“This is maybe a sign and a gift from him,” Marjory Rittman told lottery officials while claiming her prize
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- An Iowa woman won the lottery by carrying on a tradition she and her late husband observed for years
- Marjory Rittman and her husband Dale, who died in March, spent their Saturday nights playing crossword scratch-off lottery games together, often telling each other that they were “going to hit the big one”
- “This is maybe a sign and a gift from him,” she told lottery officials while claiming her prize
An Iowa woman’s tradition with her late husband led her to score a big lottery prize.
Marjory Rittman, a resident of West Des Moines, wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary on Saturday, Nov. 29 — she was simply carrying on a tradition she had with her husband, Dale, who died in March.
For years, the couple spent their Saturday nights playing crossword scratch games, often telling each other that they were “going to hit the big one,” Marjory told Iowa Lottery officials…