Daughter Fulfills Late Mother's Life Dream by Winning Top Prize In Florida Lottery's 'Win For Life' Game.TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1999-- Just one month after her mother passed away, Bradenton resident Shannon Smith For the Canadian swimmer, see . Shannon Smith (1985 – 1999) was a teenager from Phoenix, Arizona, whose death by a stray bullet led to changes in Arizona gun laws, strengthening penalties for random discharge of firearms. couldn't be more proud to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. her mother's life dream of winning a top prize in the Florida Lottery The Florida Lottery is one of the most lucrative single-state lottery systems in the United States with numerous On-line and Scratch-Off games offering players a wide variety of prize levels. The minimum age to purchase a Florida Lottery ticket, regardless of game, is 18. . Shannon, 29, won the top "$1,000 a week for life" prize in the Lottery's "Win for Life" scratch-off game. She claimed her prize today, choosing instead to receive an estimated single-payment cash option of slightly more than $600,000.(a) "I was planning to buy a Jeep for my birthday August 22, but my mom died the same day - so instead of buying a Jeep, I ended up paying for her funeral," Shannon said. The following week, she barely missed matching all five numbers in the Lottery's FANTASY 5 game after accidentally marking one incorrect number from the set of numbers she normal plays. "I just knew my mom was trying to help me out, because that was always her dream - she told everybody, 'I'm going to win the Lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. one day!'" As Shannon was cashing her prize, she said another customer in the store told her, "Oh, honey - your mother's going to send you something even bigger!" Less than three weeks later, Shannon ran out of gas and coasted into Sixty-Six Way Shell at 6600 Cortez Road in Bradenton to call a friend to loan her some gas money. While waiting for the friend , she purchased the lucky Win for Life ticket. "I went in broke, but I left there with over a half-million dollars!" Shannon exclaimed. As further evidence that her mother was behind her win, Shannon pointed to the bar code printed at the bottom of her ticket. A section of the numerical code represented the exact date her mother died. "Now, you tell me if that's not spiritual intervention!" she said. Shannon wasted no time collecting her bigger prize, driving to Tallahassee with a friend and her two sons, ages 5 and 7, in her newly purchased red Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] Cobra convertible. In addition to her new car, Shannon said she plans to purchase a nice headstone for her mom. "I'm going to put a photo of me with my winning Lottery ticket and new car on her headstone," she said. "After all, this was her dream - not mine. If I could give all this money back to have my mom back, I would." Shannon said she had always enjoyed playing the Lottery, but in order to carry on her mother's dedication to the games, she has played even more, buying up to $20 weekly in various games. After quitting her job as a ceramic This article is about ceramic materials. For the fine art, see Ceramic art. The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). tile tile, one of the ceramic products used in building, to which group brick and terra-cotta also belong. The term designates the finished baked clay—the material of a wide variety of units used in architecture and engineering, such as wall slabs or blocks, floor installer, Shannon has decided to return to college to study business management and hopes to begin working part-time soon in property management. (a) Exact payout pay·out n. 1. The act or an instance of paying out. 2. A percentage of corporate earnings that is paid as dividends to shareholders. is dependent upon interest rates. "Responsible Play - It's the Winning Way" |
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