Double lottery winner almost skipped buying Maryland tickets. ‘About to leave the store’

A Baltimore resident won $50,000 each on two scratch-off “Pick 5” tickets, but it almost didn’t happen, Maryland lottery officials say.

“It’s funny, because I was playing my boyfriend’s tickets and I almost didn’t play for myself,” she told the lottery. “I was about to leave the store, but thought, ‘Let me go ahead and get mine too.’”

Then she forgot about the tickets, which she bought for $1 each on Dec. 30, the lottery said in a news release.

Days later, she checked the tickets and discovered she won the top prize of $50,000 on two of them.

“I looked and was like, ‘Hold up, this cannot be right,’” she said. “I showed my boyfriend so he could double check.”

The couple visited Maryland Lottery headquarters on Thursday, Feb. 22, to claim the prizes.

The woman, who recalls predicting she would win with the Pick 5 tickets in 2022, said she plans to invest her winnings.