$100K Scratch-Off Win Banked To Buy House: MD Lottery

GAITHERSBURG, MD — A Montgomery County man's lottery hot streak ended with a $100,000 top prize on the 50X The Cash scratch-off that he said will help him buy a house.

His streak started with a $50 win on an instant ticket. The Gaithersburg resident used those winnings to buy five $10 50X The Cash scratch-offs at Check Cash Depot in Gaithersburg and kept winning. One of his scratch-offs revealed a $500 prize and the next instant ticket was the $100,000 winner.

“I was happy and pleased. I have been playing for a long time,” the winner told Maryland Lottery officials.

He was scratching off the instant ticket and revealed a “10X” symbol, with a prize of $10,000 beneath the symbol. The loyal player thought he had won $10,000, but the rules of the game state that the prize shown gets multiplied by 10. That boosted the payout to $100,000.

The maintenance worker said he plans to put the money in the bank and might purchase a house once the housing market stabilizes.

Check Cash Depot at 114 Diamond Ave. in Gaithersburg sold the winning ticket and will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Lottery for selling a $100,000 top-prize winning scratch-off.

The 50X The Cash game, which went on sale in January, still has four of the 10 $100,000 instant-win top prizes unclaimed. Five $50,000 prizes and 13 $10,000 prizes are also up for grabs.