Housekeeper takes a break from laundry and buys lottery ticket. He scores big prize
A housekeeper was waiting on laundry to finish, so he bought some lottery tickets at a convenience store in Maryland.
Then he was left in disbelief when he realized he won $50,000, the game’s top prize.
The man from Oxon Hill was washing bedding at a laundromat with his wife, the Maryland Lottery said in a March 21 news release.
They were waiting for the blankets and bedspreads to finish, so they went to a convenience store and bought two $5 Money Money Money scratch-off tickets, the lottery office said.
His wife scratched her ticket and won $20.
When he scratched his ticket, he had to count the zeros “over and over,” according to the lottery office.
“I tried every way possible not to see the $50,000 printed there. I knew it could not be true. I had to be missing something,” the man told lottery officials.
Now the couple has plans to put the money toward a down-payment for a home.
Oxon Hill is about a 45-mile drive southwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published March 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM with the headline "Housekeeper takes a break from laundry and buys lottery ticket. He scores big prize."
