Cathy McGuinn and brothers Tom and Jeff Blokel received the big check treatment from Illinois Lottery officials Thursday in honor of their $1 million ticket. Watch highlights from the event at Boston's Gourmet Pizza in Tinley Park.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
It's been just more than two weeks, since brothers Tom and Jeff Blokel and Cathy McGuinn found out the lottery ticket they bought together won them $1 million. And it's been about a week since they claimed their prize from the Illinois Lottery. On Thursday, the trio wrapped up their whirlwind experience with an official ceremony at Boston's Gourmet Pizza at Brookside Marketplace, the place they purchased their winning Halloween Millionaire Raffle ticket. The event, put on by the Illinois Lottery, included congratulations from Deputy Lottery Supt. Victor Golden and the obligatory oversized checks. Now McGuinn, of Tinley Park, and the Boleks—Tom's from Tinley Park and Jeff's from Oak Forest— can return to their normal routines. Just with $…
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It was a routine for brothers Tom and Jeff Blokel: Stop for drinks at Boston's Gourmet Pizza in TInley Park and buy lottery tickets with their bartender, Cathy McGuinn. But the trio didn't think their friendship would be rewarded like this.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
For the past couple years, brothers Tom and Jeff Blokel have made a habit of stopping by Boston's Gourmet Pizza at Brookside Marketplace in Tinley Park after work for a drink and a bite to eat. It's the watering hole where the Blokels struck up a friendship with bartender Cathy McGuinn, and the three began a tradition during the visits. READ: $1M Halloween Raffle Lottery Ticket Sold at Boston's Gourmet Pizza "We just started playing lottery in general," said McGuinn, a Tinley Park resident who's been working at Boston's for three years. "We just put in a few bucks here and there. Then the raffle came along, and we decided to get a few tickets for that." That raffle is the Illinois Lottery's Halloween Millionaire Raffle, and it was the …
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