A long-haul trucker won the top prize on a scratchers ticket purchased from a vending machine in Maryland, lottery officials said.
A Texas-based truck driver secured a $2 million lottery win on an $30 Ace of Spades scratchers ticket purchased at a grocery store in Hagerstown, according to a February 23, 2026 news release from the Maryland Lottery.
“I was grocery shopping and the lottery was definitely not on my list But then I saw the vending machine,” the truck driver told lottery officials. “I’ve had good luck with $10 scratch-offs, but because it was sort of a spontaneous thing (coming across a lottery machine), I decided to splurge.”…