Mom of 2 scratches lottery ticket, is left in disbelief. ‘Am I seeing this right’
A loyal Maryland lottery player has won prizes in the past.
All those, however, pale in comparison to her recent win, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Sept. 11 news release.
Even though she’d never won anything big, the most being $1,000 in the past, the woman told lottery officials her favorite thing about playing lottery games is “winning.”
So, when she walked in a Delmar market, she couldn’t but help buy a Joker’s Wild scratch-off ticket.
“I had $5 left and decided to buy one ticket,” the woman told lottery officials.
She then went to her car to scratch it, lottery officials said.
“I was sitting in my car and when I got to the last number, I’m thinking, ‘Did I see this right?’” the woman said, per the release.
In utter disbelief, the woman walked back into the store and “asked, ‘Am I seeing this right?’ And she said, ‘Yeah, you’re seeing it right!’”
The woman had won a $50,000 prize, according to lottery officials.
The woman told lottery officials she plans to use her winnings to pay off her car loan and help her two daughters.
Delmar is about a 115-mile drive southeast from Baltimore.
This story was originally published September 11, 2024 at 6:18 PM with the headline "Mom of 2 scratches lottery ticket, is left in disbelief. ‘Am I seeing this right’."
