Bowie woman became millionaire after reading article about what she won

BALTIMORE — There’s a new millionaire in Prince George’s County, but she didn’t realize it at first.

The Bowie woman plays the lottery once or twice a year and has her mom to thank.

She was at a gas station when her mom talked her into buying a ticket that led to a $1.8 million win.

It took her a while to realize that she was a millionaire because her mom took a ticket home.

When her mom scanned the ticket, she received the message “Go to the lottery.”

“I didn’t think it was real. I wasn’t sure it was real until the next day,” the winner said.

The new millionaire saw an article on the Maryland Lottery website that said the winning ticket had been sold at Glenn Dale at the Chesapeake Market.

There she bought a ticket.

This is the first Multi-Match jackpot win since the jackpot was last won in the August 1st drawing. When she bought the ticket, she had no idea the jackpot was more than $1 million.