North Carolina Truck Driver Wins $50,000 in Maryland Lottery
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A truck driver played the lottery while staying overnight in Maryland between drives — and ended up winning a big prize, officials said.
Clayton Webb, a longhaul trucker from North Carolina, makes deliveries in nine states and likes to play lottery games during his travels, Maryland Lottery officials said in a July 2 news release.
So that’s just what he did when he stayed the night after making a delivery in Silver Spring, officials said. He left his motel room, headed to a nearby Wawa convenience store and put $5 into a lottery vending machine, selecting the Fast Play game Double Win.
He looked at the ticket — a $50,000 winner — then “folded it and put it in (his) pocket,” he told officials. “No need to play any more after that.”
Webb’s previous personal best lottery wins were $5,000 in his home state and $1,000 on a ticket from Tennessee, officials said.
Naturally, the state that gave him his biggest win instantly became his favorite state lottery.
“Well that’s a no-brainer,” he told officials who asked which state has the best lottery. “Maryland!”
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Webb claimed his prize July 2 before he got back on the road for a “solid” nine-hour drive back home — where he planned to replace the engine on his lawn mower, officials said.
It had blown out recently, so the timing of his lottery win was lucky. Now he could afford to replace it, “a bigger than usual expenditure, as he cuts grass on 52 acres,” officials said.
“When I’m not driving a truck, I’m on my tractor,” he said.
He’ll keep playing the lottery during his travels, officials said.
“I play a little bit,” he said. “I don’t overdo it.”
