COLUMBIA, MD – A last-minute holiday gift purchased at the Walmart store on Dobbin Road in Columbia turned into a $50,000 present on Christmas.
A Howard County woman found the ticket in her stocking on Christmas morning, topping off a great Christmas day for her and the family.
“We were a few minutes into opening gifts Christmas morning when I scratched it,” Karen told Lottery officials. “I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was in shock. I might get them a little more often, now. You know, just in case!”
Her husband Dennis and her two sons helped her with confirming her Christmas surprise.
Christmas is such a happy day anyway,” she explained. “To have my family all together and then for this to happen, it was just too much.”