April 14 (UPI) — A Maryland man said a locally-won $1 million lottery prize inspired him to buy a ticket from the same location — and he won $500,000.
The Anne Arundel County man told Maryland Lottery officials he and his wife arrived at the Walmart in Severn last month and he remembered the store had recently sold a scratch-off ticket that scored a $1 million prize.
The couple decided to try their own luck at the lottery vending machine.
“I had $40 in my purse so we decided to each pick out a $20 scratch ticket,” the man’s wife said…