CLEAR SPRING, MD – A Clear Spring man has won $50,000 on the Maryland Lottery’s Lucky Riches scratch-off game.
A Washington County resident, Maurice Sumpter bought the winning ticket at Sheetz on Lager Avenue in Hagerstown. He went into the store to buy a propane tank but felt a last-minute urge to buy a few scratch-offs.
“When he got outside, it was raining, so Maurice sat in his car and checked his scratch-offs for prizes. He still had a feeling that he had a winning game, but the first three instant tickets were non-winners,” the Maryland Lottery said today. “He found his lucky riches on his last instant ticket and became the first in Maryland to claim one of the game’s eight $50,000 top prizes.”
“I went with my instincts. Then, when I saw that I won, I couldn’t believe it was real,” he said.
According to the Maryland Lottery, the 61-year-old plans to use his prize to purchase a house. Maurice is a cook and a server in Pennsylvania.
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