‘Weird’ feeling leads man to big lottery win in Maryland. ‘That was the shocker’

A man won big after switching up his lottery routine, Maryland officials said.

The number combination 33031 has a special meaning to one of the Baltimore man’s family members, so he always chooses to play lottery games with it, according to a June 26 news release by the Maryland Lottery.

But the man had no idea buying multiple Pick 5 tickets with the numbers would lead to a $150,000 win, officials said.

“It’s been lucky for me in the past, so I wasn’t surprised to see familiar numbers. But the whole number, and in the right order? That was the shocker,” he said.

When he was buying the ticket a “weird” feeling came over him, which led him to buy three tickets instead of a single one like he normally does, the release said.

“It was weird, but not in a bad way. I felt really good about my numbers, in a way that I’d never felt before.”

The man learned of the good news through his lottery app, officials said.

“My family was there with me, so it was quite a scene,” he said.

This story was originally published June 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM with the headline "‘Weird’ feeling leads man to big lottery win in Maryland. ‘That was the shocker’."