Woman waiting for dinner wins huge lottery prize — then changes her order to takeout
A Maryland woman was waiting for her dinner order when she realized the restaurant was also a lottery vendor.
To pass the time, the Waldorf woman, who waits to scan her lottery tickets until she has “a solid handful,” decided to scan a pile of her tickets, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Dec. 18 news release.
The first she scanned was a $2 quick-pick Powerball ticket for the Oct. 19 drawing, lottery officials said.
She won $50,0000 by matching four numbers and the Powerball.
“It was such a surprise,” the woman said. “It just came out of nowhere.”
The thrill from the win spoiled the woman’s appetite.
“I was so excited that I had to get out of there,” the woman said.
Quickly, she changed her order to takeout.
“The last thing on my mind was eating,” the woman said.
The woman told lottery officials she plans to use her winnings to pay bills, adding that she will “have plenty left over to do some traveling.”
Waldorf is about a 30-mile drive southeast from Washington, D.C.
What to know about Powerball
To score the jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
