John Boyd won a $50,000 Powerball prize. Photo courtesy of Maryland Lottery
He scanned his Powerball ticket when he returned from vacation. The Towson, Md., resident said he thought the machine was in error when he saw that he won the third-tier prize.
"I thought it was a mistake," Boyd said.
Boyd said he is still thinking of how to spend his winnings.
A man in Virginia man recently collected a prize of $147,500 when he bought 30 identical lottery tickets for a single drawing.
