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Lifelong Orioles Fan Scores Big at Game
Ellicott City Man is Oriole Park’s 50 Millionth Fan

(Baltimore) –  Law student, Kevin Gracie, experienced his very own Field of Dreams last night as The Maryland Lottery and Oriole Park at Camden Yards partnered to celebrate the 50 Millionth fan to pass through the Park’s  turnstiles.  As the Park’s milestone visitor, Gracie received $50,000 and five years worth of O’s season tickets.

 Racing through the crowd to greet the stunned winner, Lottery Director Buddy Roogow presented Gracie with a ceremonial check and balloons. “It just doesn’t get any better than this,” said Roogow. “I’ve participated in many promotions, but when you combine baseball and prize money, that’s definitely a homerun.”

Gracie, a 24-year old University of Baltimore law student, has been coming to Orioles games since he was a toddler. While he’s excited about the $50,000, the season tickets seem to be the prize that thrills him most. “I’ve always dreamed of having season tickets,” he said. "Fifty thousand is great, five years of season tickets is amazing,"

Director Roogow, a big O’s fan himself, looks forward to the next leg of the promotion when the 100 millionth fan passes through the gates. “I’ll have the privilege of presenting a $100,000 check to someone,” said Roogow. “I hope our next winner is as big a baseball fan as Kevin.”

 

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