OK, for my Maryland readers- here's a chance to make a new friend and maybe share her luck.
I just can't tell you who she is, only that she lives in Frederick.
Maybe her real name is Lucille and they call her "Lucky," because a few years ago she won $100,000 in the lottery, and she just scored another $50,000 - and she wants it to be a secret this time.
She had gone to the Washingtonian Express convenience store in Frederick and purchased three $50,000 tickets. But she only meant to buy two.
"This whole thing was an accident. I wanted to buy two $50,000 CASH tickets but hit the quantity button an extra time by accident," she recalled.
It's like at the WaWa when you're ordering a hoagie and accidentally hit the "extra meat" and "extra cheese" buttons, and you're too shy to ask the kid behind the counter for help. Yeah, that's my story.
Well, you know doggone well, that third ticket turned out to be a $50,000 winner, just half as much as when she hit for $100,000 on a bingo-themed scratcher.
"That this could happen to me again, it's just mind-boggling," she said. "The store was crowded so I fought back the urge to shout it out, to tell everyone what had just happened."
It's good that she fought that urge, because another urge was telling her to button her lip. She is staying quiet, so if you can find her and get her to split the swag, please let me know! We'll get some beer and pizza and a couple of dozen scratchers.
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