Mum-Of-Four Wins USD 50,000 After Switching Frogger Scratchcard

A lucky mum-of-four has won a USD 50,000 jackpot after swapping scratchcard games.

Image shows the lucky woman identified as ‘Scratch-off Queen’, in undated photo. She won USD 50,000 (GBP 40,186) on the lottery in the area of Lexington Park, Maryland State, USA. (Maryland Lottery/Newsflash)

The school worker – who does not want to be named – usually plays Maryland Lottery’s USD 3 (GBP 2.4) Frogger game.

But the player – who wants to be identified only as ‘Scratch-off Queen’ – scooped her huge prize when she switched to another USD 10 (GBP 8) Gold X50 game earlier this month.

The winner – from the area of Lexington Park, in St. Mary’s County, Maryland State, USA – bought some tickets when they stopped for petrol.

She said in a statement obtained by Newsflash on Thursday, 6th April: “I didn’t win anything so I decided to get two more.

“At first, I thought I won USD 50 [GBP 40].”

But when she realised the size of her win she couldn’t believe her luck.

She said: “I quietly left.”

Image shows the Great Mills Citgo at 21265 Great Mills Road in the area of Lexington Park, Maryland State, USA, where the ticket was purchased, undated photo. A woman identified as ‘Scratch-off Queen’ won USD 50,000 (GBP 40,186) on the lottery. (Google Maps/Newsflash)

She told lottery officials in Baltimore she will use some of the money to pay bills.

Maryland Lottery said: “The Gold X50 game debuted in January with 10 top prizes and is part of a Gold Multiplier family of games and the Gold Multiplier second-chance promotion.

“‘Scratch-off Queen’ claimed the sixth of 10 second-tier USD 50,000 [GBP 40,186] prizes in the game.

“There are still five USD 100,000 [GBP 80,415] top prizes remaining.

“Other members of the Gold Multiplier scratch-off family are the USD 1 [GBP 0.8] Gold X5, USD 2 [GBP 1.6] Gold X10 and USD 5 [GBP 4] Gold X20 games.”