A Rockville resident is now $50,000 richer after she won top prize on a Show Me $50,000! scratch-off ticket. The retired military veteran, who is calling herself “Money Lady,” made a visit to Lottery Headquarters on Aug. 3 to claim her prize and share her story.
The 66-year-old, who is legally blind, explained that she bought the ticket at Giant #319 located at 625 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. She hit a few selections, but some of the ticket slots in the machine were empty.
A $10,000 winning Bingo X10 scratch off was sold last week at Young Gourmet Beer and Wine (3422 Olney-Laytonsville Road) in Olney. Lottery players across the state of Maryland won more than $29.6 million during week ending July 31. Additional details below courtesy of mdlottery.com:
A historic Mega Millions jackpot was won in Illinois on July 29, and meanwhile, amid excitement about the $1.337 billion prize, 49 Maryland Lottery players across the state won prizes of $10,000 or more last week on a variety of tickets.
Asked about the four original digits, the 71-year-old said they were once his house number.
“It was my first house and my first wife,” he said. Accompanying him to Lottery headquarters to collect his prize was his second wife, who proclaimed, “The first wife is out of luck!”
“I was very happy and excited,” the lucky winner said. The construction employee doesn’t currently have any plans for his prize but has shared the great news with his immediate family members.
The Powerball jackpot has continued to roll and is set for an estimated $101 million for the Wednesday, July 20 drawing. The estimated cash option is $58.7 million.
Playing the Lottery during treatment helped take their minds off their worries
A husband and wife claimed a $1 million Maryland Lottery scratch-off prize on June 28, but they were already celebrating something even bigger. Upon claiming the prize, the husband explained, “She just survived cancer, so it’s a blessing!”
A barcode-scanning issue turned a routine day of delivering packages into a $25,000 payday for a U.S. Postal Service employee. While every work day has challenges, he experienced a glitch when the barcode on one of his packages would not scan correctly. Instead of seeing it as a negative, he saw it as a sign to play a Lottery game.
After work, the 58-year-old visited his regular Lottery retailer, Wayside Farm Market located at 11790 Cherry Hill Road in Silver Spring. He bought a Pick 5 ticket for three evening drawings, June 4-6, placing a 50-cent straight bet on the number 14661. It wasn’t until five days later that he checked the winning numbers and learned that the failed barcode number earned him a $25,000 prize.
Per MD Lottery: A Silver Spring baker is “rolling in the dough” after taking her dad’s advice and playing Racetrax, his Lottery game of choice. She placed a quick-pick Superfecta wager for 20 drawings and won $102,419 on the horses Lady Luck sent her way. The Racetrax novice and her dad were in the stay-and-play area of 29 Convenience Mart in Silver Spring on May 30 when he encouraged her to try her luck. “I don’t know how to play it that well,” she said. “My dad wants me to learn how to play.”
A scratch-off fan, the 22-year-old has won numerous prizes up to $5,000 on instant tickets but decided to follow her dad’s suggestion. “That day that I won, I was feeling extra lucky,” she said. After placing her wager, the two of them sat watching the races until her horses — 9, 10, 8 and 7 — crossed the finish line in that order in the 10th race to give her the biggest prize of her life. “Everybody in the store was going crazy,” she said. “All the clerks and managers know us and were so happy for us.”
Per MD Lottery: The “gut feeling” that convinced a 23-year-old Rockville resident to visit a 7-Eleven last week led to the largest Lottery win of his life. His $25,000 prize didn’t come from the tickets he purchased, however, but from a free Pick 5 ticket that he never expected to come his way. “I play the Lottery every once in a while,” the university student explained to Lottery officials on Tuesday. “When I woke up that morning, I had no plan to (buy Lottery games), but later in the day something told me to buy some tickets.”
Whatever compelled him to buy tickets wasn’t specific about the game, so the Montgomery County man picked out three from a range of game types. “I got a scratch-off, a Powerball and Keno.” Along with his selection, the winner left 7-Eleven #23693 in Rockville with a free Pick 5 ticket awarded as part of a Try Pick 5 promotion. Through June 5, players who purchase any Lottery game other than scratch-offs could receive a randomly awarded free 50-cent straight Pick 5 ticket. “That extra ticket got me thinking that maybe it was my winner,” he said, “that it was supposed to happen.”
Each week, Maryland Lottery releases the locations and amounts of “big winners” in the state. Below you’ll see the Montgomery County winners of various games offered through MD Lottery in the last couple weeks.
A Gaithersburg Man Won $100,000 On Scratch-Off Ticket He Bought in Poolesville. The fun story behind that can be seen here.