We need that here in Oregon. I know I have played my fair share of tickets and have lost my fair share too. It would have been cool to have a second chance to turn those losers into winners! New Hampshire, here I come. Wait, nevermind, I love Oregon!
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — He might be the New Hampshire Lottery’s winningest loser.
William Rudd, a 64-year-old retiree from Salem, has collected more than 1,500 prizes including food, gift certificates and other goodies under the state lottery’s “Replay” program, which gives losing lottery tickets a second chance to win.
Rudd, who retired five years ago from his job in a warehouse, says his friends and family now know him as the “lottery guy,” because he spends so much time collecting losing tickets and entering the information online, which is how the Replay program works.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll. This week, the 60-year-old South Charleston woman claimed her ninth West Virginia Lottery prize, $7,000 in the Gem 7s instant game. That brings her total winnings since last September to $159,000 from five instant tickets.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A 62-year-old man struck it big twice in the Georgia Lottery. Earl Fritz won the top prize of $777,777 in the instant game Super Lucky 7’s. That dwarfed the $1,000 he won a week earlier in a different game. The carpenter said he felt lucky a week ago and now feels a little bit luckier.
