Pile of money
Pile of money.

Scratch-off routine pays off big for Maryland retiree

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June 18, 2025
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A Washington County man who never spends more than $20 on lottery tickets walked away with a $100,000 win last week after sticking to his personal rule — always buy two of the same ticket.

The retired county employee purchased two $5,000,000 Fortune scratch-offs at Wooden Keg Liquors on Jefferson Boulevard in Hagerstown. The $50 tickets were a splurge, but one he’d been planning for days.

“I’d been thinking about it for a couple of days, so I was ready,” he said while claiming the prize on Monday. The first ticket earned back his $50. The second, scratched at home, kept revealing $5,000 prizes. “There were so many of them. They just kept adding up,” he said. The total came to $100,000.

He called the experience emotional and said the win answered any questions about his retirement finances — with enough left over to share.

Big wins still available in Fortune game

The $5,000,000 Fortune ticket, which launched in February, still has all three $5 million top prizes unclaimed. In addition, six $100,000 second-tier and eight $50,000 third-tier prizes remain in circulation.

Chris Quigley

Chris Quigley

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Chris Quigley is a graduate of Stockton State University and began her career at IN Jersey, the online news and media branch of the Asbury Park Press. She also worked at Monmouth Internet, the Ocean Signal Newspaper, and JTOWN Magazine during her career in both content management and operations.

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