UNC Charlotte student wins $1M lottery jackpot

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angel08 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:04:20 GMT

Congrats to her. I hope she invests wisely and doesn't let that money go to her head! Hopefully, she'll complete her education

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diamondpalace — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:07:26 GMT

Wonderful news. Good to see someone around my age won, this gave me hope to have a winning soon.

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Tenaj — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Congratulations on your graduation!! But, I thought the name was changed to UNC Charlotte a few years ago? Like Queens College changed to Queens University. I know, it's hard not to say UNCC. It's like having to stop saying CPCC.

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JackpotWanna — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:31:28 GMT

WTG! Nice win. She should have claimed the ticket after the semester. I don't know how I would be able to study after a win like that.

PARTY

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Abdi — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:02:28 GMT

Congragulations to Baker for winning such a big a mount of cash,-It's ironical not to understand that she did not offer some to charity as I have could have done-but all we are hearing and reading from Lottery post from all over the globe is that she has decided to use the first batch of payments on Shopping..but any way congragulations to her,...

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time*treat — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:54:50 GMT

How much is that in Ramen noodles

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ThatScaryChick — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:51:51 GMT

I agree! I bet this extra money will be a blessing for her since college can be such a stressful time.

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cixelsydruos — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:11:47 GMT

I just graduated from UNCC.

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jusus27360 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:45:10 GMT

I'm happy for her, it has been a time since one of the million dollar ticket was won, I was beginning to think NC was doing the okeydoak LOL, but within the last week three people has won the million dollars. Its 7 tickers still remaining, hopefully I will be the next one to find a million.

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DC81 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:40:19 GMT

Congrats to her and yeah she won't have to worry about tuition now and maybe she'll pay her parents back for the semester, just give them a gift of however much tuition is. She's not a millionaire as the media and lottery like to hype it nor will she be from the principal but still 50 grand a year before taxes for the next 20 years will certainly help. She's kind of cute too, better watch out for bad guys, shame she couldn't have her name withheld since NC doesn't apparently allow that without a... [ More ]

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assaults — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:39:01 GMT

I love this! I am so happy to see someone her age win. She's good to go for quite awhile.

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Tenaj — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:27:58 GMT

to her. She won't have to worry about paying her college loans back.

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chasingadream — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:51:24 GMT

wow....north carolina already has a scratcher with a million dollar top prize?!?! Tennessee scratchers s*ck. The $20 ticket here has a top prize of $300,000 and the most popular $10 scratch ticket here has a top prize of $500,000. Where is the logic?

Rebecca what are you doing down there in metro center

UNC Charlotte student wins $1M lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:29:30 GMT

Mary Baker, a UNC Charlotte freshman nursing student, is one of the lucky winners of a scratch-off lottery game with a jackpot of $1 million.

The lucky student paid $20 for two scratch-off tickets at the Bloom grocery store near campus.

On the first ticket she won $10.

But on her second try, the ticket revealed that she was the big winner.

Monday, officials with the North Carolina Lottery presented her with a ceremonial check. Baker will receive 20 annual installments of $50,000.