BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man is celebrating a life-changing windfall after a MONOPOLY X200 scratch-off ticket revealed a $50,000 prize. The winner, a local medical worker, claimed his winnings at the Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore on February 12, 2026.
The winner, who resides in East Baltimore, recounted a tense moment of realization while he was on the phone with a friend. After catching a glimpse of a potential winning symbol while looking at the ticket sideways, he immediately ended the call to finish scratching the ticket in a quiet room.
Strategic Multipliers Lead to Big Payday
While the player did not match any of the traditional winning numbers, his luck came through the game’s multiplier features. The winning ticket featured three separate automatic-win multipliers:
- A 50X multiplier on a 200 dollar prize
- A 200X multiplier on a 100 dollar prize
- A 100X multiplier on a 200 dollar prize
The excitement of the discovery made for a restless night. The winner admitted that he initially tried to get some sleep before calculating his total prize, but found it impossible. He told Maryland Lottery officials with a smile that he stayed awake all night thinking about the numbers.
The Secret of the Silver Coin
The lucky winner attributes his string of scratch-off successes to a specific silver coin he has carried for two years. He received the coin from a Lottery retailer clerk who simply reached out and handed it to him.
The man stated that he has used that specific coin on every ticket since receiving it, though he remains unsure of the coin’s original source. Whether by magic or coincidence, the silver piece has now led him to a $50,000 reality…