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Purple Reign: Great-Grandma In Maryland Scores $200K Ravens Scratch-Off Jackpot Purple Reign: Great-Grandma In Maryland Scores $200K Ravens Scratch-Off Jackpot
Purple Reign: Great-Grandma In Maryland Scores $200K Ravens Scratch-Off Jackpot A matriarch from Baltimore County plans to make this holiday season unforgettable for her family—18 great-grandchildren included—after hitting the $200,000 jackpot on a Ravens X10 scratch-off Lottery ticket. Betty Hughes, a lifelong Ravens fan from Reisterstown, was shopping with her daughter at the Giant on Reisterstown Road when the big win struck. Like a seasoned quarterback, she called the play, scratching the ticket right there in the store. “We were shocked when she scratched off that football,” her daughter said at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, where she claimed the prize with …

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Third Time Is A Charm For Maryland Lottery Player Who Narrowly Missed Big Prizes Twice Third Time Is A Charm For Maryland Lottery Player Who Narrowly Missed Big Prizes Twice
Third Time Is A Charm For Maryland Lottery Player Who Narrowly Missed Big Prizes Twice It may have felt like "50 Years" for a Maryland Lottery player who finally cashed in big on a scratcher and claimed a six-figure prize after a series of unfortunate events. Montgomery County resident "Harry" has seen a lifetime worth of close calls playing various Lottery games, but he is feeling lucky after missing out on some huge wins.  "I love scratch-offs," he told Lottery officials, saying that he won $10,000 once, but his luck had since run dry. Until it didn't. Choosing to stay anonymous going only by the moniker "Harry's Happy Days," the winner said that he regularly frequen…

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Lifelong Maryland Lottery Player Wins $100K Prize While Eating Jelly Doughnut Lifelong Maryland Lottery Player Wins $100K Prize While Eating Jelly Doughnut
Lifelong Maryland Lottery Player Wins $100K Prize While Eating Jelly Doughnut It took a series of curious events to land a veteran Maryland Lottery player a six-figure windfall. Whenever his children or wife ask what he’d like for a gift on his birthday or during the holiday, a Baltimore man muses that his response has always been the same: “scratch-offs,” according to Lottery officials. That paid off in a big way recently, when the man was at the Winner’s Circle at Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore to claim a $100,000 prize that he won playing “In The Money” on a ticket sold at Royal Farms in Baltimore. The retired manufacturing worker - who chose not to disclose …

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by Zak Failla