Man Reacts to Winning $50K Lottery Prize, Reveals Plans for Money

A Maryland man couldn’t believe his luck after winning a $50,000 lottery prize.

The program counselor, who has not been publicly identified, told lottery officials that he stopped into a food mart on his way home from picking his wife up at work and bought a few tickets for a May 31 drawing.

The next day, he checked his numbers.

“I went up to the gas station, scanned my tickets and the one said to, ‘Take to the Lottery,’ ” he recalled. “I didn’t understand why and I asked the cashier what it meant.”

Of course, the cashier knew exactly what it went.

Despite his shock at learning he was a winner, the man said he kept running errands — but he did do one extra special thing to celebrate: he got his car detailed.

“I just wanted my car right and I got the works,” he said. “I didn’t care how much it cost.”

The man kept his ticket safe until Tuesday, June 3, when he claimed his prize at Lottery headquarters. 

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As for what he plans on doing with the money, the man already has it mostly figured out. First up: a shopping spree.

“I like clothes and I’m refreshing my wardrobe,” he told lottery officials, adding that he might buy a new car for his wife but will put the rest into savings. 

Maryland Lottery officials are also giving a $500 bonus to the Baltimore food mart that sold him the winning ticket.