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Lottery player learns he won big before scratching ticket. ‘Knew it was a good thing’
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The Bel Air winner later scratched the ticket to reveal a single matching number with for a six-digit prize.
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A Maryland man knew his scratch-off ticket was a big winner before even playing, lottery officials said.
The Bel Air player used his phone to scan the “prize check” QR code on his Gold Rush 7’s Multiplier ticket before scratching it to see if he had won, according to a July 30 news release from the Maryland Lottery.
When he saw the message “Go to Lottery,” he told officials he knew “it was a good thing.”
The retiree still had to scratch the ticket to reveal his prize amount, lottery officials said.
He revealed the number 58, a match to one of the winning numbers, with a prize of $100,000 below.
“There was a lot of excitement when I saw it was $100,000,” he said.
The winner said he plans to use his prize to pay off bills.
The Harford County resident bought his ticket at the Fountain Green Wawa.
Bel Air is about a 30-mile drive northeast from Baltimore.
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