Man stops eating pizza to buy Maryland lottery ticket and wins 10 prizes at once

A Maryland man discovered in the best way possible that small print matters on lottery tickets.

The player, who lives in Baltimore County, paid $5 for a Break the Bank ticket, and scratched his way to a satisfying $5,000 prize, the Maryland Lottery said in a news release.

“But then closer inspection revealed the $5,000 prize was actual 10 prizes,” officials said.

That jacked his win up to $50,000, which is a top prize in the game.

“I had to check it three to four times,” the Parkville resident said in the release.

The retailer worker picked up his prize Sept. 29, and said he was only a casual lottery player who had never won anything more than $600 on a ticket.

His luck changed when he was eating pizza one day, saw a 7-Eleven store across the street was selling scratch-offs, and went over to get a single ticket.

“He is undecided as to how he will spend the prize money,” lottery officials said.

The 7-Eleven store, which is in Towson, got a $500 bonus for selling a top prize ticket, officials said.

This story was originally published October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM with the headline "Man stops eating pizza to buy Maryland lottery ticket and wins 10 prizes at once."