HdG Family Wins $100,000 from Scratchoff: Maryland Lottery

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — A family from Havre de Grace that won $100,000 from the Maryland Lottery plans to buy a house.

Tim Kiel, 36, was taking his two sons to a movie while their mother was in the hospital for a preexisting condition, officials said, when they stopped at the Aberdeen Shell in the 1000 block of Middleton Road to get gas. Kiel purchased a Ravens scratchoff ticket and was amazed with his results.

"I just couldn’t believe it,” Kiel said upon realizing he had hit the top prize. “I called my wife immediately to tell her.”

“I thought he was joking,” April Kiel, 32, a stay-at-home mom, said. “I didn’t believe it until he showed me in person on Tuesday."

She was released from the hospital on Wednesday and they took their winning ticket to Maryland Lottery headquarters on Thursday, according to officials. The couple plans to buy a house and take a vacation.

The Aberdeen Shell will also receive $1,000 for selling the winning scratchoff.

Ima via Maryland Lottery.