Lottery player’s instincts led her to buy MD ticket. Win left her in ‘shock’
A Virginia woman, an on-and-off again lottery player for a decade, has a method for purchasing her tickets .
She follows her instincts, playing “when she feels lucky,” Maryland Lottery officials said in an Oct. 17 news release.
Turns out, her instincts paid off with a life-changing win.
The woman stopped by an Annapolis liquor store to “pick up some drinks before heading home to Virginia,” lottery officials said.
As she browsed, a $20 $1 Million Royale ticket caught her eye, and she “couldn’t resist,” lottery officials said.
When she scratched her ticket the next day, she thought maybe she had won, lottery officials said.
Unsure, though, the woman said she had her “son double-check it.”
“He told me to take it to get scanned, and that’s when I found out it was real,” the woman told lottery officials.
The winner said her $1 million win came as “a shock, but a blessing.”
“I’m thankful,” she said. “This will really help my family.”
The woman told lottery officials she plans to spend her winnings on family medical expenses and giving her loved ones “a special holiday season.”
Despite her big win, the player said she’s not done with lottery games.
“Maybe I’ll get lucky again one day,” she said.
Annapolis is about a 30-mile drive south from Baltimore.
