Editor's note:  This Shark believes this is the same Shlomo who is being investigated by the FEDs. Is this possible?  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com

Powerball Hoax Ruins Jewish Nursing Home Owner's Lottery Mitzvah

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A 56-year-old nurse at a southern California nursing home thought she scored a slice of the big prize after the facility’s Jewish owner bought thousands of tickets for employees — but it turned out to all be a hoax.

The nurse’s son told her she was one of three winners of the giant $1.5 billion windfall and even sent a Photoshopped image of the supposed winning ducat.

He later admitted the claim was a practical joke, the New York Daily News reported.

“It’s a joke. It’s a prank…by my brother,” the nurse’s daughter Jennifer told the paper Thursday night. “It’s embarrassing. This is too much for us.”

The hoax ended a brief period of euphoria at the Pomona nursing home where the woman works.

It also put a sour note on what seemed like a remarkable mitzvah by nursing home magnate Shlomo Rechnitz..

Rechnitz, the largest nursing home provider in California, said he had bought over 15,000 Powerball tickets for all employees and residents at his facilities as a morale-booster.

Along with the ticket came cards reading: “We will provide the ticket. You provide the dream.”

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