School Bus Driver Wins $5 Million Lottery Prize, Then Calls His Mom and Goes Back to Work
Maurice Williams used a previous $50 prize to buy the ticket, then called his mother and finished his shift after learning he had won.
- Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in the Washington area, won $5 million on a Maryland Lottery scratcher ticket after stopping at a Hyattsville 7-Eleven on Sheriff Road.
- Williams stopped to cash in a $50 prize he previously won on the same game, then used those winnings to purchase the winning ticket while sitting in his car.
- The matching number was 59, coinciding with Williams' recent birthday. "I just sat there stuck, I mean, I couldn't believe it," he added about the shocking discovery.
- After calling his mother to share the news, Williams put the ticket away and continued his workday, according to Maryland Lottery officials.
- Reporter Ryan Dickstein of the Scripps News Group station in Baltimore documented that Williams plans to use his winnings to buy his mother a new house.
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School bus driver wins $5 million lottery prize, then calls his mom and goes back to work
A school bus driver in the Washington area won $5 million off a Maryland Lottery scratcher ticket, called his mom, then went about his workday.According to the Maryland Lottery, Maurice Williams was heading to work when he stopped by a Hyattsville 7-Eleven on Sheriff Road to cash in a $50 prize he previously won on the same game. He used those winnings to purchase another lottery ticket and sat in his car to play.Maryland Lottery said Williams d…
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A man from Washington DC won $5 million with a lottery ticket in Hyattsville, Maryland, and then continued his working day as a school bus driver. Maurice Williams bought his winning ticket at 7-Eleven 7200 Sheriff Road before he went to work, officials from the Maryland Lottery reported. He stopped at the store to collect a $50 prize he had won in a lottery game. He used the $50 won to buy a lottery ticket for $500,000 LUXE, whose price was $50…
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