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Rams DE Chris Long Plays Powerball, Fulfills Dream of Being on Local News

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Some dreams come true finally made the local news tonight. pic.twitter.com/LmZNouUdoL

— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) January 14, 2016

St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long finds himself on television every fall/winter when he and his team take the field, but on Wednesday night, he made a different kind of TV appearance.

And it was everything he had always dreamed of.

Like many in the United States, Long decided to test his luck and buy Powerball tickets in Virginia for his own slim chance of winning $1.5 billion. Actually, "Long" wasn't the one playing Powerball; it was "Rod Carriker.