Happy accident at store counter leads to big lottery win. ‘You must be kidding’
A happy accident at a store counter led to a Maryland man’s big lottery win.
The retired mechanic bought some scratch-offs at a gas station in Hagerstown, and then went back to the clerk for another one, Maryland Lottery officials said in an Aug. 7 news release.
That’s when the happy accident put the winning $50,000 Cash Blast ticket in the man’s hands.
“The clerk was going to hand him a scratch-off out of the box, but there was an extra ticket that fell out after having been left loose by a previous transaction,” lottery officials said.
The clerk gave the man the loose ticket, and he scratched it off, revealing a top prize.
His wife scanned the ticket using the Maryland Lottery app to be sure.
“When I saw $50,000, I said, ‘You must be kidding’,” the man told lottery officials.
He said he doesn’t have specific plans for the windfall, although he and his wife may “take more vacations” after the win, according to lottery officials.
Hagerstown is about a 75-mile drive northwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published August 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM with the headline "Happy accident at store counter leads to big lottery win. ‘You must be kidding’."
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