08/03/2010
FAN WINS $50K ON KISS LOTTERY TICKET
'KISS' Scratcher Brings $50,000 in Good Fortune to Alamogordo Fan
ALBUQUERQUE - You could say Judith "Judy" Aguirre got a KISS for luck.
Aguirre, who lives in Alamogordo, New Mexico, won $50,000 playing the New Mexico Lottery's "KISS" Scratcher. "I love KISS and I love Gene Simmons," Aguirre told lottery officials in Albuquerque. "When I heard the game had come out, I just had to play."
Aguirre, a KISS fan since the 1980s and a loyal viewer of reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," bought the ticket Tuesday morning. After winning $10 and $15 on "KISS" tickets played earlier in the month, Aguirre said she never expected her next ticket to reveal a five-figure sum.'KISS' Scratcher Brings $50,000 in Good Fortune to Alamogordo Fan
ALBUQUERQUE - You could say Judith "Judy" Aguirre got a KISS for luck.
Aguirre, who lives in Alamogordo, New Mexico, won $50,000 playing the New Mexico Lottery's "KISS" Scratcher. "I love KISS and I love Gene Simmons," Aguirre told lottery officials in Albuquerque. "When I heard the game had come out, I just had to play."
Aguirre, a KISS fan since the 1980s and a loyal viewer of reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," bought the ticket Tuesday morning. After winning $10 and $15 on "KISS" tickets played earlier in the month, Aguirre said she never expected her next ticket to reveal a five-figure sum.
"My heart started pounding and I had the biggest smile on my face," she said. "My heart's still pounding."
Now $50,000 richer, the winner plans to buy a new car and treat husband Michael to a vacation.
The New Mexico Lottery "KISS" Scratcher is the world's first lottery game to feature the legendary performers. In addition to cash prizes, the game offers a drawing to win trips to meet KISS in Phoenix for "The Hottest Show on Earth," the band�s biggest concert tour ever. Aguirre wants to win that prize as well.
Since 1996, the lottery has raised $442.7 million for education and more than 61,000 students have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships.
As of the Spring 2009 semester, 2,000 students from Otero County have received $8.4 million in Legislative Lottery Scholarships.
Information about scholarship eligibility is available at www.nmlottery.com .
ALBUQUERQUE - You could say Judith "Judy" Aguirre got a KISS for luck.
Aguirre, who lives in Alamogordo, New Mexico, won $50,000 playing the New Mexico Lottery's "KISS" Scratcher. "I love KISS and I love Gene Simmons," Aguirre told lottery officials in Albuquerque. "When I heard the game had come out, I just had to play."
Aguirre, a KISS fan since the 1980s and a loyal viewer of reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," bought the ticket Tuesday morning. After winning $10 and $15 on "KISS" tickets played earlier in the month, Aguirre said she never expected her next ticket to reveal a five-figure sum.'KISS' Scratcher Brings $50,000 in Good Fortune to Alamogordo Fan
ALBUQUERQUE - You could say Judith "Judy" Aguirre got a KISS for luck.
Aguirre, who lives in Alamogordo, New Mexico, won $50,000 playing the New Mexico Lottery's "KISS" Scratcher. "I love KISS and I love Gene Simmons," Aguirre told lottery officials in Albuquerque. "When I heard the game had come out, I just had to play."
Aguirre, a KISS fan since the 1980s and a loyal viewer of reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," bought the ticket Tuesday morning. After winning $10 and $15 on "KISS" tickets played earlier in the month, Aguirre said she never expected her next ticket to reveal a five-figure sum.
"My heart started pounding and I had the biggest smile on my face," she said. "My heart's still pounding."
Now $50,000 richer, the winner plans to buy a new car and treat husband Michael to a vacation.
The New Mexico Lottery "KISS" Scratcher is the world's first lottery game to feature the legendary performers. In addition to cash prizes, the game offers a drawing to win trips to meet KISS in Phoenix for "The Hottest Show on Earth," the band�s biggest concert tour ever. Aguirre wants to win that prize as well.
Since 1996, the lottery has raised $442.7 million for education and more than 61,000 students have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships.
As of the Spring 2009 semester, 2,000 students from Otero County have received $8.4 million in Legislative Lottery Scholarships.
Information about scholarship eligibility is available at www.nmlottery.com .
