Winning the lottery requires an extreme amount of luck, with many people spending years playing, never winning anything. However, one man has beaten the odds and then beaten them twice more.
In 11 months, a Waldorf, Maryland, man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has won three $50,000 lottery prizes by betting the same numbers in his state lottery.
The man, 52, is a truck driver who lottery officials said placed a $1 straight bet on the number 48548 for the Pick 5 drawing on April 13, bringing home his third such prize. Officials say the odds of winning the $50,000 prize are around 1 in 100,000.
His previous two wins came when he used the same numbers during a May 2022 drawing, where he won $100,000 on two tickets.
“It hit last year, and it hit again,” he told Maryland Lottery officials, according to a news release. “My wife said, ‘Let’s play this number,’ and we keep winning with it.”
The man told lottery officials that he plans to keep playing his lucky number even though he has three wins, something he thinks many winners don’t do.
“I play the lottery all the time,” he said. “You never know. You can’t win if you are not in it.”
When it comes to what he’ll use his latest winnings on, the man said most likely a “much-needed vacation” with his wife.
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