A man holds out four 20 dollar bills in his hands. (Pixabay)
(Tribune News Service) — An Army veteran collected $50,000 in a Pick 5 lottery drawing by using an old license plate to pick his numbers, Maryland officials reported.
The Prince George’s County man bought the lucky ticket at a liquor store in Brandywine, which is about a 50-mile drive south from Baltimore, the Maryland Lottery said in a Wednesday, March 26, news release.
“It’s just the thrill,” he told lottery officials. “I couldn’t believe it when I looked at it!”
He said he plans to “take care of business” with the money, including spoiling his grandchildren and settling his financial affairs, lottery officials said.
He doesn’t plan to travel, though — the Washington native told lottery official’s he’s already seen much of the world in his 20-year Army career, including the Arabian Peninsula.
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