Srijana Wosti of Silver Spring, Md., said she almost missed out on a $50,000 lottery jackpot when she forgot where she hid her ticket months earlier. Photo courtesy of the Maryland Lottery
Dec. 2 (UPI) — A Maryland woman said she almost missed out on her $50,000 lottery prize when she forgot where she had hidden her winning ticket months earlier.
Srijana Wosti, 41, of Silver Spring, told Maryland Lottery officials she bought a $5 Family Feud scratch-off ticket from Kemp Mill Beer, Wine & Deli in Silver Spring in June.
“I like to watch the show on television,” Wosti said, “and, I like that Steve Harvey.”
Wosti said she initially thought the ticket was a $50 winner, but she later scanned it with her phone and discovered it was worth $50,000.
“I kept scanning it over and over,” she said. “I was so happy.”
Wosti said she told her family about the ticket before hiding in a safe location — a location she forgot when it came time to cash the ticket months later. The player, who feared the ticket was able to expire, searched her home in a panic and eventually found the ticket tucked away in a suitcase.
“I was so relieved to find it,” she said, “and to know I wasn’t too late.”
Wosti said her winnings will go toward paying off some family bills.