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Pasadena Man Almost Throws Away $50K Winning Ticket
Wins $50,000 Top Prize on Brand New Pirate’s Gold Scratch-Off

(Baltimore) – This morning, Preston Adcock was on his way to his mother-in-law’s house when he decided to stop and purchase a scratch-off ticket.  The clerk convinced him to try the Pirate’s Gold ticket, since it had just launched yesterday.  After scratching it, Preston almost threw it in the trash, thinking it was not a winner.  Luckily, the 74-year-old decided to double check the ticket.  Good thing he did, since it turned out to be a $50,000 winner.
   

Still not believing he won, Preston asked a woman who walked into the store to look at his ticket.  She told him it was a winner. “I didn’t know what to say,” he said.  “I was shocked.” The grandfather-of-twelve called his wife and daughter on his way to Lottery headquarters to share the good news.
 

The retired man, who was a truck driver for 45 years, is a heart transplant recipient.  He plans to use his winnings to pay for prescriptions and bills.  “I’m shocked, but happy I won,” Preston said with a smile.  The winning ticket was purchased at Honey Bee’s Liquors on Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie.
 

Pirate’s Gold is a $5 scratch-off ticket.  There are still five $50,000 top-prize tickets remaining, along with many other prizes.

 

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