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FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Carole Everett,
410-230-8800
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#3743 GRP
Temple Hills Woman Wins Second-Tier
Mega Millions Prize
First $250,000
Prize Claimed in 2008
(Baltimore) – December 5th started
out as a bad day for a Temple Hills woman. The Human Resources
Director learned that she would have to give up tickets to the
Washington Redskins game the following day due to a meeting at
work. “I was a little depressed after finding that out,” she said.
Her mood quickly changed as she checked her Mega Millions
tickets on the Lottery website and found out she won $250,000.
“I saw that I matched one number, then two,
three, four, and by the time I got to the fifth number, I couldn’t
breathe,” said the 50-year-old. “I checked the ticket 20 times,
then called my sister to tell her and I just kept crying.”
The excited winner had luck on her side. After
handing the store clerk a $20 bill and her play slips, she realized
she only picked $18 worth of numbers. To save time, she asked the
retail clerk for two Quick Pick tickets and one of those was the
winner.
The Lottery player usually sticks to Pick 4
which won her $10,000 last summer. She only plays Mega Millions
when the jackpot is high. Although her 25-year-old son, who is
in the Army, has thought of a few things to buy with the prize
money, the winner plans to spend a little and invest the rest.
The winning ticket was purchased at Livingston
Road Chevron, located at 6211 Livingston Road in Oxon Hill. An
$850,000 Multi-Match top-prize ticket from the October 6th
drawing was purchased down the street from that location at Seitz
Liquors. That ticket is still unclaimed.
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