Maryland man’s distaste for go-go music leads to $100,000 lottery win
A Maryland man’s dislike of go-go music led him on a journey to a $100,000 lottery prize!
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CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. – A Maryland man’s dislike of go-go music led him on a journey to a $100,000 lottery prize! Here’s how it happened.
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Kenneth Matthew of Laurel stopped at an Exxon gas station in Capitol Heights earlier this month to buy some lottery tickets.
He knew the clerk there, and knew they were a big fan of go-go music. Matthew wasn’t a fan.
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When he walked in, the distinctive, conga-driven, D.C.-specific offshoot of funk was playing on the store speakers. But while the two didn’t share the same taste in music, they always shared a good-natured exchange about it whenever Matthew stopped in.
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Matthew told lottery officials that he usually plays the Ravens X5 instant ticket game, but that day he thought about playing the 100,000 Ca$h scratch-off. The top prizes were bigger than they were on his usual game, but so was the price tag, $30 a ticket compared to just $5.
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As Matthew thought about which to buy, the clerk said something that gave him that extra nudge. “When you come in and buy that ticket, I’ll turn the go-go music off,” Matthew said the clerk told him.
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That was the only motivation he needed. He bought the $100,000 Ca$h scratch-off.
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After he scratched it, he checked it on his smartphone app and thought he had won $1,000.
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It wasn’t until a friend checked it later that he realized he won the game’s grand prize of $100,000.
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Matthew says he plans to help his daughter pay for her college education with the winnings. “It’s a blessing. It’s a blessing,” Matthew said to lottery officials. It was his biggest win by far.