Impatient lottery player keeps changing her numbers — and it pays off in a big way

A lottery player will ditch her numbers if they don’t hit in a few days, she told Maryland officials.

Her impatience just paid off in a $50,000 win, the Maryland Lottery announced Feb. 1.

She changed one digit of her previous unlucky number, 73205, to become the winning 83205 in a Jan. 29 Pick 5 midday drawing, lottery officials said.

“I am not hesitant to try something new,” she told lottery officials.

It was the first time the Charles County woman played that number, but she said she used the same method to land a big win on a Pick 4 ticket in 2020.

“Sometimes I will look at a number like this one and will change the 7 to an 8 to switch it up,” she told lottery officials.

The manicurist bought her ticket at a Waldorf liquor store, which will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

She plans to take a summer trip to Asia with her prize money, she told lottery officials. She said she also intends to use her winnings on her kids and grandchildren.

Waldorf is in southern Maryland, about 55 miles southwest of Baltimore.

This story was originally published February 1, 2024 at 3:06 PM with the headline "Impatient lottery player keeps changing her numbers — and it pays off in a big way."