A Maryland man who kept seeing the same numbers appear on license plates used those digits to play the lottery and scored a $100,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
March 9 (UPI) — A Maryland man who kept seeing the same numbers appear on license plates used those digits to play the lottery and scored a $100,000 prize.
The Fort Washington man told Maryland Lottery officials he was shopping before the holidays when he bought a pair of $1 Pick 5 tickets bearing the number combination 25121 from the Royal Food Mart in Fort Washington.
He said those numbers had recently been appearing to him on license plates.
“If you see a number three or four times, play it,” he said. “You just might get it.”
Each ticket earned him a $50,000 prize in the Dec. 20 drawing, for a grand total of $100,000.
The man said he had to wait until March 6 to visit lottery headquarters and claim his prize due to an injury. He said he has only told one other person about his good luck in the meantime.
“I keep it to myself,” he said.
He said the money will allow him to pay off his medical bills and buy a used car.