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Mary Martin wins the West Side Nut Club's record Half Pot
The Daily Evansville team
The West Side Nut Club has announced the Half Pot winner: Mary Martin. The club says she bought her winning ticket on the last day of the Fall Festival on W. Franklin St., and she said in a statement that she always enjoyed the festival.
- Early bird prize: $25,000, won by Holly Overton
- Next Fall Festival: Oct. 4-9, 2027
- Half Pot began: 2019
The pot was a record, just over last year's, and Martin chose to come forward to claim her half. The yearly Half Pot has raised money for area organizations that the Nut Club awards, and WNIN says it has raised nearly $15 million since it began.
$14,902,440raised by the Half Pot over the past eight years
That's the West Side Nut Club's own figure for the past eight years. WNIN puts the total since the start at nearly $15 million.
Sources: WNIN, 104.1 WIKY
Sources: WNIN, 104.1 WIKY, WFIE 14 News