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Annapolis Woman Turns $50 Win into $50,000 Top Prize

(Baltimore) – When an Anne Arundel County woman stopped by EZ Quick Food Mart to cash a $50 winning scratch-off ticket early Wednesday morning, she never expected to walk out $50,000 richer. After cashing in her winning ticket, the cashier showed her the new 3D Jackpot scratch-off. “I bought four tickets and the first ticket I scratched was the $50,000 winning ticket,” the mother-of-two daughters said. “Once I realized I won, I couldn’t believe it. I asked the cashier to check the ticket and she was more excited than me.”
 
The winner then called her best friend and her daughters. She asked her one daughter if she could leave work early to take her to claim the winning ticket.

The Sam’s Club bakery employee said, “It finally sank in when I walked into Lottery headquarters.” The 61-year-old said she was going to give the cashier a little gift for suggesting the scratch-off.
 
Married for 31 years, the grandmother plans to pay off her bills and go back home to Hawaii for a few weeks. “I feel so good,” she said with a grin. The winning ticket was purchased at EZ Quick Food Mart, 229-231 Mountain Road in Pasadena.

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