A Maryland teacher wins $50,000 after her husband bought a lottery ticket to cheer her up

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 had bought at a local 7-Eleven. The mother of two children has been working as a primary school teacher for 18 years. The couple was shocked to find that they had won $50,000 in Maryland’s “Ca$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.” 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.