Oddly enough

June 28, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Oddly enough

Candidates to draw lots to break tie

PAHRUMP, Nev.

Two candidates in a rural Nevada county will settle a tie in their primary race Las Vegas style.

A Republican Nye County commissioner and his challenger tied with 381 votes apiece in the primary June 8.

They’ll cut cards — or throw dice, draw straws or flip a coin — in the next week or so to determine who moves on to the general election.

The ballots in the race between county Commissioner Andrew “Butch” Borasky and challenger Carl Moore Sr. were recounted by hand twice.

The seat Borasky and Moore are running for represents parts of Pahrump, about 60 miles west of Las Vegas. The lucky winner will face Libertarian candidate Sandra Darby.

Lottery mistake wins store clerk $250,000

NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio

An Ohio store clerk’s mistake when printing a Mega Millions lottery ticket has won her $250,000.

Naomi Mauller forgot to add an extra game to a customer’s lottery ticket Tuesday night, so she printed a new ticket and bought the flubbed ticket for $2.

Both her ticket and the new ticket were winners, bringing in a quarter-million dollars for each ticketholder.

Mauller said she will use the money to buy a car and pay off some debt.

She met the other winner at the convenience store in New Lexington on Friday to celebrate. His name was not available.

Associated Press