Confused mom learns she hit lottery jackpot in Maryland. ‘What does this mean?’

A mom who had just picked up her kids from school got a perplexing message whens she scanned her $5 “Fast Play Yahtzee” lottery ticket at a Baltimore grocery, the Maryland Lottery said.

The vending machine scanner told her to check with the retailer, lottery officials said in a Tuesday, March 5, news release.

“I said, ‘What does this mean?’” the woman told lottery officials.

That’s when the store clerk told her she’d just won the game’s $50,000 top prize.

The news left her jumping up and down, lottery officials said.

“I was just happy. I screamed OMG, OMG, OMG!” the woman said, according to the release.

The woman said she has played lottery games for decades, with $500 being her previous record prize. She plans to pay bills and help her family with her latest win.

The “Fast Play Yahtzee” game debuted in September, with 14 $50,000 prizes and 240 $5,000 prizes still to be won, lottery officials said.

This story was originally published March 5, 2024 at 9:43 AM with the headline "Confused mom learns she hit lottery jackpot in Maryland. ‘What does this mean?’."