$10,000 Bingo Winner, Libby Claustro Newspaper Article

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Newcastle Village & District Historical Society

$10,000 Bingo Winner, Libby Claustro Newspaper Article: A newspaper clipping titled "She's a Winner!" dated August 1999, a woman stands in a store, wearing a uniform with a name tag. Below the photo, a detailed article narrates the story of Libby Claustro, who co-owns a store with her husband Abdul Mohamed in downtown Orono. Libby, who rarely buys lottery tickets, had an unexpected stroke of luck when she purchased a Bingo scratch-and-win ticket left unattended on the counter all day. Mistakenly thinking she won small amounts, she was ecstatic to discover she had won $10,000, which will got towards paying off the house that her and her husband are building in Bowmanville.
$10,000 Bingo Winner, Libby Claustro Newspaper Article

A newspaper clipping titled "She's a Winner!" dated August 1999, a woman stands in a store, wearing a uniform with a name tag. Below the photo, a detailed article narrates the story of Libby Claustro, who co-owns a store with her husband Abdul Mohamed in downtown Orono. Libby, who rarely buys lottery tickets, had an unexpected stroke of luck when she purchased a Bingo scratch-and-win ticket left unattended on the counter all day. Mistakenly thinking she won small amounts, she was ecstatic to discover she had won $10,000, which will got towards paying off the house that her and her husband are building in Bowmanville.

Name/Title

$10,000 Bingo Winner, Libby Claustro Newspaper Article

Entry/Object ID

2026.46.77

Description

A newspaper article describing the story of how Libby Claustro won $10,000.