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Dalton woman wins $80,000 in lottery instant game

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DALTON, GA (Times Free Press) -- A Dalton, Ga., mother of two has won the $80,000 top prize in the Georgia Lottery's instant game Orange Doubler Cashword, a news release states.

Ana Mares, 24, claimed her prize recently at the lottery's district office in Dalton.

"We just went into the store after visiting my in-laws," Mares recalled. "My husband got one for each of us."

She scratched her ticket at home, the release from the lottery states.

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