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7/8/2010 - BEST PART OF WINNING WAS TELLING THE WIFE

Married for 48 years, Port Angeles Couple Wins $115,000
Says They’re Already Content Because They Have Each Other

PORT ANGELES — Fred Wegener of Port Angeles says he never expected to win the Lottery but still enjoys playing. That statement held true until he won $115,000 over the Fourth of July holiday weekend playing Hit 5, a draw game from Washington’s Lottery.

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6/29/2010 - OLYMPIA MAN WINS $250,000!

Says it’s a Chance to ‘Do Some Good’

OLYMPIA — Robert Sherwood from Olympia says that he’s feeling “very blessed.” Of course he is. He just won $250,000 playing Mega Millions. Robert was in a Texaco station on Martin Way in Olympia checking some tickets he’d purchased earlier in the week. He said, “The sun was shining in so I couldn’t read what the ticket said.” He brought the ticket to the clerk at the counter and asked them to check the ticket. “They called somebody else, and they all got excited and then they came and they told me,” Robert explained. “They had to figure out what to do too.”

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