Ernest Elliott Jr. of the city of Waldorf, in the state of Maryland, hit the jackpot of the Pick 5 lottery game last week. The curious thing about the case is that he won $50 thousand dollars because they made a mistake when giving him the numbers he would play.
En the Pick 5 game can be purchased for only $1, but the winnings it offers are very good.
Elliott used to buy this lottery game by always picking the same numbers, but he ended up winning with totally different numbers. different.
“I was telling the guy behind the counter the numbers he wanted to play, and somehow he got it all wrong. I don’t think even one of my numbers was on the ticket,” Ernest told Lottery officials when he went to pick up his prize, according to the Baynet portal.
The employee was he apologized and was about to throw away the ticket with the wrong numbers when Ernest stopped him. “I don’t know exactly why, but I bought that ticket.”
“I buy one or two tickets every time I’m near a store that sells them. I enjoy the suspense when I check the results later on my Lottery app,” the player added.
Player checked the results of the draw for Sunday night 18 in September. “I could not believe what I was seeing. I must have checked the ticket five times”, he said.
The 57 year old man bought his ticket from the game ‘Pick 5’ at the Angelos Liquors store on 187 St. Patricks Drive in the city of Waldorf.
The store will receive a bonus of $500 dollars for selling the winning ticket of $50 thousand dollars.
As for Ernest and his wife, they will use their new fortune to pay for a recently purchased vehicle.
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