Sometimes, life throws you curveballs. Other times, it throws you a rude driver cutting you off on the highway. For one Maryland man, that annoyance turned into a $500,000 windfall—because he used the driver’s license plate numbers to play the lottery.

Let’s rewind. It’s late December, and this guy, who wisely decided to stay anonymous, is driving through Anne Arundel County. Out of nowhere, some driver swerves in front of him, probably thinking their time is more valuable than everyone else’s. Instead of fuming, our hero does something genius: he jots down the offending license plate number. Why? Not to report it—no, that would be too ordinary. He decided to try his luck in the Maryland Lottery’s Pick 5.

The man rolls into Doc's F&B Liquors in Glen Burnie, drops ten bucks on ten identical tickets, and picks the numbers from the jerk’s license plate: 3-6-4-8-9. His logic? “If you’re going to play, you should play big,” he told Maryland Lottery officials.

And boy, did he play big. The Dec. 23 evening drawing came and went, and the next morning, while scrolling through the Lottery app in his pajamas, he realized something incredible: he’d hit the jackpot. Not just once, but ten times—$50,000 per ticket, totaling a cool $500,000.

He shared the good news with his mom, who was understandably thrilled. As for the money? He plans to knock out some bills and invest the rest. Smart move.

Meanwhile, Doc's F&B Liquors is also winning, snagging a $5,000 retailer bonus for selling the lucky tickets.

For context, the odds of hitting the top prize in Pick 5 are a slim 1 in 100,000. But this guy? He turned a lousy driving experience into a half-million-dollar payday. Who knew road rage could be so lucrative?