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Playing “World Poker Tour” Ticket, Idaho Woman Goes “All In,” Wins $100,000

Mary Murray, of Twins Falls, Idaho, is a great believer in luck. And lucky lottery stores. Another thing she loves is shopping at Winco in Twin Falls.

After a visit last week to buy sandwich fixings turned into a $100,000 windfall, she may never shop any where else for groceries again.

After she was done grocery shopping, Murray bought a $10 “World Poker Tour” ticket from the Idaho Lottery’s new red vending machine on her way out of the store.

Once home and after making sandwiches, Murray sat down in her kitchen and played what turned into a little high-stakes poker.

“Right after I made the sandwich, I sat down and scratched the ticket,” described Murray, a regular player of the game, who didn’t believe her eyes when she saw she had a winning poker hand that was worth $100,000.

“I must have looked at it 30 times and just didn’t believe it. I just about had a heart attack from all the excitement.” Without going “all-in”, Murray claimed her winning ticket at the Idaho Lottery’s headquarters on April 28, 2009.

She plans to use her winnings to buy a new car and help fund her children’s college education.

GAMES WE PLAY:

The May 12 Mega Millions game carries a $28 million jackpot.

Not bad.

But the May 13 Powerball jackpot is the largest jackpot currently in the world, at $129 million.

And on May 15, Euro Millions jackpot starts back at 15 million euros, after a Spanish ticket holder won the 129 million euro jackpot on May 8.

Good players, wherever you are in the world.

The Idaho Lottery was in Twin Falls on Wednesday morning, May 6, 2009 doing a check presentation ceremony for Murray and the Winco Food Store on Blue Lakes.

“The greater Magic Valley area has seen some great success this year with Lottery winners,” announced Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson. “Since January 1^st, eight players here have won more than $1.3 million. This is even the second big win for Winco in Twin Falls in the last two months.”

James Steen of Twin Falls won $10,000 on the Idaho Lottery’s Scratch^TM game Lucky Loot back in late February from the same Winco Store.