Stranger’s tip at Silver Spring store leads Hyattsville man to $100K lottery win
SILVER SPRING, MD — A stop at a convenience store in Silver Spring turned into a $100,000 lottery prize for a Hyattsville construction worker after he decided to follow advice from another customer and try a different scratch-off game.
The player visited the 7-Eleven at 13880 Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring in late February intending to purchase his usual bingo-style scratch-offs. While checking out, another customer suggested trying the Maryland Lottery’s new $25 scratch-off game called $1,000,000 Crossword…