$40K Winning Lotto Ticket Will Help Prince George's Man Fund Retirement Plans

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A devoted lottery player from Prince George's County has won $40,000 in Mega Millions.

“I buy a ticket for just about every Powerball, Mega Millions and Multi-Match drawing,” the federal employee told Maryland Lottery officials. “Once in a while, I may miss one of them (the drawings), but I will never ever forget to get a ticket on a Mega Millions night,” he said.

The federal employee shared his strategy with lottery officials.

“I buy tickets for all three games each week, but I don’t check the results right away. I wait until I have a sizeable stack of them before I do. Sometimes it’s not until three weeks after the drawing," he said.

After scanning the July 19 ticket a second and third time, he was able to accept that the $30,000 win was real. He had bought a $3 quick-pick ticket for the drawing, adding the Megaplier in hopes of multiplying any win. That decision tripled his $10,000 prize.

“My wife and I have been focusing on our retirement recently,” he said. “This will go straight into that fund.”

Party Time Liquors at 3307 Rhode Island Avenue in Mt. Rainier sold the $30,000 winner.