BALTIMORE — A Baltimore man is $25,000 richer after winning the lottery by playing a random license plate number.
Michael Jones, of Baltimore, played the Pick 5 game on October 8 at US Fuel in the 6100 Moravia Park Drive.
He was sitting at home watching a game, when he noticed one of the 50-cent tickets he bought was worth $25,000.
So, what's Michael's secret to getting lucky? License plate numbers!
Yup, Michael says he plays Pick 4 or 5 twice a day using the tag numbers of friends, family and co-workers, too.
One time, he claims to have even played the tag number of a driver that crashed into his car.
This time, the winning numbers were 84824.
“I know it was someone’s tag number, but I can’t remember whose tag number. I might have shared some of the money with them if I could remember who it was,” Michael told the lottery.
