{"id":942844,"date":"2021-10-30T19:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T23:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=942844"},"modified":"2021-10-30T19:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T23:43:51","slug":"maryland-man-wins-2-million-prize-from-scratch-off-ticket-for-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-man-wins-2-million-prize-from-scratch-off-ticket-for-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Man Wins $2 Million Prize from Scratch-Off Ticket for Second Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-man-wins-2-million-prize-from-scratch-off-ticket-for-second-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=942844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP_21068822702478-e1635627942116-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Lightning struck twice for a lucky Maryland man who recently claimed his second $2 million lottery prize.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified retired utility worker from Wicomico County, Maryland,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdlottery.com\/retired-utility-worker-finds-electrifying-2nd-2-million-scratch-off-prize\/\">won<\/a> the last top prize on the $30 scratch-off game \u201c$2,000,000 Richer,\u201d marking his second $2 million win from scratch-off tickets, according to the Maryland Lottery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the midst of the pandemic, the 65-year-old winner purchased two \u201c2,000,000 Richer\u201d scratch-off tickets while out running errands. Upon scratching the first ticket, he won $100. When he scratched the second ticket, he realized he won big, the Maryland Lottery says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Due to the pandemic, the man did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/maryland-man-wins-his-second-2-million-lottery-prize\/\">claim<\/a> his lottery prize until recently, according to UPI. Instead, he secured the ticket in his home safe and claimed his prize just days before the expiration date.<\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Maryland Lottery, there are no top prizes left to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdlottery.com\/games\/scratch-offs\/\">win<\/a> on \u201c$2,000,000 Richer\u201d scratch tickets, and the final day to claim a prize from one of the tickets is November 1.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cI was just a bit nervous,\u201d he told the Maryland Lottery. \u201cI worried that I could have a fire (at home) that would burn it up, that the ticket\u2019s expiration date might come up and even had just a bit of doubt that it was really real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After his first win, he used his funds to help finance his retirement and treat his family to a vacation, he told lottery officials. Following his latest win, he informed officials he has plans for home improvements and another family vacation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He provided a word of caution to those hoping to hit it big.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBe realistic and make sure that when you play that you aren\u2019t just playing for the big jackpot,\u201d he said, according to lottery officials. \u201cPlay for enjoyment and as long as you enjoy what you are doing, win or lose, you\u2019ve already won.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightning struck twice for a lucky Maryland man who recently claimed his second $2 million lottery prize. The unidentified retired utility worker from Wicomico County, Maryland,\u00a0won the last top prize &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}