Junior Egbuforma of Severn was at skeptical at first, but was all smiles when he learned he was a $104,768 MONOPOLY™ second-chance winner.
Junior Egbuforma, of Severn, won the $104,768 Rolling Cash Jackpot in the final drawing of the MONOPOLY™ second-chance promotion, but it took some time for it to sink in that he was really a big winner.
The medical worker said he received the congratulatory email with instructions on how to claim, but didn’t believe the message. Subsequently, when he received a letter from the Maryland Lottery about his win with his name handwritten on the envelope, Junior started to think maybe he really had won.
“I told my wife, ‘Let me check it out and call’,” he told Lottery officials. When he called, the Lottery was able to confirm the windfall win.
Junior recently left a position with the Veterans Administration, but he credits his time with the VA as partly responsible for his win. It was there a veteran saw him throwing away non-winning tickets and introduced him to My Lottery Rewards.
“A veteran told me to scan in those tickets!” he said.
The Anne Arundel County resident joined the Rewards program and was able to accumulate enough points to purchase small items, but he said he never expected to win a cash prize over $100,000.
“It still hasn’t hit me yet,” he said July 17 when he claimed at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore.
Junior said he plans to invest his winnings for his children’s college education. He joins Jenelle Ballard of Glen Burnie, who won $133,542 and Laurel resident Jocelyn Quinitchette, who won $112,853.
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