Luck finally smiled at a Maryland man to win $50,000 after nearly 10 years of playing the same set of lottery numbers, according to CNN.

A Prince George’s County man, who remained anonymous, won the jackpot on May 28, according to a press release..

“I play the same numbers all the time, I’ve been doing it for years,” the man told officials from the Maryland Lottery’s headquarters in Baltimore.

He said he visited a store in Temple Hills and bought a $4 ticket that contained six lines – one of which included his usual set of numbers 5, 6, 8, 23 and 30..

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The winner, a retired printer, says he chose four of the lines himself while the computer system randomly generated the remaining two.

The Maryland Lottery reported that it learned the man didn’t believe the next day that he had won the jackpot using his own combination of five numbers..

The press release said he called his wife of 22 years immediately to share the good news.

Seth Elkin, a spokesperson for the Maryland Lottery Corporation, told CNN CNN“Many lottery players tell us they have certain combinations of numbers that they use on a regular basis, sometimes it’s the birthdates, house numbers, or uniform numbers of their favorite athletes, and sometimes they just decide that certain numbers suggest they’re ‘lucky’ for them.” .

The winner says he plans to use the prize to pay the bills and put the rest into savings.