Lottery player is so surprised by win, she needs friend to be a ‘second set of eyes’

A woman bought a scratch-off lottery ticket, and after seeing the prize amount, she needed her friend to be a “second set of eyes,” Maryland officials said.

The medical worker bought the $10 50X The Cash ticket at an East Baltimore 7-Eleven, according to a March 20 news release by the Maryland Lottery. She was in “disbelief” when she saw she’d won $100,000.

“I said to her, ‘Did I see what I thought I saw?’” the lucky woman told lottery officials.

The woman followed her normal routine of scratching the ticket with a quarter and revealed the winning number 23, officials said.

She never uses the same quarter and won’t use any smaller coins, officials said.

“If you scratch with a penny, all that you win is pennies,” the woman told officials.

The woman plans to use the money to pay bills, officials said.

The retailer will receive a $1,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, the lottery said.

This marks the fourth $100,000 prize revealed in the game, which leaves six top prizes to be claimed, officials said.

This story was originally published March 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM with the headline "Lottery player is so surprised by win, she needs friend to be a ‘second set of eyes’."