Shopper buys lottery ticket — then has to ‘keep her cool’ when she sees big prize
A woman had to “keep her cool” at a Maryland grocery store after realizing she won a big lottery prize.
She went to a lottery machine inside ACME Markets in Elkton and bought a Lucky 777 scratch-off ticket, the Maryland Lottery said in a June 27 news release.
The Cecil County woman scratched the ticket and uncovered a $1 million prize.
“I kept calm and called my husband,” the woman told lottery officials.
She said she had to “keep her cool” as to not “draw any attention to herself,” according to the release.
The lucky lottery player claimed her big prize and told lottery officials she wants to donate some of the money, travel and work on her home.
Elkton is about a 50-mile drive northeast from Baltimore.
This story was originally published June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Shopper buys lottery ticket — then has to ‘keep her cool’ when she sees big prize."
