BALTIMORE, MD- A dedicated healthcare worker from Baltimore found a moment of relaxation in her daily routine by playing the $500,000 Crossword instant ticket. After spending her days caring for patients and visiting her mother in a nursing home, she eagerly looked forward to trying her luck with her favorite crossword-themed scratch-offs, especially the $500,000 Crossword game featuring three puzzles. Xpress Mart at 200 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville was one of her preferred Lottery retailers.
Her routine took an unexpected turn one day this week when she scratched off a $20 $500,000 Crossword ticket at home. As she carefully checked each puzzle to reveal words, her excitement grew as the total reached 10 words, indicating a top-prize win of $500,000. Overwhelmed with shock, she recounted, “I was by myself. I looked at the ticket 20 times to make sure it was right.”
To confirm the astounding win, she brought the scratch-off to another Lottery retailer and scanned it. The scanner confirmed the $500,000 prize. Eager to share the good news, she immediately called one of her sons and asked him to come and get her. “I told him, ‘Please come and get me.’ I was nervous,” she shared. When her son arrived, he could hardly contain his excitement and hugged her joyfully, laughing. “All he could do was bust out laughing and hug me and ask me why I wasn’t crying,” she said. “I was thankful more than anything.”
With her newfound fortune, she plans to use the money for dental work and to find a one-story place for her mom to live. The mother of two and grandmother of one, while grateful for her crossword-themed luck, is open to trying new Lottery relaxation routines. “I’ll jump to the bingo-themed games,” she said with enthusiasm.
Xpress Mart, the location of her lucky purchase, also has reason to celebrate. The retailer will receive a generous $1,000 bonus from the Lottery for selling the $500,000 top-prize winning scratch-off. The $500,000 Crossword game has proven to be long-lived and continues to offer exciting prizes to players, with two more $500,000 top prizes still waiting to be claimed, along with one $50,000 prize and four $10,000 prizes.