During an extra trip back to Maryland this week, a Woodbridge, Virginia resident who regularly plays Pick 5 walked away with a $50,000 prize!
For four evening drawings from December 31 to January 3, the lucky lady placed a $1 straight bet on the number 10916. Her visit to Maryland paid off in the Jan. 1 drawing. She explained that there is no significance to her winning number, yet she continues to play it a few times a month. When a friend called to inform her of her win, she was unaware that she had won.
“I didn’t believe it,” said the federal government retiree. “My friend told me to look at the ticket and I still didn’t believe it.”
She plans to use her winnings to pay off bills as well as take her Lottery check to her elderly father in a nursing home.
“My dad played the Lottery every day. I can’t wait to show him that I won,” she explained.
There is another winner in this story: Olde Fitzgerald’s Liquors. The Upper Marlboro store will receive a $500 bonus from the Lottery for selling the ticket.