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10.03.2013

Middletown man gains $50,000 in scratch-off ticket

David Cline is all smiles after buying a winning $50,000 lotto ticket just recently. Cline, who works for the State Highway Administration, bought the ticket at an outlet near Lewistown. The ticket he is holding is a second ticket he bought. He claimed the real gaining ticket will be secured in a protected until he travels to get his profits.

David Cline has undergone bumpy rides, but he wishes to obtain a brand-new beginning after gaining $50,000 on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket.

"I'm happy that somebody unsatisfactory could possibly win," the Middletown citizen claimed.

Cline, 55, is a motorist along with the State Highway Administration and has dyslexia, which makes reading and writing daunting.

He said he was abused as a youngster. His spine was fractured, which led to long-term pain.

For 2 years, in the 1980s, he accumulated cans to cost scrap to support his family members.

After all of those obstacles, Cline said he thinks God had a hand in his winning the scratch-off match.

"I feel like he was there for me," he said.

Michelle Mijangos, Cline's little girl, additionally believes there was a spiritual reason for his good luck, she pointed out.

Monday, the day he gained, was the 4th wedding anniversary of her mother's fatality, and Mijangos believes her mother could possibly have been watching out for her dad from paradise, she said.

When Mijangos heard her dad screaming in excitement, she thought it was due to the fact that a snow storm was anticipated.

When she recognized he had gained the lottery, she smiled and fired up for him, because he is always there for the family members.

"He deserves it," she pointed out.

Cline has two little girls and likewise assisted care for his ex-wife's boy.

He will utilize the payouts to pay his debts, Cline claimed.

He had prepared to retire quickly prior to he won, and being debt-free will certainly make that easier.

He additionally wishes to help those that aided him when he was in problem.

Finally, he and his spouse, Kathi Cline, strategy to visit a Wheel Horse tractor show in Pennsylvania this summer season.

"It offers us a method to tent and play a little bit," she said.

Cline, a long time scratch-off lottery gamer, said he usually gains simply $5 or $10 at a time.

This is his initial big gain.

He purchased a $5 Price Is Right scratch-off ticket at the 7-Eleven on Sundays Lane in Frederick while on his lunch time break.

The likelihoods of winning a $50,000 leading reward thereupon scratch-off were about 1 in 390,000 when the ticket initial released, lotto spokeswoman Gail Pelovitz stated.

Coincidentally, Cline lives near a Sunoco terminal that offered a $1 thousand Powerball ticket previously this year.