Man buys hot dogs and two scratch-off tickets on work trip — and wins big
A man bought hot dogs and scratch-off tickets while on a weekslong work assignment in Maryland — and he ended up winning big, lottery officials said.
The New Hampshire native scored $50,000 with one of the Let’s Make a Deal scratch-off tickets, the Maryland Lottery said in a May 23 news release.
He bought the tickets at a Sheetz convenience store in Joppa, lottery officials said.
The man told lottery officials he is “a casual casino gambler” and bought the scratch-off tickets after popping into the store with co-workers.
One co-worker “said something to the effect of, ‘Could you imagine if one of us won the lottery?’” according to lottery officials, and that inspired the soon-to-be winner.
He used $15 on two $5 tickets and hot dogs, and “now he can imagine what it’s like to win the lottery,” the lottery officials said.
The man plans to seek advice from his dad about how to handle the windfall, lottery officials said, though at the very least he does want to buy a fishing rod.
Joppa is about a 23-mile drive northeast from Baltimore.
This story was originally published May 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM with the headline "Man buys hot dogs and two scratch-off tickets on work trip — and wins big."
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