Lottery winner has advice for people playing their favorite numbers
By Kate Northrop
WALDORF, Md. — A Maryland man won his third $50,000 top prize in the Maryland Lottery's Pick 5 game in less than a year while using the same set of numbers each time.
A "Big Winner" from Maryland has some advice for lottery players who like to use their own lucky numbers after scooping up his third Pick 5 top prize in the span of 11 months.
The Waldorf man, dubbing himself "Big Winner" to protect his identity while sharing his story, has recently found that his usual set of numbers have not lost their touch.
Maryland Lottery officials welcomed the 52-year-old back to their headquarters in Baltimore to claim his third $50,000 Pick 5 prize, which he won playing the numbers 4-8-5-4-8 in exact order for the April 13 midday drawing.
The same set of numbers had previously come through for him in the midday drawing on May 18, 2022, in which he placed a $1 straight bet on two tickets and walked away with two $50,000 top prizes for a total of $100,000 in one drawing.
"It hit last year, and it hit again," "Big Winner" told the Lottery. "My wife said, 'Let's play this number,' and we keep winning with it."
The truck driver thinks that most lottery players will either stop playing their lucky set of numbers or stop playing the lottery entirely once their numbers are drawn, thinking that they will never hit again. This winner has played since his win in 2022 and said that he will continue to play after this most recent win.
"I play the Lottery all the time," he explained. "You never know. You can't win if you are not in it."
"Big Winner" said he and his wife will probably put the prize toward a "much-needed" vacation. One of his hobbies includes going to racetracks — he naturally enjoys playing the Maryland Lottery's Racetrax game in addition to Pick 5.
The lottery retailer who sold the winning ticket, Big Mouth Beer, Wine and Liquor on Crain Highway in Waldorf, receives a $500 bonus from the Lottery.
Pick 5 drawings take place twice a day at 12:28 pm EST and 7:56 pm EST. All Pick 5 winning numbers, prizes, and odds are published on Lottery Post's Maryland Lottery Results page right after each drawing.
Congrats to Big Winner!!!
I wouldn't have said what my lucky numbers were. Now everyone will start playing them.
Congrats to the lucky guy, I hope he does it again.
Bon Chance
C'est Magnifique
Yes, that is true a lot of people will start playing the guy's lucky numbers but he knows even if people do play his numbers, it will not lessen the money he receives when he wins on them again. Besides when playing pick 3, pick 4 and pick 5, you don't know when to play them or for how long. The pick 5 started in Maryland in Feb. 2022 so he would have to have played them twice a day, seven days a weeks for almost 14 months. Most people are not going to have that kind of dedication and spending around $868 to someone else's lucky numbers.
I looked at the game info that Todd has and it says that this is a RNG game.....hmmmm.....
What's also interesting is that he also won before the state switched to RNG draws.
Was in line behind a guy cashing a 50 cents straight/box ticket and asked the clerk to replay it. When I asked, the clerk said "lots of people play the same numbers back". Not sure if I'd play a 100,000 to 1 pick 5 combo even a year later, but people do it.
After changing how they draw the results, all the past drawing data is useless so while he played the same combo, it was similar to playing it in another state. We don't have the game in KY so I've never checked the repeat data. Possibly similar to the pick 3 1000 drawing probability.
Yes u have to b in it
They switched to the RNG Dec 19, 2022 for the P3, P4, P5.
Besides, The $1.00 Pick-5 prize of $50K is similar to spending $100.00 on Pick-3 for the same prize payout.
I would rather spend the $1.00 to get 50K on the Pick5 than spend $100 to get 50K on the pick 3. That is if I could figure out what numbers to play on what days. It is not feasible to play one number 7 days a week, twice a day, for months on end until it wins.
But if you hit for 50K on the Pick 3 you can cash them in a few at a time and not have to pay the 32.95% in taxes.
yea, just keep going to the same store each day with 1 ticket at a time - lol
Good to see Maryland Lottery is STILL repeating numbers even in the Pick 5 & RNG
Not complaining, just commenting - this guys numbers come out 3 times, years from now others 'fav' numbers wont have come out at all - even boxed
Wouldn't take long at all. Got enough stores around me I could do it in a week.
What repeats? You ain't talking about the 689, 558, 268, 045, 567,158, 038, 489 last month are ya?