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Sep 7, 2004

Latest lotto winner is new player

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On Saturday, lady luck certainly smiled on Jose Alfredo Ramirez of San Ignacio Town. This twenty-seven year old father of five children became the seventh lotto jackpot winner of the year, walking off with the sixty thousand dollar weekend draw. Ramirez, who spent a total of ten dollars on the game, says he had been playing BEL 3 for only one month before deciding to try his luck at the Lotto. He could not believe what he was seeing on Channel 5 as his five numbers started popping up on the screen.

Jose Alfredo Ramirez, 60,000 Lotto Jackpot Winner

?Yeah, I was watching the TV and was so surprised. I couldn?t believe it.?

Jacqueline Woods

?How many tickets did you bought??

Jose Alfredo Ramirez

?This last one I bought five; five of them.?

Jacqueline Woods

?How did you go about choosing the numbers??

Jose Alfredo Ramirez

?From the beginning, like a month ago, I just picked three numbers and I have been buying those three numbers and then decided on Saturday to try five.?

Those five winning numbers are 02 ? 04 ? 12 ? 29 and 32. Following the usual fifteen percent tax deduction, Ramirez took home fifty-one thousand dollars.


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