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FORT COLLINS — The first part of Cindy Ortiz’s week was so good, Friday the 13th didn’t scare her a bit.
Last Sunday, the slots in Black Hawk were looser than usual when Ortiz, an unemployed small-truck operator, pocketed $1,260. A day later, she won $500 on the Colorado Lottery’s Free Ride scratch ticket. Riding her lucky streak, she cashed the winning ticket and bought ten more Free Ride tickets along with a few Lotto and Powerball tickets. Ortiz then matched four of the five numbers, including the Powerball number in Wednesday’s drawing and won $50,000.
“I’m a gambler, and my husband is probably thinking, ‘Thank God. She finally got all her money back,’ ” Ortiz said, laughing.
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