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Harford County Couple Hits $1M Lottery Jackpot Thanks To Scratch-Off Routine Harford County Couple Hits $1M Lottery Jackpot Thanks To Scratch-Off Routine
Harford County Couple Hits $1M Lottery Jackpot Thanks To Scratch-Off Routine An Aberdeen couple’s long-standing lottery tradition turned into a million-dollar moment when they hit the top prize on the Maryland Lottery’s $20 Gold Rush 777 scratch-off game. The husband and wife team, who first started playing scratch-offs together over 30 years ago, struck gold on a ticket purchased at the Wawa on North Philadelphia Boulevard. “He said, ‘Mama, it’s a million-dollar winner,’” the wife recalled, still in disbelief even after confirming the life-changing news on the Maryland Lottery app. The lucky ticket revealed the number 18 matched a $1 million prize square, setting …

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Truck Driver Becomes Maryland’s Newest Mega Millions Millionaire Truck Driver Becomes Maryland’s Newest Mega Millions Millionaire
Truck Driver Becomes Maryland’s Newest Mega Millions Millionaire A truck driver from Anne Arundel County nearly threw away a winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket in an unusual twist of fate.  The loyal player, who buys lottery tickets weekly, had set aside time to check his numbers but got briefly distracted, he said.  While he thought he had reviewed all his tickets, he missed one. It was only thanks to a family member, who volunteered to scan the tickets on her Maryland Lottery app, that the winning ticket was discovered. As the car pulled away, she saw the ticket’s result and ran after him, signaling the life-changing news with a huge sm…

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Grandfather Of Nine Wins $50K On Maryland Lottery Ticket After Hitting Wrong Button Grandfather Of Nine Wins $50K On Maryland Lottery Ticket After Hitting Wrong Button
Grandfather Of Nine Wins $50K On Maryland Lottery Ticket After Hitting Wrong Button A Maryland traffic manager is happy to be more lucky than good after cashing in a Lottery ticket worth $50,000 that he never meant to purchase. The longtime lotto player from Glen Burnie told officials he prefers jackpot games such as Pick 3 and Pick 4 but while working on a road construction crew in the Brandywine area, Roderick Doughty decided to change course and pick up some scratchers. “I just went in the store and I said ‘I’m going to play scratch-offs,’” he mused. Mission accomplished. Entirely on accident. Doughty told Lottery officials that he hit the wrong button on the Lottery …

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Maryland Woman Jumps For Joy After Learning Of $540K 'Multi-Match' Lottery Win Maryland Woman Jumps For Joy After Learning Of $540K 'Multi-Match' Lottery Win
Maryland Woman Jumps For Joy After Learning Of $540K 'Multi-Match' Lottery Win Who says nothing good happens after midnight?  Certainly not a Frederick woman, who gave her husband a scare after screaming over a $540,000 Multi-Match jackpot she realized she had won in the middle of the night. Tawny Barnwell told Lottery officials that she shouted with joy after checking her golden ticket while claiming her six-figure prize in Baltimore this week.  The timing caused her husband to be stirred after midnight, but he was happy to start his day learning about the jackpot win after matching all six numbers. “I looked at it. I looked at it and I kept looking at it…

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