Misplaced $50,400 lottery ticket turns up days before expiration
Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Maryland man lost his $50,400 winning lottery ticket and found it mere days before it was set to expire.
The Calvert County man told Maryland Lottery officials he bought a Bonus Match 5 ticket with six boards for the July 12 drawing.
The winner said he has a bad habit of losing his lottery tickets, and his Bonus Match 5 ticket proved to be no exception.
The man said he found the ticket in a file container mere days before it would have expired and discovered one of his lines had scored a $50,000 prize in the drawing, while another line earned him an additional $400.
The winner said he will use his prize money to pay bills and boost his savings.
