Saints Fan Wins $100,000 Top Prize on Scratch-Off
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An impulse purchase paid off big time for New Orleans Saints fan Richard Pardue when he won a $100,000 top prize from the Louisiana Lottery's I LOVE MY SAINTS scratch-off game.
"It was the first Saints game of the season, so I thought 'why not?'" Pardue recalled after buying the scratch-off Sept. 9-the day the Saints played the Washington Redskins. When he claimed his prize at the Lottery's Monroe office Monday, Pardue exclaimed, "When I saw how much I won, I almost died!"
The 29-year-old Chatham resident purchased the top-prize winning ticket from Chatham U Pak It on Highway 34. He plans to use the winnings to pay off his house.