A simple grocery errand turned into a five-figure payday after an Ellicott City man gave an old winning lottery ticket another shot.
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – A Maryland man’s routine trip to the grocery store took an unexpected turn when a request from his wife led him straight to a $50,000 lottery payday. The Howard County IT professional stopped at a Giant supermarket to handle an errand, spent just $6 on a Bonus Match 5 ticket and woke up the next morning to discover he’d won big.
The Ellicott City resident purchased his winning ticket at Giant, located at 9200 Baltimore National Pike, after his wife sent him out to pick up groceries. Rather than selecting new numbers, he decided to replay an older Bonus Match 5 ticket that had already delivered a $300 prize…