A Maryland man used his $2 Powerball prize to buy another ticket that earned him $50,000. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
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A Maryland Lottery player won $2 from a Powerball drawing and decided to use it to buy another ticket, which earned him $50,000.
The Garrett County man told Maryland Lottery officials he stopped at Luke’s Liquors on North Third Street in Oakland and used the $2 prize from his Powerball ticket to buy a ticket for the Oct. 21 drawing. Advertisement
The man scanned his ticket the next day and discovered he had matched four white balls and the Powerball, earning a $50,000 third-tier prize.
“I couldn’t believe it,” the man said. “I almost won the jackpot, just one number off.”
The man took his ticket home, where his wife double-checked the numbers.
“He was so excited that he made himself sick,” she recalled.
The winner said he plans to invest his prize money.
