Here’s a story from a Muscatine man that’s been years in the making, and we don’t know the ending yet!
The man’s name is Robert Newton, and he says he gets a kick out of occasionally seeing his last name as one of the words printed on our “Crossword” scratch tickets. But apparently, his friend Mark Peak has been even luckier, having both his first AND last names show up on a Crossword ticket.
So, it became a running joke between them that someday, Robert would find a ticket with the words “Newton” and “Mark” or “Peak” on it and give it to Mark as a gag gift. Mark, in turn, said that if that ever happened, he’d burn the ticket.
Well, guess what? It happened! They recently found a “Super Crossword” ticket with the words “Newton” and “Peak” printed on it. (Robert sent us a photo of the ticket, which you can see here. Notice the word “Newton” at the top and “Peak” at the bottom.)
And just as he said he would, Robert gave the ticket to Mark as a gag gift. But he took a precautionary step first: He had the ticket framed. He says the ticket can’t be burned if it’s in a frame!
But he didn’t play the ticket before having it framed. And now they want to know: Did it win a prize? The only way we can answer that question is if the ticket is removed from the frame and the latex is scratched off from the serial number used to check the ticket.
We let Robert know that the words on our scratch tickets are assigned at random, so we have no idea when – or if – those two words might both show up on a ticket again.
Will their curiosity win out and they’ll have the ticket checked? Only time will tell …
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