Lottery player let scratch-offs pile up — and one of them was a big winner
A Pennsylvania man picked up a lottery ticket while in Maryland on a business trip and ended up winning $50,000.
Ralph DiGuiseppe III, who works in real estate, bought the $10 Ice scratch-off in April, Maryland Lottery officials said in a June 13 news release.
He was at a travel plaza in Aberdeen when he noticed the lottery vending machine and made the purchase, lottery officials said.
He didn’t scratch the ticket right away, in keeping with his usual practice.
“I’ll pick up a few scratch-offs when I stop in different places. When the pile gets too big, I scratch them,” he said, per the release.
Then a few weeks back, while relatives were visiting, DiGuiseppe had them work through the scratch-off pile, lottery officials said.
He was mowing the law when “he saw a mob of people emerge from the house,” according to lottery officials.
“I couldn’t tell whether they looked worried or excited,” he said, according to lottery officials.
But he soon learned he was $50,000 richer.
The Ice game made its debut in April, and four $100,000 top prizes remain, lottery officials said.
Aberdeen is about a 30-mile drive northwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published June 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM with the headline "Lottery player let scratch-offs pile up — and one of them was a big winner."
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