Maryland lottery winner uses a strange method to win money from a scratch off game

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Douglas Eck who is a 60 year old retiree who lives in Joppa Maryland used a strange method of buying a 50 cent straight bet on Friday October 14 by playing the numbers of a broken down truck with the odometer stuck at 82466 which came up on his Pick 5 scratch off ticket which matched perfectly. Since the bet was small, the winning prize of $25,000 dollars before taxes will lower the final amount of money he will collect. Douglas who has won similar scratch prizes of $100,000 dollars in 2008 and $50,000 dollars in 1995 playing the same numbers plans to use his lottery prize money to pay off his bills since $25,000 dollars is decent money to pay off some of his debts. Royal Farms which was the store that sold the winning lottery ticket will receive a bonus of $250 dollars as their bonus money from the Maryland Lottery. Douglas decided to show his face when he was seen holding the winning lottery ticket for privacy reasons.