Man can’t believe luck, rushes home to tell wife of big lotto win. ‘She was so happy’
For a Maryland man, it would take him a minute (and multiple confirmations) for him to believe his big lottery win.
After finishing work, the Pasadena man decided to make a stop at a Maryland liquor store, Maryland Lottery officials said in an Aug. 6 news release.
Along with a beverage, he also bought a $5 ticket of the Deluxe Crossword scratch-off game, lottery officials said.
The man scratched his ticket in the Annapolis store, lottery officials said.
He noticed his ticket had “four black words in the instant ticket’s first puzzle and four red words in its second puzzle;” a combination that comes with the game’s top prize, according to lottery officials.
“I saw that I had all the words for the big win, but to be sure, I scanned the prize check area,” the man told lottery officials.
But even then, the man wasn’t assured of his win.
“I didn’t believe it until the cashier scanned it one more time,” the man said, per the release.
After the cashier confirmed the man had won $50,000, he rushed home to share the news with his wife.
“She was so happy,” the man told lottery officials.
He plans to use his winnings as a down payment on a home, lottery officials said.
Annapolis is about a 30-mile drive southeast from Baltimore.
This story was originally published August 6, 2024 at 4:45 PM with the headline "Man can’t believe luck, rushes home to tell wife of big lotto win. ‘She was so happy’."
