He bought chicken for dinner and won the US lottery 0:52
(CNN) --
Husbands hoping to do their partner a favor might have a hard time competing with Robyn Meija's husband.
The Maryland teacher won $50,000 after her husband bought her a lottery ticket in hopes of lifting her spirits, according to a Maryland Lottery press release.
Meija, 39, had had a rough week when her husband took home the $5 scratch-off ticket he bought at a local 7-Eleven.
The mother of two children has been working as a primary school teacher for 18 years.
The couple were shocked to find that they had won $50,000 at the Maryland "Ca$h To Go" game.
"My husband took the ticket to the store to have it scanned, just to make sure it was real," Meija said, according to the news release.
"We also had my brother-in-law come over and scan it into the Maryland Lottery app."
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His wife sent him out to buy chicken for dinner... and he won $100,000 in the US lottery.
Rather than lift Meija's spirits, the prize will allow the couple to buy a new house.
"We've been saving money for a down payment on a house, thinking we'd be ready by the end of the year," Meija said.
"But now we don't have to wait!"
The 7-Eleven in Thurston, Maryland, where Meija's husband bought the lucky ticket, will also receive a $500 lottery prize.
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