Lottery player picks last ticket on roll and wins big in Maryland. ‘No one wanted it’
As a Maryland woman wandered through a convenience store with her husband, she noticed a single scratch-off ticket “perched all by itself in a dispenser.”
“It was the last ticket on the roll,” the Wicomico County woman said in an April 25 Maryland Lottery news release. “No one wanted it, so we decided to take it.”
The 52-year-old woman, who goes by the alias “Momma Dukes,” immediately scratched off the ticket inside the Thirsty’s store in Salisbury, lottery officials said.
“After I scratched off the ticket, I said to the clerk, ‘Surprise!’” the woman said.
This isn’t the first time the woman has taken home a large lottery prize, officials said.
She also won $100,000 from another lottery scratch-off ticket, as well as the top prize on a Diamond 10s game, lottery officials said.
“I had all three of my winners at that same store,” the woman said.
The store receives a $1,000 bonus for selling a $100,000 prize, according to lottery officials.
The woman, who works in the healthcare field, told lottery officials she hasn’t decided how to spend her latest fortune.
Salisbury is about 30 miles west of Ocean City.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.
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