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Fortunate NY lottery player scores $50K scratch-off win in Maryland

JACKPOTS13 Jan 2025
3 min. read
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A seasoned lottery player from New York, who was visiting Maryland with his wife, was pleasantly surprised by a hefty scratch-off prize.

New York City couple wins $50K in Maryland

Juan Infante, together with his wife loved visiting Maryland. The couple from New York City liked Maryland so much that they are now looking for a house to buy.

Luckily for them, the husband recently scored a top prize from one of the Maryland Lottery's popular scratch-off games.

The Lottery confirmed in a statement that Infante purchased several scratch-off tickets from Sam's Lobby Shop in Baltimore City.

To the surprise of the lucky lottery player, he scored a $50,000 top prize from Cash Boom.

Recalling the day he visited the lottery retailer, Infante said that was planning to buy a crossword scratch-off ticket.

The New York City man tried his luck with one crossword scratch-off ticket that turned out as a non-winner.

Then, Infante decided to buy another one and won $10. This is when the lottery player decided to also buy one $5 Cash Boom ticket.

"That ticket (Cash Boom) caught my eye, but I played the crossword," the lucky player told Lottery officials.

Undoubtedly, adding the Cash Boom ticket was a good decision, considering that he scored one of the game's top prizes for a $50,000 payout.

Infante added: "It revealed three vaults. I thought it was $50, so I scanned it. Then I saw all the zeros!"

After selling the winning ticket, the retailer benefitted from a $500 bonus.

Speaking about the house hunt, Infante said: "Maryland's doing a great job. This is a down payment!"

Three top prizes remain in play from Cash Boom

Maryland Lottery's Cash Boom scratch-off ticket was introduced back in September 2023.

Offering overall odds of winning any prize of 1 in 3.99, the ticket with $5 cost grants players a chance to win prizes between $10 and $50,000.

After the fortunate lottery player from New York City scored one of the top prizes, only three $50,000 prizes remain in play.

When Cash Boom was introduced, there were a total of 14 tier-two prizes of $5,000 up for grabs. Now, only four such prizes remain in play.

A tier-three prize pays out $1,000 and while there were 28 such prizes at the launch of the game, now, nine remain up for grabs.


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13 Jan 2025
3 min. read
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