Scratch and Win Winners From Northern Belize

Tonight, two Scratch and Win customers from the north are celebrating. Rangel, a resident of Corozal won ten thousand dollars on a single ticket, while Feliciano won five thousand dollars on a single ticket. These men have big plans for their winnings and today they stopped by our office to tell us all about it.

Rangel

Rangel, Scratch and Win Winner

“Bway, every time you have to buy. Every shop you go you have to buy. Try your luck everyday, every time.”

Paul Lopez

“How long have you been buying?”

Rangel, Scratch and Win Winner

“From this think start, from scratch start I the buy and finally.”

Paul Lopez

“How you felt about this ticket?”

Rangel, Scratch and Win Winner

“I scratch and see one come out, I see the lucky one. I said well only a hundred dollars ah come out. I finish scratch and see ten thousand the een deh.”

Paul Lopez

“What you do at that moment?”

Rangel, Scratch and Win Winner

“Just relaxed, drink a couple beers and relax.”

Paul Lopez

“Now that you have won this ten grand, what you plan to do?”

Rangel, Scratch and Win Winner

“Right now, I wah buy a two more beers and then I wah furnish a house I have abandoned dah Corozal.”

Feliciano, Scratch and Win Winner

“Bway well I mih the try mih luck. Like weh I seh I tell mih mah mekm we guh buy some tickets. I buy twenty dollars and ah tell deh everybody get one. So, we try sih what we could get. So I tell deh I wah tek this one for me mek ah sih. So, I see first one and say ok, second one I said alright look good. I said, one more. I see the five the zero, I said nuh man, I see a next zero I said nuh man, I see a next zero I said, alright well now quick. I said alright I tell mih mah a win. She said no. I tell ah a win. Weh unu expect fih do with this money. Just pay out the bills wih got and everybody got deh things deh have to pay off and suh. Dah just that I have to deal with that first.”

Paul Lopez

“How handy this money come in?”

Feliciano, Scratch and Win Winner

“Right now good, once I pay off my bills I dah wah happy man right now.”