A Decatur woman who already had won $52,000 a year for life can add more than $300,000 to those winnings.
Norma Chavez, 60, came forward this week to claim $317,529 in Sunday’s Fantasy 5 drawing. She used the same combination of “lucky numbers” in October 2007 to win $52,000 a year for life playing Win for Life.
Chavez, a retired dry cleaning staffer, used her birthday and the birthdays of two friends to come up with this week’s winning numbers – 3-5-9-10-28. The ticket was sold at the Amoco Food Stop at 2077 N. Decatur Road.
Chavez plans to use the money to buy a dishwasher. “I’ve been careful with my money,” she told lottery officials.
Chavez’s family has also benefited from the HOPE scholarship funded by the lottery tickets she has purchased over the years. One of her two adult children attended the University of Georgia on the HOPE.
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