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'A Message From Her': Man Wins $650K With Lotto Numbers Tied To Late Wife
"I'm already looking at houses, and can't wait to purchase my dream home for myself and my kids," he said.
CHICAGO — A Chicago lottery player recently won $650,000 using numbers connected to his late wife.
“I typically play Pick 4 but that day, I noticed that the Lucky Day Lotto jackpot was pretty high so I decided to switch it up and try something new,” the winner said in an Illinois Lottery news release.” “I picked numbers related to my late wife — when I won, it felt like it was a message from her.”
He bought the ticket for the Saturday evening drawing at Mariano’s in the Edgewater neighborhood.
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“I’m already looking at houses, and can’t wait to purchase my dream home for myself and my kids — it truly is a dream come true,” he said in the news release.
The ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing: 9, 11, 12, 13 and 17.
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“I’m still so shocked and excited about the win, I have barely been able to sleep!” he said in the news release.
For selling the winning ticket, the Mariano’s store will get a bonus totaling 1 percent of the prize amount, or $6,500.
Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game with twice-daily drawings.
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