Lottery player ‘about fell out of the truck’ upon seeing big Maryland win. ‘In shock’
While a Maryland man was on his way to work, he made a quick stop at a 7-Eleven.
Realizing he had an extra $5 in his pocket, the Taneytown man decided to splurge on some lottery tickets, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Dec. 23 news release.
He bought two $1 scratch-offs and one $3 ticket, then he headed to his truck to scratch his tickets, lottery officials said.
The two $1 tickets “came up empty.”
But when he scratched the $3 Diamond Bingo ticket, the last bingo card matched the caller’s number, according to lottery officials.
Unsure of what the match meant, the man checked the legend and learned he had won $30,000, lottery officials said.
“I about fell out of the truck,” the man told lottery officials. “I checked it six times.”
But even half a dozen checks wasn’t enough assurance.
“When I got to work, I checked it again,” he said.
The man told lottery officials he kept the news of his win to himself while at work.
“I was definitely in shock,” the man said.
When he got home, he showed his wife the winning ticket, lottery officials said.
“She also was taken aback,” lottery officials said.
The man told lottery officials he started playing lottery games with his grandmother when he was 18. So, he took his ticket to show her as well.
“She cried,” the man told lottery officials.
While $30,000 may not be “a life-changing” prize, the man told lottery officials “it’s a big help.”
The man said he is still deciding how to spend his winnings, but one option is to pay off the family car and use the remaining funds on home improvements.
Taneytown is about a 50-mile drive northwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published December 23, 2024 at 11:13 AM with the headline "Lottery player ‘about fell out of the truck’ upon seeing big Maryland win. ‘In shock’."
