BALTIMORE, Md. — A Baltimore, Maryland, man who wanted a break from Sunday's NFL playoff games decided to dig up some old lottery tickets — and one of them happened to be worth $250,000.
Maryland Lottery officials said the man bought the lucky Mega Millions ticket in August just before he left for a vacation.
"I was watching the playoff game (Sunday) and happened to go into my dresser drawer," said the man, whose name wasn't released by the Lottery. "I figured they were expired."
He took the tickets to a nearby store and scanned them. After learning that one of the tickets was a $2 winner, he scanned another and was given notice by the machine that he should take the ticket to Lottery headquarters.
He claimed the second-tier prize Monday. He missed winning the Mega Millions jackpot by one number.
The winner said he'd put the money in the bank and share some of it with his 16-year-old daughter.
The ticket was purchased at Royal Farms on Washington Boulevard.
Mega Millions drawing results are published at USA Mega (www.usamega.com) every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
awesome, he was a bigger winner then the football guys that day.
WOW!!!! congratulations to the winner......
Congrats!
I am rooting for me to win on Friday ...............
........................... and the Steelers on February 6th
LMAO. I don't get how people buy tickets and don't check them for months. Although this would be a nice suprise - digging out old tickets and finding winners.
Yea really, the most I'll wait is a few weeks. I have some now I haven't checked in about 2.
Congrats, on that big win, and i hope he was pulling for the Steelers, anothe big win on Feb 6th
It's all in timing and luck. Just think, if he hadn't looked in that drawer at that given time, he might not have discovered his winning ticket. Anyway, I'm sure he can use the extra cash.
I need a $77 milion jackpot win friday!
I will win a $77 Million Jackpot on Friday
dancing all the way to the bank,
We must have the same numbers!
Congrats to u, on your winnings
OMG! Glad there were not expired..congrats to him!