3Best friends from Carroll County win $100K on scratch-off and plan to share with family

MANCHESTER, MD – Two longtime best friends from Carroll County turned a routine Lottery stop into a life-changing moment after one of them scratched off a $100,000 top prize on a Silver Bell Bucks ticket purchased at a local wine and spirits shop.

The $10 scratch-off was bought at Piper’s Wine & Spirit Barn on Hanover Pike, where the duo said they follow a system—one goes in to buy the tickets, and the other does the scratching. That system paid off big this week.

While scratching the Silver Bell Bucks ticket, one of the friends revealed matching numbers—03, 19, and 48—each paired with a $10,000 prize. As she continued scratching, more matching numbers with $10,000 payouts kept appearing until

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