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Super Crossword Spells Big Win for Mt. Rainier Woman
Scratch-off Pays $50,000 Top Prize

(Baltimore) – Cassandra Patterson, a National Children’s Center employee, was on her way home from the grocery store Saturday when she decided to make her daily stop at Kaywood Liquors to purchase three Super Crossword scratch-off tickets. It was after scratching her second Super Crossword later at home, that Cassandra realized she was a winner. “I was overwhelmed, I thought I just won $10,000,” said the Mt. Rainier resident, who would soon learn she actually won $50,000.

When the 43-year-old called her daughter, Michelle, to tell her the great news, she was greeted with skepticism. “I thought she was playing, I told her I had to see the ticket,” said Michelle, who accompanied her mother to Lottery headquarters. Cassandra then told her sister, Joan; her best friend; her husband; her mother; and a host of other family and friends. However, it wasn’t until she told her son, Perry, that he looked at the ticket and found another word. They then realized she didn’t have a $10,000 winner, but instead a $50,000 Super Crossword winning ticket. “Then I was really overwhelmed. Wooo,” the mother-of-seven exclaimed.

The grandmother-of-three plans to use her winnings to pay bills and go on vacation. The ticket was purchased at Kaywood Liquors, 2205 Varnum Street in Mt. Rainier.
 

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