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August 10, 2004 

IDAHO LOTTERY PLAYER CLAIMS $30,000 SLINGO TOP PRIZE! 

BOISE – Lynn Welch always plays $3 Lottery tickets. “That way, if you lose, you still get to play a lot,” she says. Not only did she get to play a lot, she also won a lot! $30,000 to be exact. Lynn and her husband Bob came to the Lottery office to claim the top prize on the $3 scratch game Red Hot Slingo. 
Lynn played the ticket in bed over the weekend and had a good feeling as she started scratching, she says. When she won, she examined the ticket over and over until she realized it was in fact a winner. At first Bob thought she was kidding, but he soon realized it was no joke when Lynn started jumping around.  
The winning ticket couldn’t have come at a better time, Bob says. The couple had an old car that was causing problems and they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to buy a new car. In fact, they didn’t even wait to purchase the new automobile – they bought it over the weekend, before they even cashed in the ticket. 
The ticket was purchased at Soda Springs Chevron in Soda Springs. 
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