Prince George's Grandpa Plans To Buy Car, Help Grandkids After $250K Lotto Win

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A 64-year-old grandpa couldn't believe his luck when he won $250,000 in the lottery's Gold Rush game. An avid lotto player, he said he'd been waiting on this big win for some time.

“I’ve been looking for that ticket for I don’t know how long," he said.

The Prince George’s County resident headed to the D&S General Store in Mitchellville and used $10 to buy what turned out to be the $250,000 winning instant ticket. The loyal player plans to use his windfall to buy a car and remodel three bathrooms in his mother-in-law’s house. Then, there’s the matter of helping out family members. He wants to put money into accounts for his grandchildren, ages 1 to 17, ideally with the requirement that they cannot access it until they’re 35 years old so they have life experience.

“If they get it sooner, they’ll just blow it,” he said.

D&S General Store located at 3507 Enterprise Road receives a bonus of $1,000 for selling a winning scratch-off worth $100,000 or more.