Mistake while picking Maryland lottery ticket turns into huge payout. ‘State of shock’
A mistake made while picking a ticket at a lottery vending machine turned out to be lucky for a Maryland traffic manager on his break.
The grandfather of nine entered a grocery store in Brandywine and said, “I’m going to play scratch-offs,” he told Maryland lottery officials.
As he sifted through the options looking for what he thought would be his lucky game, he accidentally purchased the wrong game and out came two $5 Fast Play Double Win tickets.
The mistake won him $50,000, Maryland Lottery officials reported in an Aug. 13 news release.
He scanned the tickets in the store. The first wasn’t a winner, but the second held the huge prize, lottery officials said.
The man returned to work as normal after learning of his big prize.
“I was in a state of shock,” he told lottery officials.
When he got home at the end of his day, he shared the news with family members and celebrated.
The winner plans to put a down payment on a home and share his winnings with his family, he said.
Brandywine is about a 30-mile drive southeast of Washington, D.C.
This story was originally published August 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM with the headline "Mistake while picking Maryland lottery ticket turns into huge payout. ‘State of shock’."
