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Apr 18, 2007

Corozal man takes home $60,000 Lotto jackpot

Story PictureFor the last seven days, a Corozal man has been sitting on a pile of money. On April eleventh, Florencio Catzim held the winning ticket for the sixty thousand dollar Lotto jackpot and this afternoon, he walked into Tropical Gaming Company to claim his prize.

Florencio Catzim, Lotto Winner
“Just say well I glad I win, right.”

Janelle Chanona
“You sure that da all yu seh, you neva jump up and down or nothing like that?”

Florencio Catzim
“No, fu what? Well that dah no the first time I got money right.”

Janelle Chanona
“You me win already?”

Florencio Catzim
“No, but I well, I used to money right so.”

Janelle Chanona
“So you got things good…?”

Florencio Catzim
“Yeah.”

Janelle Chanona
“So what you wah do with the money?”

Florencio Catzim
“Finish my house…finish the house weh I started.”

After government’s fifteen percent tax bite, Catzim took a fifty-one thousand dollar check back to Corozal.


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