A Washington, D.C. man won a $50,000 prize from the Maryland Lottery’s Holiday Raffle after buying his ticket at the 7-Eleven on Gaither Road in Rockville. He plans to use the winnings to pay off his car and hopes for another big win in future drawings. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery:
“A Lottery enthusiast and coffee drinker from Washington, D.C. is the winner of the first of three $50,000 Early Bird prizes from the new Holiday Raffle game. When he claimed his prize Nov. 25 he said, “I’ll be back!” He used Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous catchphrase from the Terminator movies as an alias to tell his tale of winning and reiterate that he plans to win again.
Every morning on his way to work, the maintenance worker stops at the 7-Eleven at 700 Gaither Road in Rockville for coffee, and Nov. 13 was no exception. On that day, he got a call from his girlfriend who gave him instruction that he should purchase a $20 Holiday Raffle ticket along with his coffee.
The winning coffee drinker went about his business but he and his girlfriend checked the winning numbers for the first Early Bird drawing on Nov. 24. Realizing it was a winner, they made an appointment to make the claim the following day.
The winner plans to use his prize money first to pay off his car.
“That way I won’t have any bills,” he said. An avid golfer, he also is pondering a trip to play the links at the Pinehurst resort in North Carolina.
“I’ll Be Back” is confident about his prospects for another big win as he has a $25,000 claim to his name from the DC Lottery. Going forward, he’s focused on Powerball, Mega Millions and Cash4Life.
“Anything that can get me done working!” he quipped.”
