0Woman wins $100K from scratch ticket while decorating for holidays

Oxon Hill, MD – A scratch-off player from Prince George’s County turned a weekend decorating session into a six-figure payday after a lucky instinct—and a new ticket—brought her a $100,000 top prize just one day after the game’s release.

The Oxon Hill woman, a food service manager, bought three $10 Red 5’s Doubler tickets on Saturday, December 6, at Harbor Market on Livingston Road. Hours later, while setting up holiday decorations, she remembered the tickets and decided it was time to scratch.

Her routine involved revealing all 25 numbers in the play area before checking for matches. When she saw the number 30—listed both as a winning number and in the play area—she scratched off the prize box below it and saw the l

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