Clyde Persley, California Man Working 3 Jobs, Wins $39M Lottery

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A man who works three jobs to support his family _ including one as a limousine driver _ has won a $39 million jackpot in California's SuperLotto Plus.

Clyde Persley, who is married with a 4-year-old daughter, turned in his winning ticket on Tuesday night and should get his first check for about $16 million in four to six weeks, said a California lottery spokeswoman.

The 49-year-old Santa Cruz man operates candy-making machines for Santa Cruz Nutritionals, drives a limousine and picks up extra hours at a restaurant.

He says his first moves will be taking his wife on a trip to Hawaii and hiring a financial adviser.

He bought his winning ticket at a Santa Cruz market where he has played the lottery twice a week for several years.

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Information from: Santa Cruz Sentinel, http://www.santacruzsentinel.com

Comments

[MizLiz]

01:18 PM on 06/28/2009

Bless his heart. Smart to hire a financial advisor. Hope the guy knows what he's doing.

[SteamRanger]

01:16 PM on 06/28/2009

"Three jobs...uni­quely Amurican, idn't it?"

[kingcityguru]

01:09 PM on 06/28/2009

Shame that the US taxes lottery winnings (not in Canada!! Hurray!!)

He should put half of it in fungible assets like gold -- have to make it harder for team Obama to tax it away later.

[lily of the valley]

01:41 PM on 06/28/2009

No tax on lottery winnings, legal gay marriage and universal health care too.

I love being Canadian.

[kingcityguru]

01:08 PM on 06/28/2009

Don't worry Dem supporters­.
Obama will introduce a retroactiv­e Lottery Tax to take all that money away from him and give it to those more deserving ... like this winner after the government takes all his money.

[fairness4all]

01:24 PM on 06/28/2009

All HIS money? The lottery winnings are paid by all the people who bought losing tickets.

If I won $39 million - but only ended up with $8 million after taxes - I would still be happier than most California clams!

[viking1955]

01:08 PM on 06/28/2009

75 percent will be eaten up by this administra­tions new tax structure, climate chg bill etc.....he­'ll have about 200 bucks left when all is said and done

[nirek]

12:49 PM on 06/28/2009

Good for him, I hope he does something with the money that he wants and not what everyone else wants him to do. Also save a little for the future.
Happy for him.
Nirek

[DSOTM]

12:08 PM on 06/28/2009

Better to have a hard working middle class american win the lottery than Donald Trump.

[fairness4all]

01:26 PM on 06/28/2009

Or Jim Sensenbren­ner.

[THISTLE]

11:47 AM on 06/28/2009

HE IS TAKING JOBS AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THESE JOBS.

[somsoc]

12:12 PM on 06/28/2009

W T F are you talking about, you are a true mental case.

[BillMelater]

11:02 AM on 06/28/2009

Financial advisers have stolen alot more than this guy won. So I would be very wary. Anyway, I'm glad a hard working Joe won.

[kingcityguru]

01:11 PM on 06/28/2009

Study after study has shown that Mutual Fund managers UNDERPERFO­RM the general market by a wide margin and by a very wide margin when you include their fees. These guys are worse than average.

He should put some of the money in hard assets like gold and be prudent with the rest .... and for pete's sake he should take a long vacation and move so that he can't get hustled by long lost relatives.

[bija]

10:49 AM on 06/28/2009

Hope he is smart enough to get good investment advice from a certified broker. Most big winners end up worse off than they were before.

[somsoc]

12:14 PM on 06/28/2009

certified by the NASD like Bernie Madoff perhaps?

[toochie]

01:38 PM on 06/28/2009

I wish that I could be that worse off?

[Darsan54]

08:52 AM on 06/28/2009

Hey, it's good to read he's gotten a financial advisor. Next, change your phone to an unlisted number and refuse all calls from "relatives­". I can only wish good things for the winner.

[rachel88]

08:41 AM on 06/28/2009

He deserves it.

[dsmom]

08:12 AM on 06/28/2009

I would NEVER give out my name if I won!

[robnan27]

09:56 AM on 06/28/2009

Actually you have no choice. Lottery rules state you must agree to advertisin­g, etc.

[twwv8]

09:57 AM on 06/28/2009

You don't have that choice.
By accepting the money you agree to be used by the lottery for advertisem­net.

[NicolePa]

12:35 PM on 06/28/2009

I believe you can pick up your lump sum check anonymousl­y. A great-gran­dfather in southeast Washington­, D.C. recently won a huge powerball and had his lawyer pick up the check. He also establishe­d an LLC.

The following link lists a few other anonymous winners.

http://www­.powerball­.com/power­ball/pb_st­ories.asp

[linton]

06:59 AM on 06/28/2009

Lucky man, take absolute good care of the pot.

[erinker]

05:05 AM on 06/28/2009

Aw, I love it when someone who works hard every day and still has a lot of years left wins! Congratula­tions, Mr.Persley­! Quit those jobs and find soemthing you REALLY love to do!

[somsoc]

12:15 PM on 06/28/2009

Well stated!!!!­!