Lottery ticket given as birthday gift was a letdown — until woman finished scratching
The Baltimore woman was celebrating her birthday and nearly the 'whole family was there,' she told Maryland Lottery officials in a Jan. 27 news release.
But one relative was missing.
'Just minutes away,' the relative was making a quick stop to buy a lottery ticket as a birthday gift, lottery officials said.
When the whole family was present, 'it was time to open gifts,' and the woman came across the $5 Holiday Luck Doubler, lottery officials said.
Slowly, she scratched the ticket.
'As I was finishing it, I was disappointed because there were no matches,' she told lottery officials.
But then, as she was scratching the last line of the ticket, she noticed a big win.
'Everyone went crazy when I told them I'd won $50,000,' the winner said. 'They all wanted to see it and touch it. It was the most hugs I've ever gotten.'
The ticket was finally returned to the woman, who 'whispered a prayer of thanks.'
'It's a day I'll never forget,' she told lottery officials.
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