Claudia Amaya
She Found the 9's
Claudia Amaya of Hyattsville, MD won $9,999 with the $2 D.C. Scratcher Find the 9s. A resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, Amaya said she went into the store and decided that she wanted to buy a scratch ticket. She picked Find the 9s and won the top prize of $9,999. "I'm really happy. I really need it. I'm going to pay some bills," she said. Amaya said her husband didn't believe she had until she showed him the ticket. She bought her winning ticket at Los Primos, 3160 Mount Pleasant Street, N.W.