ANNAPOLIS, MD – An Anne Arundel County resident picked up a $50,000 second-tier prize on a $30 scratch-off game.
He purchased a $2,000,000 Gold Rush instant ticket, scratched off the latex, and realized that he had matched the numbers for the big prize. 57-year-old acquired the winning instant ticket at his usual haunt, Parole Liquors, located at 2125 Forest Drive in Annapolis.
The big prize caught his attention when he scratched off the instant ticket while still in the store. A clerk confirmed the resident’s big win after he showed him the scratch-off. On Dec. 7, the player visited Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore in order to claim his prize. He had not given much thought to how he will spend the money, but said he will “help my family.”
The $2,000,000 Gold Rush instant ticket, which went on sale in February, still has three unclaimed $2,000,000 top prizes and three more $50,000 prizes, in addition to thousands of others ranging from $30 to $5,000.
Portions of this story were provided by the Maryland Lottery.