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UPI
5 days ago
- General
- UPI
Friend's recommendation leads Maryland man to $50,000 lottery prize
A Maryland man won $50,000 from a Fast Play lottery ticket he bought at the urging of a friend. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A Maryland man said a recommendation from a friend led to his winning a $50,000 lottery prize from the $5 Fast Play Double Win game. The Potomac man told Maryland Lottery officials he had not intended to buy any lottery tickets on May 19, but a friend urged him to try a Fast Play game. The man visited the Safeway store on River Road in Potomac and selected a $5 Double Win game. The player's ticket included the winning number 39, and his number 39 had a $50,000 prize listed under it. The man, who visited lottery headquarters to collect his winnings on Friday, said he plans to use his prize money to visit his home country of Pakistan.
Miami Herald
01-08-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Playing lottery was not on man's agenda — until friend convinced him. It paid off
A man in Maryland had no plans to play the lottery, but he changed his mind at his friend's recommendation — and won big, officials said. 'Just one look was all it took and he realized he had a big winner,' lottery officials said in an Aug. 1 news release. One of the numbers the Potomac man had chosen in the $5 Fast Play Double Win ticket was 39, which was also one of the winning numbers with a 'prize amount $50,000 underneath it' — the game's top prize, officials said. He bought the ticket May 19 at a Safeway store in Potomac. Thanks to his friend's recommendation, the winner can now use some of the prize to visit his home country of Pakistan, officials said.
