Lottery player’s ‘very specific feeling’ results in big prize. ‘I started shaking’
A Maryland woman’s decision to spend a little extra on her scratch-off ticket led to a big win.
The woman wasn’t a regular when it came to buying scratch-offs, and when she does, she always chooses less-expensive ones, according to a Feb. 16 Maryland Lottery news release. In the past, she’s stuck to tickets that cost $1, $2 or $3, she told lottery officials.
But this time, she told lottery officials she got the urge to splurge — all because “something” was telling her to do so.
“This was probably only the third ticket I bought this year,” the Frederick resident said in the release.
The woman made a stop to grab a lottery ticket while shopping at a Frederick Walmart, opting for a $10 one at a vending machine, according to lottery officials. The feeling she got led her to make that pick.
“I can’t explain it any other way, it was just a feeling, a very specific feeling,” she said.
She scratched off her 50X The Cash ticket and realized she had won $50,000.
“My fiancé and I couldn’t believe it when we saw what we’d won,” the caregiver said in the release. “I told him, ‘This can’t mean what I think it means.’”
The couple took a quick look on their lottery app to confirm their winnings — and it was real, lottery officials said.
“I started shaking ... and laughing,” she told lottery officials.
From the moment she got the lucky feeling before buying the scratch-off, the woman said she knew she would win, lottery officials said.
There were seven $100,000 top prizes and seven $50,000 second-tier prizes remaining in the 50X The Cash game as of Feb. 16, according to the Maryland Lottery.
Frederick is about 50 miles northwest of Baltimore.
