Retiree buys lottery ticket on a whim in Maryland — then she sees prize. ‘Holy cow’
A retiree decided to buy a lottery ticket on a whim and ended up winning thousands in Maryland.
The woman from Sparks bought a $5 Fast Play Sevens ticket in early January, the Maryland Lottery said in a Jan. 21 news release.
She checked her ticket and saw a number 18 with a prize of $57,777, the game’s top prize, lottery officials said.
“I said to myself ‘Holy cow. It didn’t look real,’” she told the lottery office.
The lucky lottery player said she didn’t believe the win was real until she scanned her ticket on the lottery app.
Now, she has plans to use her prize money to pay off bills.
Sparks is about a 25-mile drive north from Baltimore.
This story was originally published January 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM with the headline "Retiree buys lottery ticket on a whim in Maryland — then she sees prize. ‘Holy cow’."
