TOWSON, MD—A Baltimore County waitress won $50,000 playing the Maryland Lottery’s Deluxe Crossword game. She told Lottery officials that she doesn’t often buy scratch-off tickets. However, her luck changed when a family member reminded her about the fun of playing.

The waitress said she had a $5 bill in her purse when her family member was stopping for lottery tickets on his way to work.

“I asked him to buy me a scratch ticket while he was at the store,” she explained. “I told him I didn’t care which game, any would do.”

Her family member stopped at at the Carroll Fuel gas station located at 900 Taylor Avenue in Towson and purchased a $5 Deluxe Crossword game, which turned out to be a winning ticket.

“When I scratched the ticket that night, I was amazed. Totally in shock,” she said. With adrenaline surging, she shared her happy news with her family. “They told me later that when they saw my face, they thought I’d gone crazy,” she said. The group passed around the winning instant ticket, and everyone shouted. “We all went a little bit crazy.”

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