Baltimore mechanic scores $50K Pick 5 win after ditching birthdays for intuition
BALTIMORE, MD – A Baltimore auto mechanic struck lottery gold after switching up his number-picking strategy, winning $50,000 on a Pick 5 ticket just one day after claiming a $5,000 Pick 4 prize.
The winner, who opted not to be identified by name, had been using family birthdays to choose lottery numbers — with little success. Earlier this month, he decided to follow a new method: clear his mind and play the first numbers that came to him.
On the morning of November 12, while driving to work, the numbers 2-1-7-3-7 popped into his head. He quickly entered them into his phone at a stoplight and later that day purchased a ticket at Chadwick Liquors, located at 7005 Security Boulevard.
After returning home from his second job as a food delivery driver, he used the Maryland Lottery app to check the Pick 5 evening drawing. The result matched his ticket exactly.
The $50,000 prize came just a day after he had already won $5,000 in Pick 4 using a similar approach. The back-to-back wins gave the hard-working mechanic a major boost toward his long-term goal of opening an auto repair business with his fiancée.
Chadwick Liquors, the retailer that sold the winning ticket, will receive a $500 bonus from the Maryland Lottery.
While the Lottery reminds players that all draw game results are random and cannot be predicted, this Baltimore player’s lucky streak shows that sometimes, a fresh approach can deliver a surprising outcome.
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Key Points
- Baltimore mechanic wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize after $5,000 Pick 4 win the day before
- Winner picked numbers intuitively during morning drive to work
- Retailer Chadwick Liquors earns $500 bonus for selling top-prize ticket