Maryland man stops for lunch, wins $50,000 lottery prize
by Ben Hooper · UPIFeb. 27 (UPI) -- A Maryland man made a stop for lunch during his break for lunch and ended up winning a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
The winner, who dubbed himself "Wawa Winner," told Maryland Lottery officials he recently stopped at the Wawa store on Pulaski Highway in Rosedale to buy a meatball sub on his lunch break.
He also visited the store's lottery vending machine and selected a $30 200X the Cash ticket.
The player scratched the ticket off before returning to work and discovered he was a $50,000 winner.
"I kept saying, 'Is this real?'" the player recalled when he claimed his prize Wednesday.
The man said he had a strong feeling the ticket was going to be lucky.
"I knew it was coming," he said.
"Wawa Winner" said he will use his winnings to help his family.