Lottery player quietly leaves store with big win. ‘Couldn’t believe my eyes’
For a Maryland lottery player, it wasn’t a lucky set of numbers or a whim that led to her big prize.
Instead, the Nottingham woman credits her win to a specific routine, Maryland Lottery officials said in a July 7 news release.
“A relatively new player, she sticks to a routine of buying $20 worth of tickets every other week,” lottery officials said.
When the woman stopped by a store for groceries, she also bought a Lucky 7s Tripler scratch-off ticket, lottery officials said.
She scratched her ticket, then “quietly left the store” after seeing the prize, lottery officials said.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” the woman told lottery officials.
To confirm her win, she “scanned the ticket again in her car”; sure enough, she won the game’s top prize of $57,777.
“This was completely unexpected,” the winner told lottery officials.
The player told lottery officials she plans to spend her winnings on bills.
Despite her big win, the woman said she plans to continue playing lottery games.
“I think I’ll stick with my routine $20 every two weeks,” she said. “That seems responsible after winning a top prize.”
Nottingham is about a 15-mile drive northeast from Baltimore.
This story was originally published July 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Lottery player quietly leaves store with big win. ‘Couldn’t believe my eyes’."
