Lottery player thought ticket ‘was a bust’ — then she scratched off the last lines
It only takes a few special numbers to turn a lottery player into a lottery winner.
For one Maryland player, those numbers came at the last second.
The 61-year-old medical field worker bought a scratch-off ticket in Anne Arundel County and worked her way down the lines, lottery officials said in an Aug. 8 news release.
Line after line, the player was discouraged as the ticket was proving to be a non-winner.
“I was down to the second to last line,” she told lottery officials. “I thought it was a bust.”
Then, she scratched the last few numbers. She had won the top prize on her $100,000 Lucky ticket.
The player buys scratch-off tickets every week, but this time she was taking home $100,000, lottery officials said.
The winner didn’t share what she plans to use the money for, but said she enjoys hiking and her work, and is preparing for the upcoming Renaissance Festival season.
She is the 34th winner of the $100,000 Lucky lottery game, and 31 top prizes remainas of Aug. 9.
Anne Arundel County is south of Baltimore.
This story was originally published August 9, 2023 at 8:54 AM with the headline "Lottery player thought ticket ‘was a bust’ — then she scratched off the last lines."
