He thought he won $10 on Maryland lottery scratch ticket. Then the zeroes kept coming
After playing the Maryland lottery for years, a Parkville man could still be surprised.
He went out and bought a $10 scratch-off ticket and brought it back to his kitchen table, he told lottery officials. He scratched the numbers and thought he had won another $10, at least getting his money back.
Then, as he scratched, he saw another zero. Then, another. In his hands was the winning $100,000 ticket in the Gold X50 lottery game.
“I was shocked!” he told lottery officials.
He said he let out a scream, and his wife came to see what was going on.
He had won lottery prizes before, in the $5,000 range, but nothing could prepare him for the jackpot.
“I enjoy playing, but I never expected this. I feel like I’m dreaming,” he said.
To celebrate, the winner said he would have dinner with his wife, and then put the money towards a new house.
There are six top prizes left in the Gold X50 game.
Parkville is a northeast suburb of Baltimore.
