti is falling, and it's so loud. I
> thought, 'What is happening? It can't be real.' And it was."
>  On the show, Robinson also surprised her family by announced that she
> was having a boy.
>
>  "It was probably the best part of the show for me," said her husband,
> Ross.
>
> The Robinsons expect to get their winnings at the beginning next year.
> About half of the lump sum will go to taxes.
>
> They plan to move to Austin, Texas, where Jessica Robinson's family
> lives. Ross Robinson plans to get a newer truck and start a
> window-cleaning business. She plans a shopping spree.
>
> The rest of the money, they say, will be socked away for their
> children's education and family savings.
>
> Copyright 2008 Fox Salt Lake City (KSTU). All rights reserved. This
> material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
> AP contributed to this report.
>

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