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UPDATED: 9:38 p.m. February 25, 2008 Lottery winner has few words, fewer worries By STEVE VISSER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/25/08 The southeast Georgia man weighed a difficult question Monday: whether to take $167 million now or $275 million over 26 years. All people should carry such burdens. But suddenly retired iron worker Robert Harris, the largest single winner in the Georgia Lottery’s almost 15-year history, knew one thing for sure. “I don’t have to work no more,” he said. Monday afternoon, Harris, 47, and his wife, Tonya, 55, drove 200 miles from their home in Portal to Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta — at a top rate of $1.38 million a mile — to claim their Mega Millions jackpot. They were greeted by a lottery-driven media frenzy in which they accepted a fake check before a fake pile of cash, gave interviews and even had their picture taken with a rather ridiculous lottery mascot. For them, it was a small price to pay — although the taciturn Harris
