Trucker’s stop for gas on 600-mile drive ends with big lottery win in Maryland

A Georgia trucker’s work trip to Maryland was made much more memorable when he returned home with a big lottery win.

The truck driver, who is from Forsyth County in Georgia, told lottery officials that he buys lottery tickets when he’s out traveling for work, according to a Nov. 28 Maryland Lottery news release. He’s won small prizes here and there, according to lottery officials, but never something quite as big as his most recent win: $100,000.

After dropping off a shipment on his journey from Atlanta to Hagerstown in Maryland, the trucker made a quick stop for gas, lottery officials said. While filling up his truck, he decided to buy a $30 scratch-off ticket at the Love’s Travel Stop gas station, according to the release.

What drew the trucker to the winning ticket was its looks, he told lottery officials.

“The ticket looked flashy and I figured it would be nice to win some extra money,” the man said in the release.

Hagerstown is about 75 miles northwest of Baltimore.

This story was originally published November 28, 2023 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Trucker’s stop for gas on 600-mile drive ends with big lottery win in Maryland."

Makiya Seminera

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Makiya Seminera is a national real-time reporter for McClatchy News. She graduated from the University of Florida in May 2023. She previously was a politics reporting intern at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, and The State in Columbia, South Carolina. She also served as editor-in-chief of UF’s student-run newspaper The Independent Florida Alligator in 2022.