SILVER SPRING, Md. — A casual night out in Montgomery County turned into a life-changing surprise for a longtime lottery-playing couple after an unplanned stop at a Silver Spring store led to a $100,000 scratch-off jackpot.
The pair, who claimed the prize Monday at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, said they bought the winning Red 5’s Doubler ticket on impulse after dinner while walking through a parking garage near Wayne Avenue.
“I didn’t know what to feel,” one of the winners told Maryland Lottery officials. “Utter shock. Just impossible to believe.”…