Lottery player keeps seeing same number. Intuition leads to big win in Maryland
When a Maryland woman encountered the same combination of numbers twice, she didn’t take the coincidence lightly.
Instead, the woman played the numbers on not one, but five identical Pick 5 tickets, leading her to a $250,000 win, Maryland Lottery officials said in an Oct. 21 news release.
The woman first encountered her series of lucky numbers watching the news when an airplane “with the number 29000 emblazoned on it” caught her eye, lottery officials said.
Then, days later, lottery officials said she bought some cashews to snack on, “and there it was again: the code 29000 was on the package.”
“I almost never buy cashews,” she said
Inspired by the coincidence, she played the combination on five Pick 5 tickets for $1 each at a Mount Rainier gas station, lottery officials said.
Each ticket scored her $50,000, lottery officials said.
This isn’t the first time the day care worker has scored a big win; a few years ago, she won $80,000, according to lottery officials.
Last time, the woman said she spent her winnings on a kitchen remodel, adding that this time will likely be similar with some household upgrades.
The winner told lottery officials she has no trips or celebrations planned with her childhood sweetheart.
“I can sit on my porch with my husband and talk and it’s like taking a trip,” she said.
Mount Rainier is about a 35-mile drive southwest from Baltimore.
