Disappointed by a small pizza, a Maryland man wins $1 million from a scratch-off ticket.

This is the story of a man from Baltimore County, Maryland, who was asked by his wife to pick up pizza for dinner. The man from Gwynn Oak went to the pizza place she suggested, only to find that the pizza was too small for his family. How am I going to feed everyone with this tiny pizza? It was supposed to be a large, he expressed in an interview with the Maryland Lottery. Frustrated, he left the pizza place and decided to stop by a 7-Eleven on his way home. Once there, he purchased lottery tickets, despite the irony that the ticket display was as small as the pizza. Undeterred, he bought three tickets for Maryland Lottery’s Extreme Green scratch-off game. The next day, he scratched the tickets and discovered he had won one of the game's top prizes: a remarkable $1 million. In disbelief, he scanned the ticket multiple times before accepting his win. I thought something was wrong and scanned it several more times before it sunk in, he recounted. He then took a picture of the ticket and sent it to his wife. Earlier this week, the couple claimed their prize. When asked about their plans for the winnings, the husband shared that being debt-free would be fantastic and mentioned they plan to start their own business.

Each Extreme Green ticket is priced at $20 and gives players 34 opportunities to win prizes ranging from $20 to $1 million. A Baltimore County man claimed the first $1 million top prize, while four similar prizes are still available in this $20 scratch-off game. For the second-tier prize, there's $50,000 up for grabs, with all three prizes still unclaimed. Meanwhile, for the third tier, awarding $10,000, six out of eight prizes are yet to be won. In the lower prize tiers, ranging from $5,000 to $20, many more prizes remain, making this game notably appealing. The overall odds of winning any prize with the $20 Extreme Green ticket are 1 in 3.14.