18-year-old woman purchases her first lottery ticket and wins $30,000.

In Maryland, United States, an 18-year-old woman tested her beginner's luck.

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She eventually won more than $30,000 from the very first lottery ticket she had purchased.

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which she received as a Christmas gift.

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She had never previously purchased a scratch-off lottery ticket when she won a $30,000 reward in a Peppermint Payout game.

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She had received three tickets in all as gifts from her parents, including this one.

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"We gave them to her as a stocking stuffer," her father said.

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The player described it as "surreal" to Maryland Lottery.

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A Virginian who had been coerced into purchasing his first lottery ticket earlier that month, in November, ended up winning $147,000.

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