Man in disbelief over big lottery win quietly leaves store after checking ticket twice
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While a Maryland man often buys lottery scratch-off tickets, he usually only purchases one kind: those that “require players to find matching numbers to win.”
However, as the Hyattsville man was buying some drinks at a Shell Food Mart in Adelphi, a $20 bingo scratch-off game, Bonus Bingo X20, caught his eye, Maryland Lottery officials said in a May 14 news release.
“I do a lot of scratch-offs but not the bingo,” the healthcare worker told lottery officials. “I wasn’t planning to buy it.”
The man scratched off his ticket in the store and was in disbelief — he won the game’s second-tier prize of $50,000, officials said.
“I thought it was a joke,” he said, per the release. “I was surprised, that’s why I went to two different scanners.”
The player quietly exited the store, only to share the good news with a friend, lottery officials said.
The man told lottery officials he plans to spend his prize on home improvements.
Adelphi is about a 31-mile drive southwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published May 14, 2024 at 1:24 PM with the headline "Man in disbelief over big lottery win quietly leaves store after checking ticket twice."
