1Silver Spring woman wins $50K Pick 5 prize after playing random number during errands

SILVER SPRING, MD — A trip to the store turned into a $50,000 payday for a Montgomery County woman who played a random set of numbers while buying groceries, only to find out days later she had hit the Maryland Lottery’s Pick 5 jackpot.

On Oct. 22, the Silver Spring resident stopped at the Aspen Hill Citgo on Georgia Avenue during errands and used spare change to buy a few Lottery tickets, including a $1 straight Pick 5 ticket with the numbers 43982. The number had simply popped into her head.

Days passed before she realized she’d won. She visited a Lottery retailer to check the ticket and was stunned to see that it matched all five winning digits exactly. Multiple scans confirmed she was holding a $

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