Woman wins big on lottery ticket she returned to buy days later. ‘I was in shock’
A lottery ticket caught the eye of a Maryland woman as she browsed a convenience store.
For a moment, the woman thought about buying the Money Money Money scratch-off ticket, which “had a serial number with 004,” Maryland Lottery officials said in an Aug. 2 news release.
However, she decided to head home that Friday without it, lottery officials said.
The weekend passed, and the Dundalk woman made her way back to the store on Monday, lottery officials said.
There, the “same ticket with the serial number 004” still sat.
“No one had bought it,” the woman told lottery officials.
The retiree bought the ticket and scanned it, lottery officials said.
A “Go to Lottery” message appeared on screen, lottery officials said, prompting her to scratch her ticket to learn how much she had won.
The second number on the first line of her ticket was a seven, matching the winning number, meaning she won the game’s top prize of $50,000, according to lottery officials.
“I was in shock,” the woman told officials.
The woman said she plans to put her winnings toward a new car.
Dundalk is in Baltimore County, Maryland.
This story was originally published August 2, 2024 at 3:39 PM with the headline "Woman wins big on lottery ticket she returned to buy days later. ‘I was in shock’."
