“Malcolm Reynolds” – a moniker taken from the TV series “Firefly” – is feeling lucky after the Nottingham resident discovered that he was in possession of a $50,000 Powerball ticket amid a bunch of $4 and $7 wins.
The winner said that he has a habit of purchasing tickets and letting them accumulate in a pile, and he didn’t check them until a friend decided it was time and busted out her Lottery app.
There was a small win here, a small win there, but suddenly they came across the five-figure winner in the stack, leaving “Malcolm Reynolds” stunned.
Sure enough, he had won $50,000 from the Saturday, Sept. 28 Powerball drawing, narrowly missing out on the $245 million jackpot after only one number was off.
The winning ticket was sold at Bel Air Looney’s Pub on South Main Street in Harford County.
“I told her to scan it again,” he mused. “Then I went home and looked up the winning numbers online. I had to keep checking. I couldn’t believe it.”
With the unexpected windfall, “Malcolm Reynolds” said he has no big ideas and is planning to stash it in the bank for a rainy day.