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Miami Herald
31-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Worker had nobody to eat lunch with, so he played the lottery. Then came big win
A nontypical solo lunch date for a Maryland worker turned into an exciting top prize lottery win, officials said. The man from Nottingham told lottery officials he usually has lunch with co-workers but found himself alone one day at a cafe in Cockeysville, about a 20-mile drive northwest from Baltimore. 'There was no one to eat lunch with, so I got four scratch-off tickets to kill time,' the man told the Maryland Lottery, according to a July 31 news release. After getting his tickets and his food, he went back to his office, lottery officials said. Later on, he scratched off the tickets and realized he'd won big after the first ticket, the lottery said. The lucky lottery player won a top prize worth $57,777 from a Lucky 7s Tripler he bought for $5, according to the lottery. When he showed his wife, she didn't believe it was real, he told lottery officials. . Five of the eight top prizes remain for the game that started in March, lottery officials said.
Miami Herald
07-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player quietly leaves store with big win. ‘Couldn't believe my eyes'
For a Maryland lottery player, it wasn't a lucky set of numbers or a whim that led to her big prize. Instead, the Nottingham woman credits her win to a specific routine, Maryland Lottery officials said in a July 7 news release. 'A relatively new player, she sticks to a routine of buying $20 worth of tickets every other week,' lottery officials said. When the woman stopped by a store for groceries, she also bought a Lucky 7s Tripler scratch-off ticket, lottery officials said. She scratched her ticket, then 'quietly left the store' after seeing the prize, lottery officials said. 'I couldn't believe my eyes,' the woman told lottery officials. To confirm her win, she 'scanned the ticket again in her car'; sure enough, she won the game's top prize of $57,777. 'This was completely unexpected,' the winner told lottery officials. The player told lottery officials she plans to spend her winnings on bills. Despite her big win, the woman said she plans to continue playing lottery games. 'I think I'll stick with my routine $20 every two weeks,' she said. 'That seems responsible after winning a top prize.' Nottingham is about a 15-mile drive northeast from Baltimore.
