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Patient bored at doctor’s kills time with lottery ticket. Win left her in tears

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A Maryland woman had time to spare, so she tried her luck.

“I got bored waiting at the doctor’s,” the woman told Maryland Lottery officials in an Oct. 9 news release.

She filled her time with a trip to a Hagerstown liquor store to buy a $20 All About Cash scratch-off ticket, lottery officials said.

The player said she started to scratch her ticket and soon noticed “all of her numbers matched up with winning numbers.”

She saw she had won prizes of $1,000, $5,000 and a few more, but soon the anticipation was too much, lottery officials said.

“I had to stop and went over to check the machine,” she said.

The woman said she scanned her ticket and saw she won a $50,000 prize.

“I cried after I won,” the winner said. “I was very happy.”

The woman told lottery officials “she plans to use her winnings to square her finances.”

Hagerstown is about an 80-mile drive northwest from Baltimore.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

Daniella Segura

McClatchy DC

Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy. Previously, she’s worked as a multimedia journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in the Los Angeles area. Her work has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association. She is also an alumnus of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.

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