Lottery player accidentally buys extra ticket. Now she has ‘mind-boggling’ secret
A Maryland lottery player bought an extra lottery ticket “by accident” — and it led to her second big win, officials said.
The woman from Frederick County scored the top prize in the $50,000 CASH game, the Maryland Lottery said in a July 21 news release.
“That this could happen to me again, it’s just mind-boggling,” the lucky winner told the Maryland Lottery.
Years ago, the woman won $100,000 on a bingo scratch-off, according to lottery officials.
She told lottery officials she accidentally added a third ticket when she planned to only buy two, and it was that third ticket that won.
Now, the lottery player said she’d try to keep her big win a secret, according to lottery officials.
She bought the winning ticket at a convenience store in Frederick, about a 45-mile drive northwest from Washington, D.C., lottery officials said.
The $50,000 CASH game cost $20 to play, and the odds of winning are 1 in 3.03, according to the game’s web page.
There are 62 prizes left for the game which began in December 2022, according to lottery officials.
This story was originally published July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM with the headline "Lottery player accidentally buys extra ticket. Now she has ‘mind-boggling’ secret."
