Nurse's mid-April lottery wins bloom larger each time
By Kate Northrop
DUNDALK, Md. — For the third time, a Maryland woman has won a big lottery prize in April, with each of her wins larger than the last.
A registered nurse says she does "pretty well" with scratch-off games during a specific time of year, and her track record of previous lottery claims proves it.
An Owings Mills woman, who chose to remain anonymous, won big on a scratch-off ticket in mid-April, just like her two previous wins. This time, however, the prize turned out to be her largest yet at $50,000. When she claimed the prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, she gave Lottery officials the impression that her lottery future had a sunny outlook.
"I buy scratch-offs often and do pretty well," the three-time winner told the Lottery. "I was thinking about my two biggest wins as we drove here today and realized that both of them were in April! Now a third. That's crazy."
Her prize amounts have also seen increases with every win, starting at $10,000.
"I won a $10,000 prize five years ago and then $20,000 two years ago," the Baltimore County woman confirmed in a press release.
Most recently, she stopped for lunch at Howard's Pub & Deli on Holabird Avenue in Dundalk in mid-April when visiting a friend. Rather than reach for a dessert, she decided to purchase a scratch-off ticket instead.
"'Money Bags' is my current favorite — even before this win," the woman added. "I seem to win just about every time I buy it."
And sure enough, she did — the $10 "Money Bags" ticket she bought was worth a $50,000 second-tier prize.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," the delighted winner recalled. "I just stared at it. I couldn't wait to get home to tell the family."
She had to scan the instant ticket at the lottery ticket checker several times before it sunk in that her mid-April luck pulled through yet again. The lucky player made a point to tell Lottery staff that she owes a great deal of thanks to employees at Howard's Pub & Deli for helping to make her third big win possible.
"Every morning since then, I wake up and think for a moment that this has been a dream," the lucky winner mused. "And a moment later I smile knowing that it really did happen."
Since claiming her prize in April, two out of four second-tier prizes of $50,000 remain in the $10 "Money Bags" game. That also leaves all five $250,000 top prizes remaining, as well as 15 out of 27 third-tier prizes of $10,000.
The overall odds of winning any prize in the game, which launched in February, are 1 in 3.5.
How come that S#@T never works for me?
Exactly! I can't even win 1 time. That bar is in my old neighborhood. They used to sell a banging cheesteak. But the buisness was sold . And the food changed. 🤷 Good for her though. I'd be happy with 1 win. 3 wins. I'd be ecstatic.
hm maybe I will start a lucky May tradition
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FRAUD ALERT.!
Really makes me wonder! 🙄
What fraud would that be exactly. The woman purchased 3 different tickets 5 year, 2 years, and in 2025. Do you think she knows someone at the lottery scratch off production plant in Georgia? Then every two to three years she ask the person to send a specific winning ticket to the store of her choice so she can pick it up and win. If that were the case, why did she not buy the $50 scratch off to win $5 million dollar instead of the $10 to win $50K? You conspiracy theory people really come out of the woodwork when YOU are not winning.
Well said.
The article says "I buy scratch-offs often and do pretty well," the three-time winner told the Lottery."
It is very likely that reality goes as follows: I buy a ton of scratch-offs every day because I have a serious gambling problem. Because I buy so many of them, I walk into the store every day with a bunch of winners that I use to buy more scratch-offs. I have to use cash to start the process again once the stream of small wins runs out.
I say this because, other than the big winners, no one who buys scratch-offs often for years is going to do well. It is statistically impossible for anyone to win more than what they spend on that game without a big win to make up for the losses.
If you buy lots and lots of scratch-offs, you'll win a decent prize every now and then. There are only twelve months in a year. So what if the second big winner is in the same month? Even if it's the third winner, so what?
Lots of people have scratch-offs OCD but we don't read about them getting big winners in different months because that's not newsworthy. We're reading about one person who buys a lot of scratch-offs and happened to get two big winners in the same calendar month as the first big winner. This is a coincidence.
Someone in Dundalk just started their weekend with extra excitement after purchasing a winning $685,656 FAST PLAY Super 777 ticket this morning. The winning ticket was purchased at Quick Mart at 7900 Wise Avenue in Dundalk on May 9. This is literally right down the street from where the scratcher was sold. In literally a straight line. These stores are 1.1 miles away from each other..........