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UPI
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- UPI
Trucker spending night in Maryland wins $50,000 lottery prize
Clayton Webb, a truck driver from North Carolina, won $50,000 from a lottery game while spending a night in Maryland. Photo courtesy of the Maryland Lottery July 7 (UPI) -- A long-haul trucker from North Carolina spent the night in Maryland and ended up winning a $50,000 lottery prize. Clayton Webb, a long-haul trucker who delivers in nine states, told Maryland Lottery officials he spent the night at a College Park motel July 1 after making a delivery to Silver Spring. Webb visited a Wawa convenience store near his motel and bought a Double Win Fast Play ticket from a lottery vending machine. The ticket was a $50,000 winner. "I folded it and put it in my pocket," Webb recalled. "No need to play any more after that." He visited lottery headquarters the next day to collect his prize before making the 9-hour drive back to North Carolina. Webb said the prize money will allow him to replace the engine on his riding mower, which he uses to tend to 52 acres of grass. "When I'm not driving a truck, I'm on my tractor," he said.
Miami Herald
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Truck driver stays night in Maryland between drives — and wins big lottery prize
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 long-haul 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!' Webb claimed his prize on 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.'
