Woman with a ‘lucky feeling’ uses last few dollars to score big Maryland lottery win

A 43-year-old woman almost missed her chance at $100,000 after leaving the store when scratch-off tickets she bought were duds, Maryland Lottery officials said.

The lucky resident of Salisbury “with an affinity for scratch-offs” won a top prize after listening to her “lucky feeling” and making a U-turn back to the store, according to a Feb. 23 news release from the Maryland Lottery.

The woman realized she hadn’t played the lottery in several days so she bought instant tickets that turned out to be non-winners, officials said.

“She still couldn’t shake the lucky feeling” so she used $10 to buy a Gold X50 scratch-off, officials said. A decision that instantly made her $100,000 richer.

The excited woman called her friends and her family to tell them the goods news, lottery officials said. She plans to put the money toward a new house and a car.

Country Farm, the store that sold her the winning scratch-off, will receive a $1,000 bonus from the lottery, the news release said.

Salisbury is about 120 miles southeast of Baltimore.

This story was originally published February 23, 2023 at 3:16 PM with the headline "Woman with a ‘lucky feeling’ uses last few dollars to score big Maryland lottery win."