NOTTINGHAM, MD—A Nottingham player was happy when she thought she won $500 on a scratch-off ticket.  She was shocked to learn that she was actually on her way to a $50,000 prize.

The retired grocery store worker likes to play scratch-offs in her spare time and realized she won after the first item she scratched off on her instant ticket revealed a $500 prize. Just for confirmation, she decided to scan her ticket at a Maryland Lottery retailer.

When she received the message “Go to Lottery,” she was stunned.

“I needed to know what was under the rest of my ticket,” said the Baltimore County resident.

She continued to scratch off the $20 game and discovered there were multiple $1,000 and $10,000 prizes she had missed. When she added it all up, she realized she was a big winner.

“I couldn’t believe it was $50,000,” she said with excitement.

The lucky lady is undecided on how she is going to spend the second-tier prize, but said it will most likely go into the bank.

The winning scratch-off was sold by the Weis Markets store located at 4126 East Joppa Road (21236). This is the second $50,000 winner revealed on the Hot 777 instant ticket; six prizes remain. The game’s top prize is $1,000,000. Five of the six top prizes are still available after one $1,000,000 winner was claimed.

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