MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A local woman’s routine visit to a neighborhood tavern on New Year’s Day has turned into a life-changing event after she secured a $100,000 prize in the Maryland Lottery’s Holiday Raffle.
The winner, who typically enjoys bingo and scratch-off games, purchased her ticket at Baker’s Tavern on Old Eastern Avenue. The timing was narrow, as New Year’s Day marked the final opportunity for players to enter the raffle. Her ticket ended up being one of only 10 top-tier winners selected in the January 2 drawing.
The discovery of the windfall happened in a moment of late-night scrolling. While checking social media the evening after the drawing, the woman noticed that one of the 100,000 dollar winning tickets had been sold at the very location where she bought hers…