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Same game, same prize
A Maryland woman has pulled off a remarkable double, winning $50,000 from the Bonus Match 5 lottery game for the second time in just over a year. Her latest win was claimed on Thursday, March 5 — nearly four months after the ticket was purchased in November 2025 — adding another significant payday to a $50,000 prize she had already collected from the same game back in November 2024.
A strategy built on winning tickets
What makes the story even more intriguing is the method behind the win. Rather than picking her own numbers from scratch, the winner copied the numbers from a previous $400 winning ticket — one that had originally been generated by the Quick Pick random selection option.
“If I have a winning ticket, I play it the next day,” she explained, adding that Bonus Match 5 is her go-to game every single day. It is a straightforward approach, but one that has now delivered six figures in winnings across two separate years.
A game worth a closer look
Bonus Match 5 is widely regarded as one of the better-odds lottery games available in Maryland. A single ticket costs just $1, though players can purchase up to nine boards per ticket for a maximum of $6. Assuming our winner plays one ticket with all nine boards daily, she would have spent in the region of $2,200 before her latest jackpot landed — making for a very healthy return, even if past results offer no guarantee of future winnings.
What’s next for the double winner?
As for the money, the winner is weighing up her options — a new car or a kitchen remodel are both on the table. Either way, back-to-back five-figure wins from a $1 lottery game is the kind of outcome that makes Bonus Match 5 hard to argue with.
