A Baltimore man had to end a phone conversation when he realized he was on the verge of winning $50,000 on the MONOPOLY™ X200 scratch-off.
“I always wanted to win big. This is a dream come true,” he said Feb. 12 when he claimed his prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore.
The player reports he was on the phone with a friend while scratching the ticket. While looking at the scratch-off sideways, he thought he had a winning symbol. He immediately ended the call and went into a quiet room to scratch the rest of the ticket.
The medical worker didn’t match any of the winning numbers but he had three multipliers, which are automatic wins. Those winners included 50X on $200, 200X on $100 and 100X on $200. Before he added up his prizes, he wanted to get some rest. That turned out to be a mistake.
“I couldn’t sleep, I was thinking about those numbers all night long,” the East Baltimore resident said with a smile
The big winner said he has had a lot of luck winning on scratch-off games, and he credits it to a silver coin he received from a Lottery retailer.
According to the winner, a clerk reached out his hand and gave him the coin.
“He gave it to me around two years ago. I used it on every scratch-off, but I have no idea where he got it from,” he said.
He plans on using his prize to pay off bills.
The winning ticket was purchased at Towson’s Quick Mart at 8604 Loch Raven Boulevard in Baltimore County.
The $30 MONOPOLY™ X50 ticket went on sale in November 2024 with four top prizes of $2 million and six second-tier prizes of $50,000. Two $2 million prizes and four $50,000 prizes remain unclaimed. There are also prizes ranging from $30 to $10,000.
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