Severna Park Trucker Drives Home $50,000 Prize

SEVERNA PARK, MD — A 60-year-old truck driver from Severna Park raced to Lottery headquarters recently after learning that he had just won a top $50,000 Bonus Match 5 prize. The revved-up player won his good fortune after buying several tickets for the Oct. 23 drawing.

The Anne Arundel County resident, who is a loyal Bonus Match 5 player, also won $50,000 playing the game in 2003, according to a press release.

“Ever since I won the first time, I always try to get my Bonus Match 5 games in for the week,” he told lottery officials. “I always seem to win something whenever I play.”

His wife of more than two decades agrees that her husband has amazing luck playing Lottery games. “He always seems to be bringing home a few hundred dollars here and there, whenever he plays.”

The winner decided to check his tickets from the drawing after hearing an employee from EZ Quick Food Market in Pasadena say the store had just sold a $50,000 winning Bonus Match 5 ticket. The store is his favorite Lottery retailer and he regularly buys his tickets there.

“When I got home, I checked all of my tickets for that week to see if I had won,” he said in the release. “I was really very shocked when the Lottery’s phone app that I use quite frequently confirmed that one of my Bonus Match 5 tickets was indeed a big winner.” His phone app also directed him to trek straight to Lottery headquarters to claim his top prize.

The happy husband said that he feels blessed that he’s won as often as he has. Most of the prize will go in the bank after celebrating with friends and family. His winning numbers on the quick-pick ticket were 7, 14, 21, 22, 30 and Bonus Ball 34.

Also sharing in his win is retailer EZ Quick Food Market at 231 Mountain Road in Pasadena, which earns a $500 bonus from the Lottery for selling a top-prize winning ticket in the daily game.

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