RETAILER ROUNDUP: Martin’s #6444 Sells $50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket
MARTIN’S #6444, HAGERSTOWN
UNLUCKY NUMBERS TURN INTO THIRD-TIER WIN FOR HAGERSTOWN WOMAN
Kylie Camer, service desk clerk (left) poses beneath the banner with Brooke Schroyer, front end lead.
A HAGERSTOWN WOMAN used a unique method of selecting numbers from a non-winning ticket to secure a $50,000 Powerball prize.
The big winner, in a 2023 drawing, used the quick-pick method to purchase a ticket. That three-line ticket was a nonwinner and she noted that she did not match any numbers for that drawing. Instead of getting discouraged, she decided to recycle those numbers for an upcoming drawing.
“I didn’t get a single number so I went to the store and asked for the exact same ticket,” she explained.
She said the rationale for her method was the probability that some of those numbers had to hit eventually so she wanted to retry that ticket.
The 52-year-old’s strategy paid off and her luck turned around as she went from zero numbers to almost every number. She matched four of the white balls and the Powerball number, just missing out on the big jackpot. She was one of four third-tier prize winners from Maryland in that drawing.
The Washington County woman said she found out she won after checking her ticket on the Maryland Lottery app. She couldn’t believe her eyes.
District Sales Manager Jon Braithwaite
“I checked it about 10 times. Then I took the dog for a walk and came back to check it again,” she said.
The Hagerstown winner works for a trucking company and planned to use the prize for a down payment on a new home. She bought the lucky ticket at the Hagerstown Martin’s #6444 at 18726 North Pointe Drive in Washington County.
Although the store missed out on a bonus because it sold a third-tier Powerball prize, Martin’s #6444 did receive a promotional banner delivered by Lottery District Sales Manager Jon Braithwaite. Martin’s #6444 posted the banner inside the store to alert customers to its lucky status.
This is far from the first big winning ticket sold by Martin’s #6444. In 2024, it has sold a $50,000-winning Power Cash scratch-off and a $10,000 50 Years! scratch-off. Two $100,000-winning scratch-offs and one $20,000-winning instant ticket were sold in 2022.
