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March 23rd, 2013, 11:57 GMT · By

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Friends Split Lottery Money After Pact Made Years Before

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Kenneth Wilson, James Scoles and Sanford Watson claim a $1 million (€770 K) lottery prize Enlarge picture - Kenneth Wilson, James Scoles and Sanford Watson claim a $1 million (€770 K) lottery prize
A Twiggs County, Georgia resident has split his $1 million (€770 K) lottery prize with two friends over a pact they made when they were younger.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the three men agreed to share any large amount of money any of them would win several years ago.

The day that 59-year-old Kenneth Wilson bought a ticket at a local grocery store, his friend James Scoles of Alaska found a message about winning the lottery in a fortune cookie. He and his cousin Sanford Watson will be joining in on Wilson's winnings.

“I was just as tickled for them as I was for myself. We just had a verbal agreement and I felt like that had to be honored,” Wilson tells NBC News of his generous decision.
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Comment #1 by: tv on 23 Mar 2013, 12:20 UTC reply to this comment

So glad verbal agreements are held. I was raised that way.


Comment #2 by: Mary Cole on 23 Mar 2013, 12:30 UTC reply to this comment

It is hard to find a friend like Kenneth Wilson these days. I think there is still a lot of good honest people left in this old world.


Comment #3 by: jimbo on 23 Mar 2013, 12:40 UTC reply to this comment

Certainly a Man of Honor


Comment #4 by: Burgettstown Greenie on 23 Mar 2013, 12:43 UTC reply to this comment

Good for them!!! Thats the way friends should be for life. I myself would honor a pact like that if I made one with some friends years ago. I know I have a couple friends that I told I would make their lives a whole lot better if I ever won. Those kind of things make me feel good inside!! :-)


Comment #5 by: mfre1111 on 23 Mar 2013, 12:45 UTC reply to this comment

I made a pact that if I win the lottery. Who ever sell me the ticket gets part of it. If it is large enough, they will get to retire if they wish to. So would someone please sell me the winning powerball ticket today!!!!


Comment #6 by: joe w. on 23 Mar 2013, 13:00 UTC reply to this comment

Honesty & friendship. this is a real feel good type of story. Congrats to you three.. May your friendship continue eternally


Comment #7 by: FuzzMoe on 23 Mar 2013, 13:00 UTC reply to this comment

That's the life I was brought up in. A verbal agreement Holds, no attorneys necessary.


Comment #8 by: Cici on 23 Mar 2013, 14:20 UTC reply to this comment

what an honorable man! You are defiantly a man of your word and your family and friends should feel great honor to know you !


Comment #9 by: rollo on 23 Mar 2013, 15:05 UTC reply to this comment

Now that's what I call honor


Comment #10 by: jen on 23 Mar 2013, 19:31 UTC reply to this comment

What a great friend!


Comment #11 by: LIPSTICK on 08 Apr 2013, 18:58 UTC reply to this comment

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDSHIP IS ALL ABOUT

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