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Fairfax
News
Fairfax County Man Wins $600K Playing VA Lottery's Pick 5
Daniel Choi says he got lucky. The Fairfax County resident had 50 plays in the May 1 Pick 5 nighttime drawing, each using the Fireball. The winning numbers in that drawing were 1-4-6-6-1, and the Fireball number was 5. While Choi didn’t match the five digits, he matched using the Fireball, which replaced one of the digits, to win $12,000 for each of those 50 plays. Choi won $600,000. Choi bought his tickets at the CVS at 7500 Centreville Road in Manassas. He said he has no immediate plans for his winnings, except to pay his student loans. Pick 5 drawings are held daily at…
Anne Arundel
Lifestyle
Severn Man Doubling Down On New Lottery Numbers Claims Two $50K Prizes In Maryland
Fortune smiled on a forgetful Anne Arundel County man who lucked his way into not one, but two, five-figure Pick 5 wins good for a $100,000 windfall. The Severn man - who chose to remain anonymous - says that he typically plays Lottery games once or twice a week, but forgot to pick up his regular midday Pick 5 ticket, going for the evening drawing instead with two tickets playing the numbers "12123." Ultimately, he got to celebrate twice, but not after a serious of curious circumstances played out, leading to his victory. According to the winner, he initially wanted to play numbers “1…
Prince George's
Lifestyle
'Positive Vibes' Land Prince George's County Man $300K On Six Top-Prize Winning Lottery Tickets
A positive outlook on life led a self-described Prince George's County "jack-of-all-trades" six top-prize winning Maryland Lottery tickets good for $300,000, he says. The lucky winner delivered six jackpot-winning Pick 5 tickets to Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore, where he collected the biggest total claimed at one time in the twice-daily game this year. He says that he is "convinced (the win is) a product of his unique outlook on life." “I’m just a regular guy, live a regular life, so it’s not like I can do that much,” the husband and father told Lottery officials. “…
Harford
Lifestyle
'Happy Mistake' Lands Harford County Man $50K 'Pick 5' Lottery Win
Opportunity knocked twice for a Harford County man who made the most at his second chance and won $50,000 playing his wife's license plate number on a Pick 5 Maryland Lottery ticket. The lucky Lottery player told officials that he thought he missed out on his chance for a big win last week when he saw his license plate numbers in the results of a recent Pick 5 drawing that he didn't hit on. However, fate had other plans for him. According to Lottery officials, a week after that disappointment, a winning Pick 5 number he played based on different license plate numbers l…
Baltimore
Lifestyle
Baltimore Man Wakes Up From Midday Nap $50K Richer After Big Lottery Win
A Maryland man awoke from an afternoon nap to find that he’d won $50,000 in the Pick 5 midday drawing on Thursday, Feb. 15. George Butcher of Baltimore won the top $50,000 prize after placing a $1 straight bet on the Feb. 14 evening drawing and Feb. 15 midday drawing with the numbers 95636. He placed his lucky wager at Royal Farms on West Padonia Road in Timonium. “NO WAY! What? No way!” George tells lottery officials he yelled from his bed after waking from his nap and realizing he’d won the Feb. 15 midday drawing. He plans to spend his winnings by investing in home repairs, enjoy a fami…
Baltimore
Lifestyle
Late Mother Helps Lead Son To $50K Lottery Windfall In Baltimore
Andre Jones' late mother was smiling down on him when the Baltimore native used her favorite digits to claim a $50,000 Maryland Lottery prize. No stranger to numbers, the finance employee had been playing his mom's favorite numbers: 9152 on "Pick 4" games, but after trying his luck (and largely failing), he opted to add a 1 to the mix to play "Pick 5" which he's done only for the past few months. "I kept having that number in my head and decide it was time to play that number again," Jones said. Well, it paid off. Jones was checking his numbers on his phone days after the Monday, Dec. 11 …
Stafford
News
'Tickled Happy:' Spotsy Man Wins $140K Playing Virginia Lottery
“I was so ticked and happy!” That was Maurice Lawson’s response to winning $140,000 in a single drawing of the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 5 game. The Spotsylvania resident bought four tickets for the Oct. 17 day drawing, each with the same five-digit combination: 4-3-4-4-4. They turned out to be the winning numbers. On two of his tickets, he wagered “exact order,” so each of those tickets won the game’s $50,000 top prize. He wagered “any order” on another ticket to win $10,000, and he wagered 50/50 on the fourth ticket to win $30,000. “I couldn’t believe it!” he told Virginia Lottery offici…
Arlington
Business
Soda Stop Leads To $100K Lotto Windfall For Thirsty DC Woman Who Won Twice At Maryland 7-Eleven
A warm day led to a cool win for a lucky Washington, DC woman who won big playing a pair Maryland Lottery tickets. Using a family member's birthday, the winner placed a $1 straight bet on two "Pick 5" tickets that both hit big, earning her $50,000 wins that became a six-figure prize. The winning tickets were sold at 7-Eleven on Central Avenue in Capitol Heights. According to the woman, she had only stopped in Capitol Heights on her way back home in DC to pick up a cool drink. While she was inside the convenience store, she opted to take her chances on the Lottery tickets. Now the 29-year-…
Prince George's
Lifestyle
'Mrs. Millionaire' Wins $1M On Scratcher Weeks After Claiming $50K Maryland Lottery Prize
When you're hot, you're hot. A Prince George's County woman was back in the Winner's Circle at Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore to claim a $1 million prize, just two weeks after she won $50,000 playing a different game. The loyal - and lucky - Lottery player from Oxon Hill won $50,000 playing "Pick 5" on July 25, and wasn't content with that paltry prize and decided to up the ante a little bit and hit the jackpot on a $20 on a "$1 Million Royale" ticket. She is the first person to claim a top prize on the newly released game. Lottery Officials said the 67-year-old woman stopped …
Prince George's
Lifestyle
Lucky Numbers Lead To $1M Maryland Lottery Win On 21 Tickets In One Day
It turns out that 21 isn’t only a lucky number for gamblers playing blackjack. A Prince George's County man played the same number on 21 “Pick 5” Maryland Lottery tickets and hit big, cashing in to the tune of $1 million. The newly minted millionaire bought 21 individual tickets worth $50,000 each with the number 82466 earlier this month, placing a $1 straight bet on each ticket for a midday drawing. Lottery officials said that the Prince George's County man - who opted against releasing his name - was on a break from work when he stopped in at Shady Grove Beer and Wine in Gaithersburg to…
Frederick
News
$50K Lottery Winner Sold In Frederick County
A Frederick County couple is feeling lucky after cashing in a winning five-figure Maryland Lottery “Pick 5" ticket. The newest Maryland Lottery numbers game proved fruitful for the couple - who chose not to disclose their names - after they claimed a $50,000 prize this week after winning the top prize during the Thursday, May 12 drawing on a ticket sold at the Buckeystown Mart. An official for Maryland Lottery said this week that since the game debuted in February, the couple has played a combination of Quick-Pick tickets and personal sets of numbers before striking it big in the May draw…
