Calais Man Wins Top Prize In New Tri-State Lottery Game

Sunday, February 18, 2007 posted 09:37 AM EST

A 72-year-old man from Calais, Maine will be heading to Augusta this week to claim the top prize in a new Tri-State Lottery online game called Paycheck.

George Bernard recently retired from his job as a bagger at a local supermarket and is on a fixed income. That income will be a lot bigger now that he'll be collecting 25-hundred dollars a month for the next ten years.

Bernard plans to share his winnings with his sweetheart, 65-year-old Irene Gallway, who also just retired from her job at the child care center at Washington County Community College.

Bernard recalled that Gallway chided him the week before about -- quote -- "wasting money on those stupid tickets." His reply was that "if you don't put a line in the water, you can't catch a fish." Gallway later said she's glad Bernard didn't heed her admonition.

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