John Martin and Nestor talk the threads and ties of baseball and the Orioles doing some damage to MLB pitching while scoring for Maryland Lottery Home Run Riches and second chance winners.
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Nestor J. Aparicio, John Martin
Nestor J. Aparicio 00:01
Welcome home we are wn st am 1570, Towson, Baltimore and Baltimore positive I would like to hold the Gold Rush sevens doublers up and say we’re doing the crabcake tour this week or next week. Honestly I’m putting together like a whole like August thing and then into September we’re doing the oyster tour. We had a good time last week of fake news. We are back a fake news again in August. On the Friday that the Houston Astros cheaters come to town. I’m such a like a feisty baseball mood years we get into the second half in first place and the whole Yankee thing on Sunday, our friends at the Maryland lottery put us out on the road for the Maryland crab cake tour. We shall reconvene again and I’m lining up all sorts of cool guests, political people, business people, musicians, former athletes, I get it all going on into the late summer and into the fall. Our friends at Liberty pure solutions keeping my water crystal clear, as well as Jiffy Lube, multi care putting us out on the road. It is a weird week. Oreos aren’t playing every night. The Gunnar Henderson thing like sort of you know, was a little bit of you know, disappointment on Monday night it was fine. You might I’m not a home run derby guy Tuesday night but all I can think about on Tuesday watching was like Indians guys driving in runs and you know, Ramirez and they’re the surprise team and then they then the pitcher comes in, say a little bit of spice in this whole thing because they’re playing good baseball too. And I have a few friends my friend Bernard McKinney and you know Andy Milburn Billman the the believe land guy I have once in a while, but I get John Martin. Oh, we don’t get a chance to talk too much baseball around here. But I just want to say how are you you’re an old schooler I know you were watching First things first when we get to home run riches any lottery related stuff let’s just be fans here. Tell me how you feel about the uniforms and I’ll mute my microphone
John Martin 01:58
the all star uniforms yeah those
Nestor J. Aparicio 02:01
the pajamas they were wearing
John Martin 02:02
the i It’s funny because I saw it on a on a tweet as the kids call it I guess much later but I told my wife this looks like softball uniforms.
Nestor J. Aparicio 02:12
Bad softball uniforms not good softball unit Wow. Right? Yeah. Is
John Martin 02:16
this the end of this now? You know I am old school and I’m proud of it. Man. I love that you were your uni you you what you dance with who brung you I mean you wear your uniform to the All Star game what is this?
Nestor J. Aparicio 02:31
My favorite part of this time of year is because people get real chippy. I shared and they all show up right National League American League. They’re on the benches. They look like bananas and disco, really star job in all gold. And, you know, Randy Jones and Dave Winfield, resplendent, and there’s McCovey there with giants across the front and a disco strike. Like I had an eastward literally, but I went back, I think I shared a 70 434 It was that era because Wilbur Wood was wearing the baby blue. And I’m trying to identify every player, you know, of the era. And, you know, the Cleveland uniforms changed a lot in the 70s. I mean, they’re like, they’re definitely a little different, you know, going from Charboneau, let’s say an 81. Back to I don’t know, it’s Steve Kern, maybe I don’t try to think of the George tantrik. I’m trying to think of that. But for right thought they were the red right. They were that crazy.
John Martin 03:26
I will bring it home for you and painfully so Boog Powell? Oh, wearing Cleveland, red. Top
Nestor J. Aparicio 03:35
7677 Oh, that was a
John Martin 03:39
that shouldn’t be tried to unthink I try to unsee that.
Nestor J. Aparicio 03:42
You knew there was a Miller Light commercial coming in his future? I would say that. Yeah. You know, the, well, you know, and the other thing is, anytime you see anything from the 70s it’s the American League. The first thing that jumps out of the Oakland A’s. I mean, you see Reggie, you see catfish. You see, you see Rollie Fingers, you see, gold.
John Martin 03:59
What do we talk to? Who do we talk to to make this happen?
Nestor J. Aparicio 04:02
Well, I mean, apparently, they almost do it. It’s like Coke and New Coke. Now they almost like that. I think they know how bad it is that the commissioners talking about it. And it’s like a big thing that if they brought him back next year, because look, anytime I say this to you last year, you did your big anniversary, you brought the wishbone back, and I was like, oh, because we all have that. You know that no stau jaw. But then there’s the game and baseball and to bring it full circle. You’re a baseball fan. I’m a baseball fan. I’m wearing my Baltimore versus everybody because that’s just the mood I’m in as Lamar reports to camp and we get Luke back from vacation next week. But this is fun, like man at races and having our players be your players and my player our players talked about more so even than the Yankee players who are a little bit of a part of the show too. But it wasn’t Yankee Red Sox. You know it there is oxygen I think for the rest of us in base last last week
John Martin 04:59
when we hit This conversation and we may be the only two who remember it. And I’m not even sure you do. I foretold that the combined Cleveland Baltimore performers would lead the American League to victory. And look at it from this perspective. Steven Kwan scored Iran Santander score to run what was the margin of victory?
Nestor J. Aparicio 05:23
Two runs
John Martin 05:26
by speak it into existence, you do the math, you do the math on it, and and you can use spake as as you’d like. That’s it. That’s a Cleveland word. I think. I put it out there. And of course, the closer Emmanuel clase leaving the league, bam, bam, bam.
Nestor J. Aparicio 05:46
There you have it. Cleveland Baltimore together again. So Baltimore, and Cleveland vs. Everyone. John Martin is here. He’s the Executive Director of all things Maryland lottery and gaming reason we talked baseball so much as you were in the midst of homerun riches. I had a chance to chat with Seth last week, a little bit about the second half of this, but we’re very much this. The games engaged. We’re having fun. Everybody’s watching. We’ll try to watch Mixamo runs down in Arlington all weekend long, and that big blimp down there. We’re having a big All Star Game Party and it feels like we’re gonna get the all star game here sometime soon as well. homerun riches. This is really turned into a fun promotion as the team has gotten better through the years. The last few years it’s on fire as the team hits so many home
John Martin 06:31
runs. Here we are with this little break in the action we have to date 144 Orioles homeruns five of those grand slams. We have prayed paid out in prizes to two contestants of the game $145,000 and current progressive jackpot because again, the trigger for this is the homerun riches bases loaded $5 fast play game where we have a progressive jackpot that continues to grow until this hit. We are just shy of $70,000 as we speak for that top price and we have people just waiting for the season to resume. Matter of fact we have Deborah heaps of force Hill who will be in the batter’s box when they take on the Rangers. Robert hustle road of Cumberland Maryland going out west
Nestor J. Aparicio 07:22
I love Berlin had a beautiful time out there on the crabcake tour. I really did.
John Martin 07:26
And he will be there for the he’s on deck in the in the Saturday game. And Christopher Sedalia from Pasadena and I’ve been there to Sunday’s game. So we’ve got we’ve got we’ve got our lineup set and you go to MD lottery.com and see the lineup for the month of July let me see do we have August we up and running soon. We do not have the August dates yet for the for the contestants, but check NBA lottery.com And we’ll be posting those up very, very soon.
Nestor J. Aparicio 07:58
You know, I love that it’s a neighborhood game in that way, right? You throw out these names and sometimes it’s Southern Maryland sometimes it’s Crisfield Eastern. Sure. I mean, and I have traversed the state and I have politicians on I’ll be down in Mako next month talking about America in microcosm. Because we have mountains, we have ocean, we have cities, we have all of this stuff. But you say neighborhoods and you feel like there’s some neighborhood pride and all those explain the progressive again, just so everybody understands that the only person winning isn’t the person that Kevin Brown talks about on the broadcast on Wednesday night. So
John Martin 08:31
what happens is for every person who purchases a $5 fast play homerun riches bases order ticket, a couple of pennies could thrown into the pot, if you will think of it as a virtual pot into a top tier prize. And if you don’t have a winning ticket for the top tier, you may have a winning ticket for a lower tier prize, you may win 510 $50 But that top prize will continue to grow as tickets are purchased until someone wins and it will tell you running your ticket. That’s the beauty of the fast play progressive jackpot. It’ll tell you right there progressive jackpot winner and that whether that prize is $70,000 at 90 100 until it is hit that prize pot continues to grow.
Nestor J. Aparicio 09:18
And then you have to go see John and his crew over at the Maryland law rebuilding and get paid out for summer winnings. John Martin is the executive director of all things lottery and gaming we always say to folks play responsibly, because there’s going to be asked tonight for baseball and getting involved. We had the all star game this week. A lot of other things going on. Cash pop is another thing that and this is why I always I love having you guys on because I say tell them how to win. Tell them how to play the games. Because you know in some cases, it’s so simple, but in some cases it’s a brand new game and people aren’t at all familiar, but he knows pick three pick four they sort of know how to play megamillions and certainly my wife knows that Play the big jackpot games and Powerball is up. But when you introduce a new game, part of it is the simplicity but one through 15 doesn’t get easier than that
John Martin 10:09
people get if you go to MD lottery.com, and check out all they need to about our new relatively new cash pop game, you’re right Nestor four times a day, we’ve selected number from one to 15. So if you have a particular number, that’s a favorite of yours, you may want to, you may want to wager on that number. And then you have the ability to variably set how much you want to wager $1 $2 $5 $10. And when you make that decision, I’m gonna bet number five, I’m gonna put $1 on it for the drawing that’s coming up at one o’clock this afternoon, then you will get on your ticket, a price value, and that will vary. So it’s a variable price a package for just for you on your ticket, it may say $5, that may say $20. So if that number ends up, coming through and winning at that time, you’ll win the prize amount that’s on your ticket. And what we have going on as well is a cash pop free play promotion through August 4, where if you buy any of our other terminal games, you may win a free, quick pick cash pop ticket. So a couple things going on with
Nestor J. Aparicio 11:19
like this, any, any other. So like, I’m in cost this couple of weeks from now. And I see folks playing games, if they’re playing, they’re going to get a chance to play to sort of understand how to play the game. And the way I like as with my wife in the car, and I’m trying to explain it to her, and I’m just slobbering all over myself and I sit there it’s good thing I want to explain this, that I have John to explain this to Seth and Doug, anybody there because you you guys really are good at explaining it. I tried to explain it in my mind, like being at the carnival, and there being 15 numbers, but picking a number but having an odd behind the number that says if the number comes up, I’m going to win 2468 Is that a good way of explaining it? That’s
John Martin 12:02
a great way so no, that’s a perfect way. So shirts and see me when I was really worried, John?
Nestor J. Aparicio 12:07
I mean, sometimes when the this is a new game, I don’t usually have to explain this to people. And it’s hard enough when I go from PacMan to Gold Rush seven Star Wars, right? I tell them get the app, pull your phone out, get the app, it’ll tell you everything because sometimes I wasn’t good at Algebra Two. I’ll admit it here, John, I’m just getting admitted. Well,
John Martin 12:27
there is no math involved. Minister, you just kind of walk up and let’s say you and I walk up to the counter and very same time, we both have $1 bill in our hand, and we both want to bet number five on the next drawing. But your ticket comes back and says if you’re number five hits, you win $10. My ticket comes back and says if your number five wins, you went $5. So it’s that variableness that little extra excitement. Because you could have the same wager amount the same number you’re wagering on, but you could get a different prize in return.
Nestor J. Aparicio 12:58
Okay, there you go. So, that’s pretty good. I mean, I spent about 40 seconds. That’s that sound bitey. And I think I might be able to explain it again. This is where the learning part, you know, when Dr. Martin comes in and teaches students after like three days now can I retain that, Hey, can I repeat that or not? John Martin is here we got winners. Okay. So I want to give you the floor on this because this really is where it gets interesting because like the storytelling involve people walk into royal farms are wise and they’re walking out and I see it all the time. Now that you know, we sort of talked about this together, where I’m walking out and I just see somebody walking along they’ll see a machine and say, I want to play one or I’m you know, I’m gonna be somewhere. It is sort of ubiquitous, but people when all over the place, and then somebody is standing in the parking lot of 102 degree day scratching off doing what I tell them to do with the app and then it’s the CMD lottery or it says big winner it says you just won 10 grand. This happens literally every day in the state somewhere in some parking lot.
John Martin 14:01
It can happen in Cecil County, where it did recently with a gentleman who was purchasing a scratch off ticket and was lucky enough to win $100,000 I said
Nestor J. Aparicio 14:15
10 grand. I’ve just was traveling. I was shooting low John. That’s all Yeah,
John Martin 14:19
he’s he was playing the bingo times 10 scratch off. It just kind of caught his eye that day. You can learn more about his wonderful story. MD lottery.com. He knew he won the prize. He wasn’t quite sure how much it was. And so as we’ve talked before, sometimes they they they scan it there and they don’t believe it. They had take it to another place. They scan it there and it gets confirmed. And sometimes they still don’t believe it till they’re here. And we tell them Yep, that in fact is $100,000 top prize winner very happy to win. Purchases ticket at rural farms are hopeful. He got a nice little chicken to go on his chicken
Nestor J. Aparicio 14:56
Palooza month. My new T shirt I’m gonna be wearing it probably next week we get together. Yeah,
John Martin 15:01
so he had a lot of fun doing that playing a scratch off ticket. But you know, it comes in all different shapes and sizes. We had an Anna Rundle man who has won for the second time Nesta a repeat winner. We should have a sounder for that. I don’t know what it would be. But once you work out, they get the boys in production to work. Double
Nestor J. Aparicio 15:18
dingdong fellows, you know something,
John Martin 15:21
you carry the double ding dongs don’t care. Oh, no, no, no.
Nestor J. Aparicio 15:23
Come on. Now. Let’s just hit the gong show love trying to think of something that would sound victorious. But Victoria
John Martin 15:30
was twice as nice. Yes, exactly. And Toronto county man who won on pick five in 2022. Did it again. Did it again here in 2024. And was fortunate enough to win $50,000 on his $1 pick five wager. So
Nestor J. Aparicio 15:49
you know those people pick their game and they stay with their game? Right? A lot of times, especially when? Well, you
John Martin 15:56
know, that’s their lottery players and gamblers of casinos are all creatures of habit. I mean, I think that’s human nature, that, you know, they latch on to something and they find something that works for them. And they
Nestor J. Aparicio 16:09
saw a casino. And I was in Vegas recently for a couple of days a walkthrough. I don’t really know how to play back, right. You know, there’s, there’s games I don’t you know, Pie Guy poker, I see games. And I’m like, I don’t I just wanna play blackjack, or I just want to play some craps. I, a friend of mine was teaching somebody how to play craps in the casino. But, but you know, sometimes it can be a little overwhelming how to learn how to play a game. And that’s why the simplicity of cash pop, I think is fun. I think that’s why numbers are fun. In regards to the lottery that, you know, there’s all sorts of different ways to do this. But keep it fun, keep it light, and I think people for the most part do and when they went $100,000 They, you know, it’s they barely believe it. And they have to sometimes you make him spin that wheel, you still spinning wheels,
John Martin 16:51
we are still spinning wheels for if people were fortunate to play the big spin ticket, and they get the notification that they are in fact a big spin winner. They come on down here to world headquarters for the Maryland lottery. And we have
Nestor J. Aparicio 17:03
and I came by I wanted to see it’s under it is
John Martin 17:07
it is under lock and key and only comes out when it’s needed. But you know what? That that is that’s a great experience. Another fun experience is when people have a second chance to win a prize. And sometimes those prices aren’t cash, their experiential prices. And we are in the throes of our team USA promotion. The Olympics start at the end of next week. Great stories, I’m sure coming out of Paris for the Olympics and the athletes themselves. But it’s a pretty great story here at the Maryland lottery when you can be one of three winners, one so far, has already won in a Olympic Game trip, the choice for that winner to either go to the Milan Winter Games and 26 or the Los Angeles Summer Games and 28 We’ll have the second of our three drawings. deadline for that is July 22. So get your megamillions entry tickets in to my lottery rewards go to empty lottery.com. For details, we’ll select our second winner. And then our third and final drawing your entry deadline is August 12, at the end of the game, so enjoy the games. Play responsibly while you do enjoy your Mega Millions tickets. And hopefully you’ll be one of our lucky winner is who gets to choose between Milan and Los Angeles,
Nestor J. Aparicio 18:21
I first let you get back out into the heat here. Second Chance you just sort of skated by it. And I think we began this whole thing with homerun riches. And I guess if any, if my word to the wise for anybody is not just to get the app and download that if you’re really trying to win. If you’re trying to win, trying to play progressive, you really want to win a second chance, there is a second chance on everything you do. And you have to put your name in in order here your name Kevin, Brandon, homerun riches. And just all the way through that I think that sometimes gets lost on people, John, I mean, I definitely see people that cost this were like the ticket, throw it on the ground, put in the trend, like and I’m like, you know, you’re you may be thrown away a whole lot of money. And I know you’re putting the money into the machine, you want to win money, you know, you have a chance to do this. But for some people, the tech part of it, and that part of it. But that really does lead to some of the biggest of big prizes.
John Martin 19:16
What’s a lot of fun. And again next month, we’re talking about ravens ticket and we launched that in the month, two tickets that will launch in August. And that’s of course our huge Second Chance pricing. There are a lot of experiential prizes that come along with with the Ravens program next month. We’ll talk more about that. But yeah, go please go to MD lottery.com. Like you said Nestor, if you’ve already invested the five bucks 10 bucks into the ticket and it doesn’t appear to be a winner. That ticket still has value, it could be a chance to another again experiential once in a lifetime prize. It could be additional cash prizes, whatever it is, we have a variety of options for people at various levels of of of investment if you just want Don’t look at something for additional cash prices. That’s one level if you want to kind of be unlucky, you want to get into a drawing for much larger price all those options at MD lottery.com
Nestor J. Aparicio 20:10
All right, so good. I don’t say that roll off it don’t throw those tickets away and make sure you’re using them. John Martin is here he will be there he’s on the front of W nsds beautiful website at Baltimore positive.com You can check that out each and every week and we’ll get back to good guys bad guys you know one division other division Cleveland vs. Baltimore, but it’s gonna be a fun fun summer ahead. For baseball and for football. In both communities. We’re having a good time around you with all my friends. Even my Pittsburgh friends think their football team is going to be okay. And we’re real pleased with this young pitcher and thinking good thoughts. So it is so it’s been fun summer for everybody. Just got to make sure we beat the Yankees and the Red Sox up here. John Martin will join us again next week. I am Nestor. We are wn st am 1570, Towson Baltimore. And we never stop talking. Baltimore baseball Baltimore sports in Baltimore positive
