1Worcester County woman wins $50K on $5 scratch-off after ignoring bad advice

BERLIN, MD — A Worcester County woman is celebrating a $50,000 lottery win after buying a $5 Festive Fortune scratch-off ticket—just moments after another store customer advised her to avoid the lower-priced games.

The winning ticket was purchased Sunday morning at Your Store, located at 10137 Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin. The woman, a social media influencer, said she ignored a fellow patron’s warning that $5 tickets “don’t pay out,” and bought two anyway. The second one she scratched revealed a symbol that signified the game’s top prize.

She scratched and scanned both tickets at the store. The first was a non-winner. The second, however, displayed an ice-skate symbol, the sign of a top-tier prize in

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