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Winning $2M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Giant Grocery Store In Maryland Winning $2M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Giant Grocery Store In Maryland
Winning $2M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Giant Grocery Store In Maryland Retirement is coming early for a lucky Maryland couple who cashed in big on a Lottery scratch-off ticket they picked up at a Baltimore County food store. An Elkridge woman cleaned up playing a $30 scratcher sold at Giant in Owings Mills that she turned into a $2 million jackpot. A regular Lottery player, the winner said that she enjoys playing Mega Millions, Powerball, and a variety of scratch-off games, but it was the 200X the Cash ticket purchased at Giant on Mill Run Circle that set she and her husband up for retirement after spending decades as a custodian after coming to the US 25 year…

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US Army Veteran From Mt. Airy Wins $50K Prize On Lottery Scratcher Sold At Maryland Walmart US Army Veteran From Mt. Airy Wins $50K Prize On Lottery Scratcher Sold At Maryland Walmart
US Army Veteran From Mt. Airy Wins $50K Prize On Lottery Scratcher Sold At Maryland Walmart It's going to take a little more than cash to get the blood of a US Army Veteran flowing, who was unfazed after winning a five-figure Maryland Lottery prize.  The Mt. Airy man, who transitioned from playing cards with his bunkmates to playing scratch-off games decades after his retirement from the service, had a properly measured response when collecting his five-figure prize at Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore this week. "You’ve got to do a lot to excite me, and money is not one of the things that excites me," he mused. "I didn’t get into the Lottery until after I retired from the se…

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by Zak Failla
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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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Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Maryland Royal Farms Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Maryland Royal Farms
Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Maryland Royal Farms A Maryland man knew he won on a Lottery scratcher, but he didn't realize he was in for a six-figure windfall. The random purchase of a Bingo X10 scratcher landed a Cecil County man - who chose to remain anonymous - a $100,000 jackpot, though he didn't realize it right away. According to officials, during a trip to Royal Farms on Jacob Tome Memorial Highway in Port Deposit, the scratch-off ticket caught his eye, and after picking it up on a whim, scanned it at the store, when he was instructed to head to Lottery Headquarters to claim his prize. He said that he knew it would be a "substantia…

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by Zak Failla
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Meticulous Maryland Woman Not Surprised By $50K Scratch-Off Lottery Win Meticulous Maryland Woman Not Surprised By $50K Scratch-Off Lottery Win
Meticulous Maryland Woman Not Surprised By $50K Scratch-Off Lottery Win A Maryland woman is basking in her own brilliance after doing her Lottery homework and winning a $50,000 prize on a scratch-off ticket she specifically picked out. Each week, the Prince George's County woman says she and her husband have a routine where they pick up a handful of specific Lottery tickets from area stores, but not until she has studied information online about which prizes are still available for each game. She said that she always expected to win big at some point, so the five-figure prize came as no shock to her after her plan paid off. According to the woman, she makes a …

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by Zak Failla
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Lotto Player 'Ca$hes' In $30K Maryland Lottery Scratcher Lotto Player 'Ca$hes' In $30K Maryland Lottery Scratcher
Lotto Player 'Ca$hes' In $30K Maryland Lottery Scratcher A grocery store employee won big trying his luck and becoming the first $50,000 top prize winner on the new $5 Ca$h Series scratch-off games, according to the Maryland Lottery. Ronald Robbins, 67, of Pasadena purchased five of the instant tickets after an overnight shift at Giant grocery over the weekend, bagging the winning ticket at EZ Quick Food Market.  The grocery store worker figured to give the scratch-off games a chance since they were new, and took the games home to play, officials said. Once home, Robbins scratched the barcode to scan on the lottery app on his phone, which im…

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