Corvette fanatic wins big in Maryland lottery

Although she walks past the vending machine often, a Maryland woman says she doesn’t normally play the lottery.

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But she couldn’t resist when she spotted her favorite car on one of the games on Sunday, May 21, she told officials.

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Her serendipitous decision to play Corvette Cash paid off big time — in the form of a $50,000 prize, officials said in a news release.

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“I’ve always loved Corvettes,” she told lottery officials in the release, choosing to go by the name Baby Blue to tell her story. “They’ve been my favorite for as long as I can remember.”

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She walks past the lottery vending machine at Giant #144 in Nottingham often, but rarely buys a ticket, she said.

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“She had no intention of buying one last Sunday — until she saw the Corvette,” the release said.

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She says she was nervous — “amazingly happy, too, but nervous,” — when she realized she’d won. She managed to keep a perfect poker face at work that day and didn’t share her happy news with anyone, officials said.

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“I can’t believe this happened,” she said. “I’ve never been a lucky person.”

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It’s only the second win of the brand new $5 Corvette Cash game, officials said. It debuted late last month with eight $50,000 top prizes.

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