A woman is celebrating a big win after scratching her way to a $50,000 prize from a Scratch and Win ticket bought in Corozal Town.
The lucky winner told News 5 that she was shocked. “We were in the vehicle when he stopped to buy the ticket. We were going to Chetumal, but it was getting late, so he turned back. We went straight to the store, and he bought two tickets.”
The couple initially won $10 and returned to exchange it for two more tickets. That’s when everything changed.
“When he drove off, I started scratching. I’m like, wait, stop, stop. He’s like, what? He continued driving. I’m like, ‘Stop, stop. I needed to check this,” she recalled. “It was the first number I cleared. He parked, and he checked. I said, Check this out; I’m not sure if I’m correct. And he double-checked it.”
The couple never made it to Chetumal. “We did not go. We went back and waited for today to come and cash out,” she said.
With the money, they plan to complete their home.