Lottery novice wins $30,000 from first scratch-off ticket
Last updated on: 10 January,2023 09:20 am
The woman said she won prizes of $1 and $2 from two other tickets in her stocking.
NEW YORK (Web Desk) - An 18-year-old woman put her beginner s luck to the test and won a $30,000 prize from her first-ever scratch-off lottery ticket.
The Germantown resident told Maryland Lottery officials she had never played a scratch-off lottery ticket before revealing the $30,000 prize from a Peppermint Payout game.
The ticket was one of a small handful she had been gifted by her parents.
"We gave them to her as a stocking stuffer," her father told officials.
The woman said she won prizes of $1 and $2 from two other tickets in her stocking.
She said scratching off the $30,000 prize was a "shocking and weird feeling."
"It was surreal," she said.