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MD Man Wins $50,000 Powerball Prize
A Chevy Chase man won $50,000 in the Powerball drawing after purchasing a ticket at a local Giant Food location.
BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE, MD — A real estate agent is $50,000 richer after clinching a winning lottery ticket.
Maryland Lottery revealed in a Thursday release that the Chevy Chase man was no stranger to the lottery game as he routinely buys a Powerball ticket every month.
His golden ticket was bought Feb. 9 at a vending machine inside the Giant Food store at 8500 Connecticut Ave.
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The man, who's worked in real estate for the last six years, did not realize he'd won until Feb. 11, when he heard that someone had bought a winning ticket at the same Giant Food he frequented.
Looking to the future, the man intends to put the winnings toward buying a house, with a portion going into a high-yield savings account.
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