--- description: The 39-year-old truck driver previously won $250,000 in 2005. He now picks up a $2.85 million jackpot title: Some People Really Do Have All the Luck image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Baltimore Truck Driver Has Won the Maryland Lottery for a Second Time by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 3:28 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 3:28 AM CUT “It’s great to be back” is something not many people get to [say to lottery officials](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/parkville/bs-md-parkville-lottery-winner-20141229-story.html "undefined") while collecting their winnings. But those were the exact words uttered by a Baltimore truck driver last week after he won the Maryland Lottery for the second time, the Baltimore _Sun_ reported. The unidentified 39-year-old driver only realized he had won the $2.85 million jackpot when he heard the winning ticket came from a Safeway in Waldorf, Md., where he had bought one after stopping to fill gas. The man had previously netted $250,000 in a second-tier Mega Millions prize in 2005, which he said he used for a down payment on a house. He reportedly plans to use his second jackpot to pay off the house and save for his two sons. And, of course, take a vacation. \[[_Baltimore Sun_](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/parkville/bs-md-parkville-lottery-winner-20141229-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3649186/maryland-lottery-winner-twice-jackpot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3649186/maryland-lottery-winner-twice-jackpot/"},"headline":"A Baltimore Truck Driver Has Won the Maryland Lottery for a Second Time","datePublished":"2014-12-30T03:28:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:34.268Z","description":"Some people really do have all the luck","url":"https://time.com/3649186/maryland-lottery-winner-twice-jackpot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","Maryland","Lottery","baltimore","jackpot","winner"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3649186/maryland-lottery-winner-twice-jackpot/","name":"A Baltimore Truck Driver Has Won the Maryland Lottery for a Second Time"}}]}] ```