Running Joke Becomes $50K Reality For Glen Burnie Lottery Winners

GLEN BURNIE, MD — An Anne Arundel County couple often jokes about winning big money. After scratching their way to a $50,000 win in the Maryland Lottery’s 50x the Cash game, they don’t have to joke any longer.

“We’ll always say, ‘Our million dollar check is in the mail,’ ” the 69-year-old wife of the winning duo told Maryland Lottery officials. And, even though it’s not $1 million, the $50,000 scratch-off win is enough to bring huge smiles to the Glen Burnie couple’s faces.

“My wife actually purchased the ticket,” said the 70-year-old husband in a news release. He says she had just finished having her nails done when something told her to stop at Royal Farms at 7201 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard to buy an instant ticket. She purchased one of the 50x the Cash games and scratched it off in her car. The accountant revealed a $1,000 prize beneath a “50x” symbol, meaning she won $50,000. In amazement, the woman drove home with the scratch-off to show it to her husband.

“I told him, ‘What’s 50 times $1,000,’ ” she said, smiling. “I said ‘$50,000,’ ” replied the husband. “But, I told her that she must be reading it wrong, that can’t be right.”

They confirmed the winning scratch-off’s prize amount at a local Lottery retailer but the husband – who is a retired engineer – said he wasn’t going to get excited until the win was confirmed at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. By the time they arrived in the Lottery Winner’s Circle, the win was confirmed and the prize on its way, the press release says.

The winning duo will celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary in September. With their prize, the couple plans to take a trip to Ocean City. They also will help their youngest son purchase furniture for his new apartment, give some of the windfall to charity and pay some bills.

Enter your non-winning multiplier scratch-offs into a second-chance contest to try to win cash prizes that total $255,000. Visit www.mdlottery.com/promotions/multiplier-madness/for details.

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