Man retires and wins lottery jackpot — ‘on the same day,’ Maryland officials say
While some dream of retiring, others fantasize of winning a big lottery payout.
Luckily for a Maryland man, he did both “on the same day,” Maryland Lottery officials said in a Nov. 26 news release.
Last month, the Eastern Shore man stopped at an Easton gas station, lottery officials said.
As the gas station is close to his bank, he makes it a point to drop by weekly to buy lottery tickets.
The man bought a Bonus Match 5 ticket with “nine Quick Pick lines for seven draws,” lottery officials said.
The next morning, the man woke up and checked his ticket using the lottery app on his phone.
“He matched all five numbers on one line” for the Nov. 4 drawing and won the game’s top prize of $50,000, lottery officials said.
The man also won $15 on the same ticket for a separate drawing, according to lottery officials.
For now, the man told lottery officials he plans to use the winnings to pay bills.
Easton is about a 60-mile drive southeast from Baltimore.
