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Let Yourself Play Summer Giveaway Winner

to be Named at State Fair
Five Finalists Vie for Top Prize of $250,000

(Baltimore) – The Maryland Lottery will wind up its Let Yourself Play Summer Giveaway promotion in grand fashion at the 127^th Maryland State Fair on Saturday, August 30^th.  Five contestants will compete at the Grand Prize event, which will take place from 12 pm to 3 pm on the Lottery stage near the 4-H Building at the Timonium Fairgrounds. A total of $440,000 in prize money will be awarded, including the Grand Prize of $250,000. Festivities leading up to the naming of the grand prize winner will include stage entertainment with music by the XPD’s, games, giveaways and more. Fairgoers may also visit the Lottery booth, located in the Exhibition Hall, to spin the prize wheel and purchase Lottery tickets.  

The event is the culmination of the “Summer Giveaway” contest which required entrants to collect the words, “Let”, “Yourself” and “Play” on their non-winning Lottery terminal tickets and mail them into the Lottery by the August 19^th deadline date. Finalists were then determined by a random drawing. 

The five finalists are Deborah Langston from Dundalk; Charles Douglas from Mechanicsville; Marsha Squirewell from Baltimore; Elex McKnight from Baltimore; and Beverly Garrett, also from Baltimore. These finalists will participate in an exciting game to win the $250,000. Each of the other four finalists will receive one of the following runner-up prizes:  $50,000, $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000. In addition, 100 entrants will receive $1,000.  More than 34,000 entries for the contest were received by the Maryland Lottery.

 

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