Aug. 25, 2024 was a lucky day for Carlos Gamez, a Washington, D.C. resident who enjoys playing the Lottery in his home territory as well as in neighboring Maryland and Virginia. On that day, he won more than $50,000 playing a DC Lottery game. Two and a half months after winning that prize, he won $25,000 in Montgomery County.
According to MD Lottery, “While driving recently, he was reminded of Aug. 25 when he won a prize of $50,425 on the DC Lottery’s DC5 game with the numbers 82524 from a license plate. He then stopped at State Line Market in Silver Spring, buying a 50-cent Maryland Lottery Pick 5 straight bet ticket with that number for five drawings from the evening of Nov. 9 through the evening of Nov. 11. As luck would have it, 82524 was the exact combination drawn on the evening of Nov. 10. The result: Carlos had a ticket worth $25,000 in his pocket.
When Carlos won the $50,425 prize on 8-25-24, he was also playing a straight bet combination that relates to an anniversary important in his life, 11920. Carlos picked up his Lottery hobby from his dad and his grandparents, who were all Lottery regulars…