Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Maryland man said an evening of playing pool with friends led to his winning a lottery prize worth $30,008. The Anne Arundel County man, who described himself as only a casual lottery player, told Maryland Lottery officials he was playing pool with friends at JJ's Tavern in Glen Burnie when he decided to play Keno.

When a Maryland woman buys her lottery tickets, she usually uses a personal set of numbers. Recently, though, she decided to change things up and let the machine do the number picking for the Sept. 25 Powerball Double Play drawing, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Sept. 30 news release.

A woman from Maryland won a huge $50,000 prize after her mother gifted her a lottery ticket in a bid to fund her taking an early retirement with a win

SYKESVILLE, MD - A Carroll County resident won a $50,000 prize after purchasing a $5 Deluxe Crossword 9th Edition scratch-off ticket at a Royal Farms in Sykesville. This marks the achievement of the game's top prize.

The woman’s mom gifted her a $6 Bonus Match 5 ticket she bought at a Walmart in Frederick, according to a Sept. 25 news release by the Maryland Lottery. When she checked the ticket for the Sept. 23 drawing, she quickly learned she was “next-level lucky,” winning $50,000, officials said.

A woman in Frederick, Maryland, was gifted a lottery ticket by her mother and ended up winning a $50,000 prize - and now plans to use the money to pay off her college loan debt.