$50K Winning Powerball Ticket From December Discovered By Bel Air Mom

BEL AIR, MD — A Harford County mom gathered up her collection of Powerball tickets from December and decided to check them recently. To her surprise, in her stack was a $50,000 Powerball winner from the Dec. 10 drawing.

“I called my husband and told him the news. He didn’t believe me. He thought I was joking,” she said when she claimed the prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore.

At the time of the Dec. 10 drawing, the jackpot was at $930 million, on its way to $1.82 billion, before being won by an Arkansas player in the Christmas Eve drawing. The winning numbers for the Dec. 10 Powerball drawing, were 10, 16, 29, 33, 69 with a Powerball of 22. The Harford County resident came very close as she had four of the first five numbers and the Powerball for the third-tier prize of $50,000. She had the number 61 instead of 69, lottery officials said.

The Bel Air woman plays the lottery regular and purchases one ticket for each of the three weekly Powerball drawings when the jackpot reaches an average to large amount. She admitted it was exciting to be so close to winning $930 million.

“I was one number off, but I’m still happy with $50,000,” she said with a smile.

The winner plans to pay bills and possibly purchase a new car. The winning ticket was purchased at Klein’s Shoprite at 223 North Main Street in Bel Air.