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Baltimore Lottery Player Hits $50K Jackpot Twice With Same Lucky Numbers Baltimore Lottery Player Hits $50K Jackpot Twice With Same Lucky Numbers
Baltimore Lottery Player Hits $50K Jackpot Twice With Same Lucky Numbers A Baltimore man’s lucky numbers have paid off—again. Paul Cypress, a 35-year Lottery veteran, has defied the odds for the second time in two years, winning $50,000 from the Maryland Lottery’s Pick 5 game with the exact same numbers. The odds of winning once are slim. Winning twice? Practically unheard of. But for Cypress, who discovered his latest win during a holiday party, it’s Christmas miracle. He says his wife reminded him to check the tickets, at which point he realized he defied the odds and, in fact, won again. He decided to keep the news private until they returned home, at which …

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From Scratch-Off To Starting Over: Harford County Couple Eyes New Home With $1M Lottery Prize From Scratch-Off To Starting Over: Harford County Couple Eyes New Home With $1M Lottery Prize
From Scratch-Off To Starting Over: Harford County Couple Eyes New Home With $1M Lottery Prize An Aberdeen couple is planning their next big move—literally—after a $1 million Maryland Lottery win on a scratch-off ticket purchased at their local Wawa. The husband and wife, who have played Lottery games together for more than 30 years, hit the jackpot on the $20 Gold Rush 777 scratch-off game, claiming the life-changing prize earlier this week. “He said, ‘Mama, it’s a million-dollar winner,’” the wife recalled of her husband’s calm announcement after scratching off the ticket at home. Still skeptical, she checked it herself. “I still don’t believe it,” she said. The winning number, 1…

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Ravens-Themed Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At MGM National Harbor Lands Maryland Man $200K Prize Ravens-Themed Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At MGM National Harbor Lands Maryland Man $200K Prize
Ravens-Themed Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At MGM National Harbor Lands Maryland Man $200K Prize It was a scratch-off ticket, not success at the tables or solid sports betting that landed a Maryland man a $200,000 jackpot at the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino in Oxon Hill. "Rob" a veteran Lottery player, said that he was in the right place at the right time when he took a break from betting to pick up a Ravens X10 scratcher that landed him the six-figure prize. The Prince George's County resident said that last week, he was finishing making his weekly football picks at the casino when the purple Baltimore Ravens-themed ticket caught his eye at the Lottery vending machine. Days l…

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Lottery Luck Strikes Twice For Maryland Family After Great-Grandmother Wins $50K On Scratcher Lottery Luck Strikes Twice For Maryland Family After Great-Grandmother Wins $50K On Scratcher
Lottery Luck Strikes Twice For Maryland Family After Great-Grandmother Wins $50K On Scratcher Lightning struck twice for a lucky Maryland family that has cashed in big playing Lottery games, this time to the tune of $50,000 for a great-grandmother in Baltimore. A pair of winning jackpot tickets have now come to the same househod after a woman won $50,000 playing a Ca$h Plu$ scratch-off ticket just three years after her daughter won a $100,000 Lottery prize. "She was like, ‘Mom, stop lying,’” the woman, who lives with her equally lucky daughter, mused, though she says that they didn't believe her at first. However, she did win the five-figure prize, which the 75 year old declared as…

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Winning $1M Lottery Ticket Sold To Maryland Man Who 'Just Had A Hunch' Winning $1M Lottery Ticket Sold To Maryland Man Who 'Just Had A Hunch'
Winning $1M Lottery Ticket Sold To Maryland Man Who 'Just Had A Hunch' An otherwise mundane day turned into a memorable one for a Maryland man who had a hunch, made a pit stop at an area liquor store, and picked up a winning $1 million scratcher. The man told Lottery officials in Baltimore that he was driving past Severn Liquors in the 8200 block of WB&A Road in Severn when he had a hankering to try his luck on a scratch-off ticket. "I just had a hunch," he mused. That urge turned out to be fortuitous for the Anne Arundel County man, who purchased a $20 Millionaire's Club ticket, because he "liked the look of the game" and because it was relatively n…

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Winning $50K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Liquor Store To Persistent Player Winning $50K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Liquor Store To Persistent Player
Winning $50K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Liquor Store To Persistent Player Persistence paid off for a Maryland Lottery winner who continued buying tickets until ultimately cashing in on a $50,000 jackpot. After what now looks like a modest Keno win of $465, an enthusiastic Frederick County Lottery player decided to test his luck with a scratch-off ticket. Which led to the purchase another scratch-off ticket. Then another scratch-off. Then, what started as a $30 gamble led to the fateful purchase of a 200X The Cash scratcher that landed for a second-tier $50,000 prize at Paddock Wine & Spirits in Woodbine. According to Lottery officials, the Frederick C…

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Newly Minted Maryland Millionaires Celebrate Scratch-Off Win With Game Of Golf Newly Minted Maryland Millionaires Celebrate Scratch-Off Win With Game Of Golf
Newly Minted Maryland Millionaires Celebrate Scratch-Off Win With Game Of Golf A pair of Maryland Lottery players traveled from Frederick into Virginia for a job, only to turn right around for a day on the links after winning $1 million on a scratcher. "Mr. Papagiorgio" is Maryland's newest millionaire after winning big on a 100X The Cash scratch-off ticket, which they celebrated with a game of golf after given the go ahead to take off from their boss. What started as a routine day for the construction workers began with a Frederick man picking up iced coffee and doughnuts, while his Hagerstown coworker picked up some scratchers for them to play once they made th…

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Winning $100K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Grocery Store Winning $100K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Grocery Store
Winning $100K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Grocery Store A Montgomery County man is one step closer to his dream of buying a house after winning a six-figure prize on a scratch-off Lottery ticket sold at an area Safeway. The $100,000 win left the lucky lotto player stunned outside of Safeway on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring after he scratched off a $10 50X The Cash ticket. 'It was very surprising," the occasional Lottery player - whose previously had only won approximately $500 - mused. "When I go shopping, sometimes I buy a ticket."  "I was stunned."  According to the winner, he has been working toward purchasing a home,…

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Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station A little extra cash turned into a lot of extra cash for a Prince George's County man who decided to test his luck and won $100,000 playing a Maryland Lottery scratcher. The computer programmer says that he had some money in his pocket while he was at the Sandy Spring Exxon on Old Sandy Spring Road in Laurel, which led to him picking up a $10 Money Drop ticket that resulted in a six-figure windfall for the self-proclaimed "casual player."  According to the winner, he made a pitstop for gas, but he happened to have a spare $10 bill in his pocket so he decided to pick up the flashy scratc…

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