Local Man A Reluctant $1M Lotto Winner Turtle West Sold Million Dollar Lotto Ticket, But State Still Waiting To Hear From Winner Shawn J. Soper, News Editor WEST OCEAN CITY -- While the winner’s identity has not been made public, the Greene Turtle in West Ocean City last weekend sold a Maryland Lottery Monopoly Millionaire’s Club winning ticket to a local man who has not come forward to collect as of Thursday. The new multi-state draw game’s top prize of $21 million was won by a player in New Jersey, which triggered a total of 14, $1 million prizes around the country. The Maryland Lottery last weekend announced one of the $1 million Monopoly Millionaire’s Club winning tickets had been sold at the Greene Turtle in West Ocean City, touching off some intrigue around the rather close knit community about the possible winner and the likelihood it was a local given the time of year and the location. When Greene Turtle staffers were informed the establishment had sold a $1 million winning ticket, they checked the daily sales log and found that only five of the tickets had been sold in advance of the drawing last Friday. Three of the tickets were sold to employees and each confirmed it was neither of them. A fourth ticket was sold to another Greene Turtle denizen who also confirmed she had not won the $1 million prize. That left just one ticket unaccounted for and it was determined through some investigation that it was likely sold to a local man and frequent player. The unidentified winner came into the Greene Turtle earlier this week and asked why he had been receiving odd text messages and phone calls from unrecognizable numbers. When informed he was possibly the winner of the $1 million prize, he reportedly left abruptly and went to double check his Millionaire’s Club ticket. The winner had reportedly checked the larger top prize sequence of numbers and determined he did not have the winning numbers. However, the ticket includes a second series of numbers and an icon from the Monopoly game in a smaller font size for the $1 million secondary prize that the winner had not checked. It was later confirmed the local man, who is not being identified until he notifies the state, had indeed won the $1 million prize, although as of late this week he was remaining decidedly mum about his windfall. Maryland Lottery officials on Thursday confirmed the West Ocean City winner had not yet come forward to claim his prize. The winner has 182 days to claim the prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. The Greene Turtle West, which sold the winning ticket, will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Maryland Lottery. More: mdcoastdispatch/?p=45672
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:33:46 +0000
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