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"We were out shopping when we both saw the Lottery sign at Kim's Liquors in Randallstown, so we decided to go in," the wife said.
"I scratched them in the order I picked them and two of the first three were winners," she said. "That fourth one, the Gold game, was the biggest winner I've had in a while -- $50."
The woman attempted to cash in the $5 Maryland Lottery Gold ticket, but the store clerk had a surprise in store for her.
"I was confused when the young man told me that he couldn't cash the $50 winner, that I had to go somewhere else," she said.
The store clerk explained he couldn't cash the ticket because it was a $50,000 top prize winner.
"When he told me that the ticket was for $50,000, I was stunned," she said. "I couldn't believe it was real."
The couple said their winnings will to go toward family savings and a possible future landscaping project.