Family with 2 sets of twins wins $133K with Payday lottery game

A Baltimore County mother of two sets of twins won a $133,586 progressive jackpot playing the FAST PLAY Payday game.Video above: Maryland Lottery shows off new fast play games, holiday cashEmily Keidel, of Kingsville, won the prize after playing the FAST PLAY Payday game -- and the prize came just in time to help her family hunt for a home for six.The mother of twin boys and twin girls who are all now school-age said she and her husband love playing lottery games but had taken a long break. Then, out of nowhere, Keidel got an urge to try her luck."I had a feeling I should play, an itch to play," she said in a statement from the Maryland Lottery. "I don't know what it was."Keidel bought her ticket just before 7 a.m. on Jan. 15 at 7-Eleven No. 26753 at 8601 Honeygo Blvd. in White Marsh."I had $20 and I bought four of the $5 Payday games," she said.A My Lottery Rewards member, Keidel checked each ticket and scanned each ticket into her rewards account. The first three Payday tickets were not winners, but she saw a surprising message in the Maryland Lottery app for the fourth ticket."It was, 'No winner, no winner, no winner,' and the last one said to bring the ticket to the retailer. It confused me," Keidel said.The 7-Eleven clerk scanned the ticket and quietly shared news of Keidel's $133,586 win. The Payday game has a progressive jackpot that starts at $40,000 and grows with the sale of each ticket until a lucky player buys a progressive jackpot-winning ticket.Keidel said she started shaking after hearing the news."He had to get me a stool to sit on because my knees were buckling," she said. "I sat there at the 7-Eleven and talked to the clerk for 20 minutes. I was shaking so much that I didn't think it was safe to drive."When she returned home, Keidel sent her sons to bounce on the bed to wake up her husband so she could share the news."I won the lottery," she said. "I said, 'This is real!' He actually teared up."The couple decided last week to begin searching for a bigger house for their growing family."This creates a lot more opportunity," Keidel said.For selling a jackpot-winning FAST PLAY Payday ticket worth more than $100,000, the 7-Eleven store earned a $1,000 bonus from the Maryland Lottery.The Payday game has 10 more progressive jackpot prizes along with 10 $5,000 second-tier prizes and 40 $1,000 prizes. The $5 game went on sale in June 2020.

A Baltimore County mother of two sets of twins won a $133,586 progressive jackpot playing the FAST PLAY Payday game.

Video above: Maryland Lottery shows off new fast play games, holiday cash

Emily Keidel, of Kingsville, won the prize after playing the FAST PLAY Payday game -- and the prize came just in time to help her family hunt for a home for six.

The mother of twin boys and twin girls who are all now school-age said she and her husband love playing lottery games but had taken a long break. Then, out of nowhere, Keidel got an urge to try her luck.

"I had a feeling I should play, an itch to play," she said in a statement from the Maryland Lottery. "I don't know what it was."

Keidel bought her ticket just before 7 a.m. on Jan. 15 at 7-Eleven No. 26753 at 8601 Honeygo Blvd. in White Marsh.

"I had $20 and I bought four of the $5 Payday games," she said.

A My Lottery Rewards member, Keidel checked each ticket and scanned each ticket into her rewards account. The first three Payday tickets were not winners, but she saw a surprising message in the Maryland Lottery app for the fourth ticket.

"It was, 'No winner, no winner, no winner,' and the last one said to bring the ticket to the retailer. It confused me," Keidel said.

The 7-Eleven clerk scanned the ticket and quietly shared news of Keidel's $133,586 win. The Payday game has a progressive jackpot that starts at $40,000 and grows with the sale of each ticket until a lucky player buys a progressive jackpot-winning ticket.

Keidel said she started shaking after hearing the news.

"He had to get me a stool to sit on because my knees were buckling," she said. "I sat there at the 7-Eleven and talked to the clerk for 20 minutes. I was shaking so much that I didn't think it was safe to drive."

When she returned home, Keidel sent her sons to bounce on the bed to wake up her husband so she could share the news.

"I won the lottery," she said. "I said, 'This is real!' He actually teared up."

The couple decided last week to begin searching for a bigger house for their growing family.

"This creates a lot more opportunity," Keidel said.

For selling a jackpot-winning FAST PLAY Payday ticket worth more than $100,000, the 7-Eleven store earned a $1,000 bonus from the Maryland Lottery.

The Payday game has 10 more progressive jackpot prizes along with 10 $5,000 second-tier prizes and 40 $1,000 prizes. The $5 game went on sale in June 2020.