Man buys three lottery tickets and ends up winning $125,000

A Maryland man bought three tickets for a single lottery drawing and won a total prize of $125,000.

The Baltimore County man told Maryland Lottery officials he always buys a $.50 straight bet ticket for every Pick 5 drawing but adds two $1 straight bets on Mondays and Fridays.

He followed the same strategy when he visited Liberty Wine & Spirits on Brenbrook Drive in Randallstown to buy tickets for the Dec. 2 evening Pick drawing.

The player checked the numbers on his phone after the drawing and discovered he had won two $50,000 prizes and a $25,000 prize.

“I was like, ‘Wow! I actually won it,'” the winner recalled.

The man said he has big plans for his winnings.

“I am going to help my kids, grandchildren and use the rest to pay off my car,” he said.