NH couple celebrates 43rd anniversary with ‘Lucky for Life’ win, to get $25,000 a year

A couple in Salem, New Hampshire is celebrating 43 years of marriage with a ‘Lucky for Life’ win, lottery officials said.

Shelley German won a $25,000-a-year-for-life prize in the multi-state Lucky for Life game after the first five numbers on her Quic Pic ticket matched those selected in the drawing that took place on July 28.

She said she put her winning ticket in an anniversary card for her husband thinking it had matched four of the first five numbers. When they rechecked the numbers together, the couple realized that all five of those numbers matched.

German and her husband, who were celebrating their 43rd anniversary, claimed the prize on Wednesday at the Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters in Dorchester, lottery officials said.

She chose the annuity option on her prize and received the first of 20 annual payments of $25,000 (before taxes). She said on their 38th anniversary she won a new car in a raffle, then also noted that her first real jackpot was her husband.

German, who plays Lucky for Life regularly after having seen it on an episode of the TV show “My Lottery Dream Home,” said she plans to spend some of her winnings on home improvements.

She purchased her winning ticket at Ted’s Stateline Mobil at 551 Broadway in Methuen. The store receives a $5,000 bonus for its sale of the ticket.

Lucky for Life drawings are conducted seven nights a week.

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