Getting progressive in the Fast Play lane of Home Run Riches

As baseball season crosses over into football season, Maryland Lottery Executive Director John Martin gives Nestor a sniff for a taste of the Ravens scratch-off contests coming this fall once the kickoffs kick off. But, meanwhile, the Home Run Riches winners add up as the Birds’ bats have awakened with the warm air of summer baseball.

Nestor Aparicio and John Martin discussed the Maryland Lottery’s 27th anniversary, upcoming events, and the Maryland crab cake tour. Martin highlighted the lottery’s 4,300 retailers and the current Mega Millions ($140 million) and Powerball ($384 million) jackpots. He detailed the Maryland Treasures Art Contest, which offers cash prizes for three winners whose art will be featured on scratch-off tickets. Martin also mentioned the Home Run Riches fast play game with a nearly $100,000 progressive jackpot. Additionally, he teased the upcoming Ravens scratch-off tickets and a trip to Cincinnati for a game.

• [ ] Promote the Maryland Treasures art contest and provide details on the guidelines and eligibility.
• [ ] Determine how to showcase or display the non-winning art submissions from the contest.
• [ ] Announce the launch details for the new Ravens-themed scratch-off tickets.
• [ ] Prepare to discuss the Maryland Lottery’s financial contributions to the state at the upcoming MACO conference.

Maryland Lottery’s 27th Anniversary and Crab Cake Tour

• Nestor Aparicio announces WNST AM 1570’s 27th anniversary and the Maryland crab cake tour, featuring 27 different places to enjoy crab cakes.
• Nestor mentions the Maryland lottery’s support for the tour, including giving away pressure locks and Lucky Seven doublers.
• John Martin, the Executive Director of the Maryland Lottery, discusses the number of retailers, which is around 4300.
• Nestor plans to visit various locations across the state, including Frederick and Hagerstown, to enjoy crab cakes.

Mega Millions and Powerball Jackpots

• John Martin updates on the current Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, which are in the triple digits.
• Nestor and John discuss the importance of responsible gambling and the availability of tickets at 4300 retailers.
• John introduces the Maryland Treasures Art Contest, where players can design and craft a scratch-off ticket.
• Guidelines for the art contest include eligibility, technical requirements, and cash prizes for the winners.

Maryland Treasures Art Contest Details

• John Martin provides detailed guidelines for the Maryland Treasures Art Contest, including eligibility, technical requirements, and cash prizes.
• Nestor suggests displaying the entries at the state fair or online to showcase the artwork.
• John confirms that the contest celebrates Maryland’s history, landmarks, culture, people, and places.
• Nestor emphasizes the importance of following the rules and the potential for hundreds of entries.

AI and Art Contest Integrity

• Nestor discusses the potential use of AI in the art contest and the importance of maintaining integrity.
• John reassures that the contest is not for AI-generated content and that the Maryland Lottery has an AI police.
• Nestor suggests that the contest should not appeal to children and should avoid political, religious, and adult content.
• John mentions that some submissions have already been eliminated for not meeting the guidelines.

Dimensions and Branding of Tickets

• Nestor and John discuss the dimensions of the tickets, specifically the Lucky Sevens ticket, which is a four-by-four-inch square.
• John explains that the Maryland Lottery will handle the numbers part of the ticket, and artists just need to provide the artwork.
• Nestor mentions a recent $8,888 winner from the Back to the Future scratch-off and the importance of branding Maryland.
• John confirms that the winning art should celebrate Maryland’s unique features, such as crabs, mountains, and cities.

Orioles and Ravens Contests

• Nestor and John discuss the recent trades involving Orioles players, including Sir Anthony Dominguez.
• John shares his experience attending an Orioles game where they scored 18 runs and left many balls in the park.
• Nestor talks about the impact of home runs on the Maryland Lottery’s Home Run Riches fast play game.
• John mentions the progressive jackpot in the Home Run Riches game and the upcoming August contestants.

Ravens Scratch-Off Tickets

• Nestor inquires about the upcoming Ravens scratch-off tickets and their release date.
• John teases that the Ravens tickets will be launched soon and mentions a trip to Cincinnati for a game.
• Nestor expresses his excitement for the Ravens scratch-off tickets and the potential for a trip to Cincinnati.
• John confirms that the Ravens tickets will be available soon and that the trip to Cincinnati is a significant event.

Mako Conference and Lottery Contributions

• Nestor and John discuss the upcoming Mako conference in Ocean City, where the Maryland Lottery will release fiscal year numbers.
• John explains the importance of the conference for county governments and state agencies to interact and share information.
• Nestor emphasizes the role of the Maryland Lottery in contributing to state funds and the importance of responsible gambling.
• John confirms that the conference will provide detailed information on the lottery’s contributions and the impact on various state programs.

Maryland Crab Cake Tour and Community Engagement

• Nestor highlights the Maryland crab cake tour, which will feature 27 different places to enjoy crab cakes.
• John mentions the importance of the tour in promoting local businesses and community engagement.
• Nestor discusses the various sponsors and partners supporting the tour, including GBMC.
• John emphasizes the Maryland Lottery’s commitment to responsible gambling and community involvement.

Final Thoughts and Future Plans

• Nestor and John wrap up the discussion by reiterating the importance of the Maryland Lottery’s contributions to the state.
• John confirms the upcoming release of the Ravens scratch-off tickets and the trip to Cincinnati.
• Nestor expresses his excitement for the Maryland crab cake tour and the upcoming events at Mako.
• John and Nestor look forward to their next meeting in two weeks to discuss the lottery’s impact and future plans.

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

Maryland Lottery, crab cake tour, Mega Millions, Powerball, art contest, Maryland Treasures, scratch-off tickets, Ravens scratch-offs, Cincinnati trip, home run riches, fast play game, progressive jackpot, Maryland crab cakes, 27th anniversary, Ocean City.

SPEAKERS

Nestor Aparicio, John Martin

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Nestor Aparicio  00:01

Welcome home. We are W, N, S, T am 1570 task of Baltimore. We are Baltimore, positively enjoying little bit of the calm before the storm. Our 27th anniversary is this weekend. We’re going to present some of not greatest tits, but a little bit of storytelling as to how we wound up here 27 years later, and then we’re going to go on the road and eat lots of good stuff next month. It’s the Maryland crab cake tour, sort of with a side dish of side dishes. It’s 27 different places to go and enjoy some great food. All of it’s sort of more on the inexpensive side and more on the places I actually eat. All that brought to you by the mayor of the lottery. I’ll have some pressure locks and some Lucky Seven doublers to give away throughout the month, we’ve sort of doubled up our crab cake run in August. We’re going to be doing tons of stuff later on in the month, Cocos. We’re going to be up at the new Costa centimonium, and also going to be on the east side of town as well, so just all over the place. John Martin is here. He’s east side, west side, all over the state. How many retailers are there now? Maryland lottery retail is like 3800 something, some big number, right? All over the

John Martin  01:09

state is a big number. Nestor, 4300 I know I got the number wrong, from Oakland, Ocean City and everywhere in between. Well,

Nestor Aparicio  01:17

that’s good, because I’m that’s where I’m going all month long. I’m going to be not quite to Oakland this year, but I am going to get to Frederick. I get further west than that. I get donuts in Hagerstown. I got places to eat all over the state, but some people are eating well, we’ve had some winners this week. You know, my wife’s always looking at Megan, always looking at Powerball to figure all that stuff out. But I know we still have the art competition too. So I’ve been out on MD lottery.com, and I’m sort of gearing up for my 27th anniversary. What’s the lottery got going on? John?

John Martin  01:48

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Lots of good stuff. You know, we’re in that, that nice spot on the Mega Millions Powerball, where both of them are triple digits, and that’s, that’s always a nice place to be. As we speak, mega is in the 140 range, and Powerball at 384 so again, please pay responsibly, but you can visit any of those 4300 retailers and get your Mega Millions in Powerball ticket. Yeah, this art contest is, you know, one of the things we haven’t talked about, relative to the art contest is, is the rules, and we are, if anything, a an organization of rules. Nestor, when you’re when you’re dealing with money, you got to have some guidelines. So feel free, for those people who are not familiar with it, we have offered the opportunity for you our players, to participate in designing and crafting a scratch off ticket, and you can go to MD lottery.com, for all the guidelines on the Maryland treasures art contest, and when you go in there, please go all the way through to the guidelines. They’ll give you some parameters of technical things about how, how the art needs to be presented, dimensions. But then we also get into some things that are eligibility. You must be 18 plus to enter the contest, we will select three lucky winners, and their art will be featured on a scratch up ticket next spring. The spring of 26 you must be a Maryland resident to be eligible to win, and there is cash prizes for those three people who are selected. It must be an original artist of the you must be the original artist of the entry.

Nestor Aparicio  03:21

It can’t. This is where I come in, because this summer. I mean, I’m an entrepreneur. You’ve seen the doctor, yes, I sort of run the place and do my own thing around or this AI thing that’s coming on right now, right? I mean, it’s really a thing. I have been training in it in the best way that my 56 year old mind can train in it to say, what can it do? What can it automate the same way that everyone in the world is thinking this through, and there’s a lot of hokey pokey going on, and we talked about the lottery being on the up and up. I’m using some great term. Miss Edie would appreciate all these terms. Is my neighborhood lottery play. Yeah, she’s the best, but she’d say, No, Hokey Pokey. Now, you know, is this only up and up and so part of the A and i ai thing or the a one thing, depending on who you’re listening to, would be to not, you know, this is a legit thing. This is a legit art thing, and it’s not for people like me that are great artist. But idea wise, the the inspiration for Maryland. And I know I gave you a hard time couple weeks ago, and you said, I’ll get back to you on that. You know people there as the Executive Director of the Maryland lottery gaming, um, what happens to fourth place in fifth places, six places? I’m thinking, tell me if I’m wrong when this is done. And I know we are the cutoff dates in a week or two or three here coming up soon, hundreds, you’ll get hundreds of entries, right? I mean, yeah. I mean, literally, this is kind of a fun, neat thing. It’d be quite, uh, if you’re an artist, to say, hey, my art got selected for a lottery ticket. I mean, it’s kind of neat, uh, not to mention winning and all. The winnings always fun. That’s why we all play anyway. But there’s going to be a lot of really neat stuff that doesn’t win that I think you should display. And I’m sticking to that. John Martin,

John Martin  05:08

yes, yes, no, we are working on something like that. Just the timing to do that bring you closer to the release of the ticket. Obviously,

Nestor Aparicio  05:16

when I think you should display him at the state fair, you could display it online, though, right? Because, I mean, everybody could see it online gallery,

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John Martin  05:25

yeah, we’ll work some up, work something out. But again, the whole idea is, you must celebrate the wonderful state of Maryland, its history, its landmarks, its culture, its people, its places, whatever speaks to you as an artist. And yes, no AI generated content. Please. We will have the AI police on

Nestor Aparicio  05:44

this. That’s why I brought it up. I know we’re Toki Pokey, yep, yep, and

John Martin  05:49

again, as everything we do, please do not appeal to children. No political messages, no religious statements. I mean, no adult content, no nudity. And I’m saying no to these things. We already had to eliminate a few folks who didn’t go to the guidelines and and determine that that their submission would not be allowed.

Nestor Aparicio  06:09

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So things get the dimension of the tickets, right, right? I mean, like, I’m literally holding up three different tickets. These two are the same size, but, you know, tickets are different, whatever the rule like, follow the rules, right? I mean, read the rules if you want to win there. You know

John Martin  06:23

what? That that lucky sevens ticket. Hold that up, please. That’s a four by four inch by four inch. So it’s a square ticket. So that’s kind of format we’re looking at. And we’ll handle the the numbers part of it. Don’t worry about that. You know, you just give us the artwork and we’ll make it fit on the

Nestor Aparicio  06:39

ticket. I saw we had an $8,888 winner off of the Back to the Future. Scratch off. I saw that he held up his thing, and he was a dude that loved back to the future. I you know, that’s part of this. Is the branding and Maryland. And what makes Maryland special. I would think one of the three is going to have a crab on it, right? I mean, I think one of the three better have, like, the whole notion of how awesome our state is, that we’re America in miniature. You know, we have mountains, we have we have lakes and we have rivers and we have the ocean, and we have cities and we have towns, and we have old things, and we have new things, so, and we have you and me,

John Martin  07:24

yeah, not that that would anyone would put that on a ticket. Matter of fact, we prefer that people not be on the ticket. So again, think about things. This is not a portrait, not not it can’t be Miss Ed’s portrait on a ticket. All that would be endearing, but it’s

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Nestor Aparicio  07:37

although you know what bro houses and brick row houses? Absolutely, that would be something very Baltimore,

John Martin  07:44

yes, right. Very much, very much. We’re interested. And August 15 you alluded to earlier. August 15 is the deadline. Go to MD lottery.com, for all the details. And if you heard any Hurry, get your stuff together. Let’s go get your magic markers, your your paint by number kit, whatever it is you need to do, and get it to

Nestor Aparicio  08:03

us. Well, I would think somebody out there has already created an incredible escape that they thought this was a great image of Maryland I created in some way that that’s, I guess that’s what we’re trying to appeal to. Some people say exactly you’ve already had the idea. Put the idea to work, and let’s make it a lottery ticket. Now hold it up on the real radio on video next year. John Martin is here. He’s the Executive Director of all things Maryland, lottery and gaming. I’m getting my crab cake swerve on the road here for the next month. So before I talk food with you and all that, and as we tape this segment, we’re up against the trading deadline. They’ve already traded Sir Anthony Dominguez and as a baseball guy, and I know you’re an old school Cleveland baseball fan of the former I team, and now the guard who, by the way, performed pretty well against the Orioles last week, and we skipped that. But, um, the notion that Sir Anthony may be one of the great names in the history of Oriole first names, and I still think Chico Simone’s number one, trungo Hayes, where we’ve had a couple of really good names here in Baltimore. But there’s going to be more trades. But the home run thing, I’m thinking this is very weighted. If they go giving away Ryan O’Hare. I mean, this is a good way to keep more money for John Martin in the Maryland lottery, we more home runs, not less home runs, although we did score 16 runs right before we did this and beat up Getty Lee’s Blue Jays on his birthday.

John Martin  09:28

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You know, it may you may be shocked to hear this. Are you sitting down? I

Nestor Aparicio  09:33

actually am. I began the segment standing. Yes. Good, good

John Martin  09:37

you. Misha, I was actually at Oriole Park at Camden Yards Saturday for the 18 to nothing, I nearly had to take shoes, socks. I everything. I was thank goodness they didn’t score 21 I don’t know what I would have done, but they they had a lot of lot of runs, and many of them left the park. My checkbook has been in overdrive. Five Nestor, well,

Nestor Aparicio  10:01

it’s summer. You know, heat in can temperature, Rex part temperature at game time, 93 degrees. And, you know, on that night, yep, yep, ball’s gonna get up in the air. Yeah. You know,

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John Martin  10:13

maybe they do. You think they found those torpedo best that the Yankees clearly have misplaced? Did they find a couple of those left in the in the visitors clubhouse. You think that’s working?

Nestor Aparicio  10:21

I don’t know, but I wouldn’t even you know, as someone that survived the McGuire Sosa era and watched all the Hall of Famers last week and the non Hall of Famers last week, yeah, I, you know, I think we’ve survived torpedo bats. We’ve survived the fence, going out, the fence, coming in, hot air, cold air. We’re gonna, we’re going to redo the scoreboard now that’s going to change the trajectory either way. A bomb is a bomb, a home run is a home run, and when they hit them, you pay them off. And when it’s a Grand Slam, even better. And absolutely, more

John Martin  10:52

of those, really. And we we can go to MD lottery.com, and see who the August contestants are. We’re already ramping up. We have selected for the full calendar month of August. Again, I don’t know why and how, but if you’ve never heard of home run riches, if you enter in your home run riches fast play ticket into your My lottery rewards account,

Nestor Aparicio  11:12

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not a scratch off, not a scratch off. It’s a fast play game. No, no, it is

John Martin  11:16

a fast play game, absolutely correct, and it has a progressive jackpot. And that jackpot, as we speak, is missing a lot. Yeah, it’s a lot where, well,

Nestor Aparicio  11:27

I’m just thinking, I just hoping that, when you come up with these the winners for the month, when they draw the names that I know, one of them again in August, like I knew cheese steak Dave, who only had a Laureano home run, but he made 1000 bucks buy a lot of cheesesteaks in Nottingham Cheesesteak. Dave, yeah, progressive, almost $100,000

John Martin  11:46

has just been handed to me by my production assistant here. So, yeah, August coming up. Check out the the calendar and see if any you know anybody there. I’m not going to, well tease, I see a couple where in the world is in there. So what? Well, that’s the big

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Nestor Aparicio  11:59

banana. And we don’t even like when we say progressive, it’s look it’s nice to be cheese steak, Dave and a win 500 bucks, and Kevin Brown says your name a couple of times, and Ben McDonald tips his cap if they hit a home run or whatever, like they did for cheesesteak Dave last month on his night. But when you win the progressive, that’s like a lot of grand slams. That’s like a lot of walk off brand slams, really,

John Martin  12:21

that is a lot home run riches, walk off winnings. It’s $5 fast play ticket with a progressive jackpot, nearly $100,000 as a top prize right now, but plenty of other lower tiered prizes. It’s not just winner take all you can. You can win a variety of cash prizes. Just check it out. Visit MD lottery.com Learn more about the game and how to play, fast play. John Martin

Nestor Aparicio  12:41

is here. He is the executive director of all things Maryland, lottery gaming. Actually, we’re going to get together in a couple of weeks that at Mako, in the middle of my crab cake tour in the 27th anniversary, to talk about casinos and numbers and where the money goes, and all the state folks are down in Ocean City. We’ll be doing that. I want pressure, luck, Sky, these are the $3 Roz is really taking me up. I have both this month, yeah, because it’s our anniversary. I love the Whammy. I like scratch offs. But what this is really doing, and I’m gonna, I’m looking for Ed McMahon here to get a timpani or, you know, I’m trying to be Ed McMahon on Johnny Carson’s couch, and give you the chance to be Johnny Carson and say it’s your big chance. John Martin, when are the Ravens scratch offs coming, because I’m waiting for him. Luke’s out sweating. We’ve got injuries. Isaiah, likely is already injured right now. I mean, home run riches is no offense. It’s so summer. And I’m thinking pumpkin. I’m thinking Halloween. I’m thinking kickoff. I’m thinking buffalo. Five weeks from now,

John Martin  13:40

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I have, under good authority that the Ravens tickets will be launched soon.

Nestor Aparicio  13:48

That’s what you got for me, soon. You know what people think we have a relationship. It just there’s, you know, there is a line. But soon, August, August August would be soon. Wouldn’t okay? That’s okay. I mean, that’s it tomorrow. That’s fine. I gave you the I gave you the opportunity to tell me that they’re purple, or that they exist or that, and that they’re not Scratchers or sniffers or scented. They don’t smell like purple plums or that purple pepper that Steve Elliott picked in his in his garden for me. Here he did. Here’s he did. He did pick, he didn’t pick a pack of purple peppers, but I had the first purple pepper of my life last week. Because Thank

John Martin  14:28

you. Yes, thank you. Hey, the here’s a tease for you. Alright, here we go. We have many folks are very familiar with the with the Raven scratch off tickets and the second chance prizes throughout the season, and we oftentimes will pick an away game. Is

Nestor Aparicio  14:46

this like a schedule drop? Are you dropping? Okay, I see what you’re doing here. You’re picking the game that’s going to be the big banana where roquan Smith, historically has brought cheesecake to one of the winners. Yes, last year, the winners rode the train, which I did one time on the day, and I’ve never it was like a Seinfeld episode. More of anything, more of everything. Is what it was like. I

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John Martin  15:10

will teach you. This is not a train trip.

Nestor Aparicio  15:14

Airplane fly off. Yeah. All right,

John Martin  15:17

you want to guess what? I will give you two guesses, because

Nestor Aparicio  15:21

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I don’t know where they’re playing, because I don’t run road trips anymore. Chances are I’ve been there, unless it’s LA and I’ve been there too. So let’s see here. Let’s go through the Ravens road trip schedule. Shall we on the regular season? I will try not to tip my hand. It’s not buffalo, because nobody loves anybody. Would send anybody to Buffalo? Maybe in September, they would, but it’s too early, so I’m going to write that one off. By the way, can I do a little plug here for not just my friends at Union brewing, but over at Babe Ruth Museum, for one of my all time favorite teams, they are doing in 1975 Baltimore Colts reunion, and in September, 50th anniversary. Now the 75 Colts. My voice like, didn’t win a Super Bowl. I’m like, hey, that’s about the point. They won my heart, and they beat the Browns pretty good, you know, they were one in four and won nine games in a row. The Browns were one of their many victims in those that Burt Jones, that, you know, you said two words. That when you say those two words to me, it makes me smile. You said Bert Jones to me. John Martin, my wife would tell you, you can’t mention Burt Jones without me smiling. So anyway, that’s on the 13th of September, and that’s

John Martin  16:32

immaterial. Was that? Was that 75 team? That was a 75

Nestor Aparicio  16:35

teams? Burke, yeah. Swash, I tried to explain to my wife what a man’s man. I said we had Jim Palmer and Bert Jones. We had like, these six. Yeah, I mean, we 75 was wonder why. 50 years later, I’m collecting belt buckles. So anyway, let’s see road games here. This year, they’re gonna while they’re home against Detroit, Kansas City, September 28 that’s a great, great trip. There’s barbecue. If you sent me to Kansas City, I would say that is, that’s an exemplary Maryland lottery. Raven scratch off trip. I’d be into Miami, Miami on Halloween. It’s a Thursday night. Not my favorite brand of football, but Miami weather’s going to be a little year late October, maybe Miami, Minnesota in November. That’s a great stadium. That’s a really good trip. I mean, I would, we don’t play there. We’ll play there every eight years or so, Cleveland in November? Well, I’ll just move on from that. Um, let’s see here. Where else do we play? We play Cincinnati in December. No, just no. I mean, no offense. I mean, you’re from northern Ohio, so you know what I’m talking about. And let’s see here, where’s the other What am I? Am I missing? So are you sending them to Kansas? And where are you sending them?

John Martin  18:06

John, well, you missed Pittsburgh. But let’s, let’s, let’s, we all should know,

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Nestor Aparicio  18:11

all right. Joe Flacco once said promoting a bank here locally, Pittsburgh. No, yeah, yeah, yeah.

John Martin  18:19

So anyway, well, gee, I’m sorry. I probably shouldn’t have done this live. We probably should have rehearsed this. Why? What are we doing? We are going to the state of my birth, but not the northern part of the state. You’re going to Cincinnati, December. Is that the 14th? I’ll say this.

Nestor Aparicio  18:38

I love that stadium. It’s one of my favorite stadiums. And when it fills up and it gets crazy and it’s gotten they wear the white now and the burrow thing. I mean, who knows

John Martin  18:50

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what they’re wearing now, you know this, this, this uniform thing, it’s gonna look crazy.

Nestor Aparicio  18:54

I’m gonna say something really controversial here. And I’m shocked, go ahead, because I’m provocative, according to AI. So I’m going to be provocative here, and I’ve said

John Martin  19:03

this with two according to AI, so, so there, you know,

Nestor Aparicio  19:08

I’m iconic, according to AI. So there, yet, you know, it can be wrong. It makes mistakes. I like Joe burrow. I just as a quarterback. It’s sort of the respect I had for John Elway and for Troy Aikman and guys I didn’t necessarily cheer for, but i i If you gave me a penny, a Hey Penny, and said, Will Joe burrow win a Super Bowl before Lamar? I would be very intrigued to what my answer might be if he gave me what Charlie Ekman would call the saliva test, which is the truth serum. So, so anyway, I’m just saying that. So I’m not anti Cincinnati. I’ve had great nights in Cincinnati. I just thought like, why would a guy from northern Ohio send people to southern Ohio? But that’s good. They have a river. They have great places to eat dinner. I’m okay with Cincinnati.

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John Martin  20:03

Okay, well, then there we go. We saved it. We I won’t

Nestor Aparicio  20:07

eat the chili though. I’ll tell, tell the winner, don’t eat the chili,

John Martin  20:10

man. You got to have a five way when you go. There you

Nestor Aparicio  20:14

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are real Ohio. Y’all stick together, don’t you? We have, I mean, you really stick together. I mean, yeah, it all meets in Columbus and Ohio State. You’re all making the same

John Martin  20:23

waters and the cheese. Oh, if you’re gonna do it, you got you gotta, you gotta problems with Ohio, and

Nestor Aparicio  20:30

you sticking together. And the people you don’t talk about to the north, that the hardball brother in the Shem Beckler thing that they have, like Michigan and Michigan State, Ohio. No offense to the bobcats, but there’s just Ohio State, right? I mean, like, and that’s part of that level, of course, of course, whether you’re from Willoughby, you know, heading up toward Erie, for crying out loud, or whether you’re out on the lakes, or whether you’re down in Cincinnati, up in Dayton, wherever you are, Lima. Lima is it? It’s Lima.

John Martin  21:01

Um, right? Lima, Ohio is Lima Peru, sorry, don’t, don’t ask me why lima bean, right? Yes,

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Nestor Aparicio  21:11

all right, you can have lima beans, which so the trip is to Cincinnati. Well, it look the Ravens better be about 10 and three by the time they get there. So, and I would think that a healthy Joe burrow would make the Bengals. That’s going to be a marquee football game. So okay, I’m in if I’m ever going to go to Cincinnati, or recommend it. All right, I would recommend that. All right. I don’t even bag on Cleveland. John, you know this? I like my trips to Bri i i vacationed in Cleveland. Listen, remember this? I drove remember blossom? Yes, so Ohio. So don’t pin that on me. Don’t make me one of those guys. I hate Michigan when I’m on the air with people from Ohio and Pennsylvania. All right, so that’s your big tease. You’re not even gonna tell me what the like the tickets come out or No,

John Martin  21:58

soon? Did I mention that? Soon? Well, the

Nestor Aparicio  22:02

season starts soon. September 7, the Ravens kick off. There will be a raven scratch off ticket. I’m hearing, I’m hearing rumors of things, of a trip to Cincinnati and, like, I’ll be nice to Cincinnati. I’ve never, I loved Marvin, you know? I mean, yeah, Marvin, so it’s fine, you know, yeah, maybe he’ll be there, by the way, just this has been my kick at, um, this would be my kick at Cleveland. This would be my cheap shot. You ready? Sure. Go ahead. Gonna be my cheap shot of land. I don’t know if you’ve seen this or not, but in my circle, in the journalism circle, this week, there’s been share a picture of you working professionally, doing what you do, and it’s all Christine Brennan, people I know well, put pictures up of them at press conferences here with certain people like Max Weiss from Baltimore magazine. Put up her with the Culkin guy, not the Macaulay one, not that one, the one that bagged out on me at Glengarry, Glen Ross in New York, the Kieran guy. So I put up a picture of me and Peter King and John Harbaugh at the NFL owners meetings breakfast, and I looked in the background, and the Cleveland table is behind me, so Tony grossi, who we don’t mention a lot around here, because of the whole art thing. And not the not your art thing, the other art thing, and Hall of Famer now from Mary Kay Cabot, is also in the picture, but the Browns coach, Hugh jacks, so I just had to throw that in. Yeah, it happens. It happened. John Martin is executive director all things Marilyn lottery gave me. Hey, can I just real quick? Because we’re gonna get together in two weeks. Tell folks what Mako is and your role in that. Because you really next time I get together with you, we’ll be in sandals. Sure we will. We’ll be in a freezing convention. All that is the role in fish, fish, fish pal convention center. But that is a big thing. And you release numbers and report to Wes Moore, and there’s a whole big thing that’s very, very significant to what you do. And one of the reasons I go down honestly,

John Martin  23:57

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uh, every year for probably the last zillion years. It certainly predates my arrival. The county governments get together in Ocean City, and a number of the state agencies, Maryland, lottery and gaming being one of them, are available, and there are a series of workshops and presentations about how people in the county can interact with their government liaisons in various state agencies. And it’s a variety of, you know, trade shows people who are vendors to these businesses through the state of Maryland arrangements they may have, are there to show up their wares. And it could be, you know, software, everything, everything, literally, county government would need, exactly, right, right? So, so that’s a typically it starts on an IT trade show, a tech fair on Wednesday, the Mako conference self is Thursday, Friday. And it wraps up Saturday noonish, with a wrap up from from Governor Moore. So it’s, it’s, it’s a fun time. It’s the weather’s great, sometimes a little warm outside, but a little cold inside, and the opportunity for for people to interact with with people at a county level. So it’s, got a lot of good things going forward, and we’re happy to participate. And at that session, we announce our fiscal year in numbers and make sure everyone knows where the money that’s coming from the lottery gets distributed throughout the state. Remember, with

Nestor Aparicio  25:33

Dallas, they had the who shot JR and the cliffhanger, here’s my cliffhanger for you for two weeks. And we talk about the lottery, and it’s fun. It’s and we responsible game. We do all parts of all of that. But this is your chance to come in two weeks from now and do the real timpani and say, Hey you, man, I pay all this money across the Bay Bridge over there. I went over to Delaware for a concert and drove through our beautiful state in eastern shore. And, you know, I contribute to taxes and contribute to tolls. I actually talked a lot about Delaware with Leonard Raskin about finances on the Delaware side, taxes and all of that stuff. This is your chance to show how much money the lottery really does contribute, and every county in the state in lots and lots of ways that I don’t think people really realize. So two weeks from now, when you come on and you’re always joined by Seth as well, and there’s all sorts of politicos and different people and friends stopping by and doing the show and educating me in ways. I think it’s a real chance to not just beat on the chest of the lottery, but just talk about how important it is and how many people participate in the lottery, but where the money goes on the up and up to really help all sorts of things throughout the state. And it’s really money that citizens and Westmore down everybody counts on every year. Yep,

John Martin  26:42

absolutely. And we’re very, very proud and pleased to play that part, and we will have all those details and much more when we meet in Ocean City.

Nestor Aparicio  26:50

Alright, it’s about more than just the Whammy, although the Whammy makes it fun and Lucky Seven stubborn make it fun and we’re having a good time. The Maryland crab cake tour is going to be out in August. We are going to be at Mako in two weeks. We’re going to begin things on the seventh that’s next Thursday at the Beaumont in Catonsville. I’m going to be featuring their incredible fried lobster tail. It’s going to be sort of the bougiest, neatest, sort of most delicious thing that I have. But 27 days, 27 countdowns, all sorts of great, great fun, local things on the agenda. All are brought to you by friends at the Maryland lottery. We’re taking the show out on the road. Also GBMC, our newest sponsor, we’re going to be doing all sorts of awareness, not just men’s awareness, but lots of awareness of things like just getting a checkup and doing important things like that. As we get into football season and sending the kids back to school. We encourage everyone to play the Maryland lottery, but we always encourage you do this responsibly, no matter what you’re doing. Football season is coming. I’m going to be in your ears and in your eyes, and there’ll be plenty of messaging around here as we get up for fake football, but then real football, and at some point they’re going to give me these Raven scratch offs in the trip to Cincinnati, which is I’m going to have a lot of fun with that. I am Nestor. We are wnst. Am 1570 towns in Baltimore, and we never stop talking Baltimore. Positive. You.