Trucker wins big lottery prize while running errands in Maryland. ‘I couldn’t breathe’
A Maryland lottery player tried his luck at a different store — and won big.
The Caroline County man was running his weekend errands and stopped at the Greensboro Tiger Mart to play two Pick 5 games, the Maryland Lottery said in a May 8 news release.
He netted a $50,000 prize in the midday drawing on May 4.
“I normally buy all my games from another location and always from the cashier,” he told lottery officials. “But here, I went to the vending machine.”
The man, who owns a trucking company, “couldn’t breathe” after checking his ticket and quickly called his wife, lottery officials said.
“I sat there looking at the numbers ...” he recalled.
The lucky player beat odds of 1 in 100,000 to win the $50,000 grand prize, according to the Maryland Lottery website.
The man said he plans to put most of his winnings into his trucking business, but he also wants to take a vacation and help his family financially, according to officials.
Greensboro is about a 40-mile drive east from downtown Annapolis.
This story was originally published May 8, 2024 at 1:43 PM with the headline "Trucker wins big lottery prize while running errands in Maryland. ‘I couldn’t breathe’."