BALTIMORE, MD* – A Baltimore City resident won the $50,000 top prize in the Ca$h Plu$ scratch-off game this week.
The winner, an employee at a local clothing store, purchased the ticket at Food Stop Mini Mart on Frederick Avenue. The $5 game took just over a month to produce its first top prize winner. The resident discovered the winning ticket during an early morning stop for coffee on the way to work.
“I buy tickets three or four times a week, mostly scratch games,” she told Lottery officials.
The lucky winner plans to save the majority of her $50,000 prize.
The Mini Mart owners will receive a $500 Lottery bonus for selling the ticket. Other prizes in the Ca$h Plu$ game range from $5 to $5,000, with six $50,000 top-prize tickets still unclaimed.
According to the Maryland Lottery, the game has been popular since its debut.
The clothing store employee scratched her ticket in the parking lot before starting her shift.
