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$500K Lottery Ticket Purchased At Pentagon Given As Birthday Gift
Brother buys winning Virginia Lottery ticket inside the Pentagon and gives it to his sister as a belated birthday gift.
ARLINGTON, VA — A late birthday gift turned out to be a half-a-million dollar bonanza for one Maryland woman, according to a release from the Virginia Lottery.
Elizabeth Coker-Nnam's brother bought her a Premier Cash Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery at B. O. B. #41, located in the Pentagon in Arlington. He then gave the ticket to his sister as belated birthday gift. She put it away, intending to scratch it later.
A few weeks passed and Coker-Nnam was talking to her brother on the phone, when she took out the ticket, scratched, and discovered she'd won $500,000.
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“I screamed! He screamed! We both screamed!”Coker-Nnam said later, when she claimed her prize.
Coker-Nnam, who lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, told lottery officials she has a lot of time to consider what to give her brother when his birthday comes around.
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Coker-Nnam was the third and final top-prize winner in Premier Cash (game #1985). The game is now closed.
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