{"id":276773,"date":"2018-05-25T06:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=276773"},"modified":"2018-05-25T06:06:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:06:47","slug":"woman-counts-many-blessings-including-lottery-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/woman-counts-many-blessings-including-lottery-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman counts many blessings\u2014including lottery winnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_276774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276774\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RM-lottery-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RM-lottery-pix-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-276774\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-276774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucy Vitalino, center, receives the ceremonial check prize from NMSA treasurer John Hirsh, left, and NMSA lottery manager Anicia Lisua, right, during a presentation at the Twin\u2019s Supermarket in Lower Navy Hill. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Lito resident Lucy Vitalino counts many blessings this year but none bigger than the one she got from the Northern Marianas Sports Association\u2019s Pacific Gold Lottery: A whopping $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the benefits from my deceased husband and other earnings this year, so I feel really blessed. And then this lottery prize came. I am so lucky and I am thankful for all these blessings,\u201d said Vitalino, who received the major prize from NMSA treasurer John Hirsh and lottery manager Anicia Lisua in a brief award ceremony last May 18 at Twin\u2019s Supermarket in Lower Navy Hill where the former had her ticket checked.<\/p>\n<p>Vitalino got five of the six winning numbers\u201412, 17, 38, 31, and 6. She said the winning numbers are the birthdates of her children and other relatives. She missed No. 14, which incidentally was the date she had her winning ticket checked at Twin\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed No. 14 on Mother\u2019s Day, but I still received a great Mother\u2019s Day gift,\u201d said Vitalino, who previously won minor prizes in the same lottery.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hirsh thanked Vitalino and other patrons of the NMSA lottery and scratchies for supporting a worthy cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of the proceeds of the lottery and scratchies go to NMSA, which then uses the funds for our athletes competing off-island,\u201d Hirsh said. \u201cTheir help are very much welcome, especially at this time of the year when we are getting ready to send out our athletes to Yap for the 2018 Micronesian Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CNMI will be competing in ocean swim, outrigger canoe, men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball, men\u2019s indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, baseball, spearfishing, and athletics and NMSA had already released the $500 financial aid to each athletes and officials of the participating teams. 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