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#3829 JLS

Upper Marlboro Man Warms Up to Spicy Hot 7’s
Wins $77,000 Top Prize

(Baltimore) – A 37-year-old Maryland Army National Guardsman from Prince George’s County was in Baltimore visiting his parents last Friday. While in town, he and his mother stopped at a neighborhood 7-ll and he decided to buy a scratch-off. With his mother’s advice, he selected a Spicy Hot 7’s ticket. “My mom told me, try that one -- it’s new,” he said, smiling.

He purchased only the one Spicy Hot 7’s.  “I don’t play often, but I just had a feeling.”  The soft-spoken man waited until he returned to his home in Upper Marlboro to play his ticket. When he finished scratching, he was uncertain about what it revealed, so once again, he called on his mother for advice. “She told me to fax a copy of the ticket so she could look at it.. “Then she said, you hit!”

He shared the news with his wife of 11 years, who was ecstatic. The busy father-of-three is a policeman and has served in Iraq. Saying the prize money is much needed, he intends to pay bills and use some of the winnings for his daughter’s college tuition.

The winning ticket was purchased at 7-ll, located at 6401 Reisterstown Rd. in Baltimore.

 

 

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