Retired bus driver wins top prize with $1 random bet. ‘On the road to riches’
A retired bus driver is now “on the road to riches” after winning the top prize in a Maryland lottery game, officials said.
He bought a Pick 5 ticket for both the midday and evening drawings at a gas station in Baltimore, officials said in a June 11 news release.
“Unlike his days of driving a bus where his numbered routes were already chosen, he had no preconceived number selections for his Pick 5 ticket,” officials said in the news release. “He placed a $1 straight bet on a random set of numbers and now he has a $50,000 prize to celebrate.”
The former bus driver knew he’d won when he checked his ticket on the lottery app — and was “quite happy” with the discovery, “especially considering that his biggest Lottery prize until now was $5,000.”
He doesn’t have plans for his win just yet.
