The Holiday Luck Doubler game yielded its first $50,000 top prize to a Germantown woman.
Germantown woman wins $50,000 top prize on Holiday Luck Doubler game
A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player and her friend, when viewing the Lottery’s website, would often say, “Why can’t that be us?” and fantasize about winning a big check. Their dreams came true this month and the pair visited Lottery headquarters to claim a $50,000 top prize won playing the new Holiday Luck Doubler scratch-off.
It was about a week ago when Lottery Luck shone on the anonymous Montgomery County player nicknamed “Blessing from Above,” a name chosen for publicity purposes. She was grocery shopping at Safeway in Germantown when she cashed a $100 winning Pick 4 ticket, using the prize to buy scratch-offs.
“There were only two of the Holiday Luck Doubler in the machine, so I bought both of the them,” said “Blessing from Above.” “The second ticket was the winner and I knew right away because I matched one of the winning numbers.”
Under that number was a $50,000 top prize. “Blessing from Above” immediately texted a picture of the instant ticket to her best friend, who she says “is more like a sister.” The two often play scratch-offs together and, when they win, they text pictures to each other to confirm their luck.
“When I saw that text, I screamed and called her right away,” said the friend.
“Blessing from Above” told Lottery officials that “she was so excited and was shaking so much she could not drive.”
The medical field worker said she plans to help family members financially and pay some bills with her winnings. She added that she might also take a trip.
The Montgomery County retailer that sold the lucky $5 scratch-off shares in the excitement. Safeway #1579, located at 19718 Germantown Road, will receive a $500 Lottery bonus for selling the top-prize winning instant ticket.
The Holiday Luck Doubler scratch-off just went on sale in October with six $50,000 top prizes. “Blessing from Above” claimed the first one; five remain unclaimed. Also, still up for grabs are 17 $5,000 prizes and many others ranging from $5 to $1,000.
The launch of this holiday scratch-off and five others kicked off the Holiday 2024 Second-Chance Promotion. Players can enter non-winning holiday scratch-offs and winning or non-winning FAST PLAY holiday tickets into My Lottery Rewards for a second chance to win cash. The Lottery will select five winners each week for 12 weeks to win $5,000 each. Two additional winners will take home $100,000 each in midway and final grand prize drawings.
