Man still in disbelief after checking winning lottery ticket 3 times. ‘Can’t be real’
For a Maryland man, it wasn’t enough to scan his winning lottery ticket once or even twice.
No; the Silver Spring man had to scan it three times, Maryland Lottery officials said in a June 25 news release.
And even then, the man remained in disbelief over his Bonus Match 5 win, officials said.
“Is that correct?” the man told lottery officials of his thoughts upon seeing his win flash on the screen. “That can’t be real.”
Shrouded in doubt, the man took his ticket to the Kensington 7-Eleven clerk, “who printed out a slip of paper showing the dollar amount of the prize” — $50,000.
Before this win, the regular lottery player’s biggest prize was about $400.
“Believe me, I was kind of shocked!” the man said, per the release.
The man told lottery officials he plans to keep his winning ticket a secret, only telling his wife, who said she “kept looking at it.”
“Too many people ask questions and want something,” he told lottery officials.
The winner plans to use his prize money to pay for some home upgrades, as well as a possible trip to Europe, the release said.
Kensington is about a 40-mile drive southwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published June 25, 2024 at 2:48 PM with the headline "Man still in disbelief after checking winning lottery ticket 3 times. ‘Can’t be real’."
