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A Short Wait Proves To Be A Great “Deal” For Shady Side Woman
New Deal Or No Deal Scratch-Off Pays First Top-Tier Prize Of $30,000

                                         
(Baltimore) – A Shady Side woman stopped by Captain Kidd’s in Deale to meet a friend Thursday night. The friend was a few minutes late and, consequently, the woman is now more than a few thousand dollars richer. 

“I had a little time to kill and was looking to entertain myself,” said the 75-year-young woman, who chose the Deal or No Deal scratch-off because it was new. “I took the ticket to my car and looked at it. I couldn’t believe my eyes.” She went back in the store where the clerk checked the ticket and told her that she had won $30,000. “Everyone in the store started cheering,” she said.

When she phoned her husband to tell him the good news, he insisted she was joking. “I have a reputation for doing that to him,” said the soft-spoken winner.  The Shady Side resident finds playing the Lottery fun and buys scratch-offs nearly every day. She has won $100 amounts on more than one occasion, but this is her first big jackpot.

The couple, who has been married for 54 years, intends to put their winnings in the bank and take their daughter and granddaughter out to dinner.

The winning ticket was purchased at Captain Kidd’s, located at 5823 Deale-Churchton Rd. in Deale.

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