Choice to play a single $10 game instead of several smaller ones proves lucrative
A Maryland Lottery winner from Silver Spring considers himself blessed after having won $50,000 on the $10 scratch-off game MONOPOLY™ X50, and his plan is to pay that blessing forward by giving away most of his winnings.
“I have a few people in mind to bless. I’m attentive to their season,” the winner said April 10 after claiming his windfall at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, adding, “It is better to give than receive.”
All the same, winning proved to be a nearly unbelievable experience. The winner stopped at the 7-Eleven at 11421 Rockville Pike in Rockville on a recent morning for some refreshments for the day – two bottles of water. He had $10 left in his pocket and decided to play the Lottery, which he does on occasion. Initially he pondered, “Should I spend it on one ticket or spread it over more?” He went with the single ticket and scratched it off in the store.
He had the number 11 in his Winning Numbers and that matched an 11 in the play area over the figure $50,000, but he struggled initially to believe his good fortune. Was it only $50? Or maybe $500? He asked the clerk to double check and got confirmation of the big win.
“I had two bottles of Perrier and I was shaking,” he recalls.
He made arrangements to be accompanied to Lottery headquarters by someone providing security, and dressed incognito, a departure from his typical style. Still, he remained unconvinced of his win until after he had the paperwork in hand. That’s when he said, “This is real!”
Though the Silver Spring player’s prize was substantial, the MONOPOLY™ X50 ticket has a top prize of $100,000, five of which remain unclaimed. It started with 10 prizes at that level. The game also started with 10 prizes at the $50,000 level, and five of those remain unclaimed, along with many others ranging from $10 to $10,000.
The game, from the Maryland Lottery and licensed by Scientific Games, LLC., is part of a Maryland Lottery family of MONOPOLY games and a MONOPOLY Second-Chance Promotion. Players can enter any of the six non-winning MONOPOLY scratch-offs into My Lottery Rewards for a chance to win a rolling cash jackpot or cash prize. Monthly drawings through July will award $5,000 prizes and rolling cash jackpots that start at $10,000 and grow until the drawing date.
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