A Montgomery County resident is $50,000 after purchasing a winning scratch-off lottery ticket at the Crown Gas Station (17700 Elgin Road) in Poolesville. Full story below courtesy of the Maryland Lottery:
“An unusual set of three back-to-back scratch-off wins at a Poolesville business made a Montgomery County resident $50,000 richer recently. The 64-year-old was traveling past the MOAB Crown gas station at 17700 Elgin Road in Poolesville and stopped in to play scratch-offs, which are his favorite Lottery game. To his surprise, he won $50 on a game and used some of the prize money to keep playing instant tickets.
“The $50 bought the first $30 game,” he said. “I won $30. I said, ‘Give me another one’ and I won 50 grand!” No one in the store realized he won because the happy husband didn’t say anything. The winner simply put the lucky scratch-off away and left the Lottery retailer. The loyal player is keeping his win a secret from everyone except his wife and said he plans to put his windfall into the bank for now.” Featured photo courtesy of Google Maps.