Woman scans Powerball ticket and thinks she’s ‘being tricked’ after seeing big win

A Maryland woman thought she was “being tricked” after she learned she won big with a quick-pick ticket, lottery officials said.

A 46-year-old Calvert County resident won $50,000 in an April 29 drawing and thought she was being pranked, according to a May 16 news release from the Maryland Lottery.

The woman was in “complete shock” when she scanned her Powerball ticket in Dunkirk and learned of the news, officials said.

“I kept scanning the ticket and it read winner but It didn’t say how much. I was getting so annoyed,” the winner told officials. She took the ticket to a kiosk in the Wawa store where she bought the ticket and saw she won $50,000.

The lucky woman said she doesn’t win often and plans to use the money toward paying bills, paying off the rest of her car loan and home renovations, officials said.

Dunkirk is 50 miles south of Baltimore.

This story was originally published May 16, 2023 at 2:02 PM with the headline "Woman scans Powerball ticket and thinks she’s ‘being tricked’ after seeing big win."