Bought second-tier winning ticket in Baltimore
Happy days are here for a Maryland Powerball player, who is the state’s newest millionaire! The player only missed the $645 million estimated jackpot annuity by one ball.
Check your tickets closely because even though no one hit the jackpot in the March 18 drawing, Maryland had 18,223 winners of prizes ranging from $4 to $1 million. Congrats to all of our winners!
The lucky player bought the second-tier winning ticket at Royal Farms #003, which is located at 7204 York Road in North Baltimore. The winning numbers were 10, 17, 20, 39 and 44; the Powerball was 16 and the Power Play multiplier was x3. Lottery officials encourage all winners to sign the back of their tickets immediately and put them in a safe location. Players have 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes.
Instructions on claiming prizes in person or by mail are available HERE. Players must redeem prizes larger than $25,000 by mail or at Lottery headquarters in the Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 330 in Baltimore. The Lottery’s Claims Center in Baltimore is open by appointment only (no walk-ins). Click HERE to schedule an appointment.
For selling this ticket, the retailer earns a $2,500 bonus from the Lottery.
The Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity of $687 million for the Wednesday, March 20 drawing with an estimated cash option of $327.3 million. This is the second Powerball jackpot to top $600 million in 2024. The jackpot was last hit for $842.4 million on New Year’s Day in Michigan.
Maryland is home to three Powerball jackpot wins: $731.1 million in January 2021 (Lonaconing, Allegany County); $128.8 million in December 2011 (Elkton, Cecil County) and $108.8 million in September 2011 (Abingdon, Harford County).
In 2024, the state has now sold three $1 million second-tier winning ticket, seven third-tier winning tickets worth $50,000 and two Double Play winning tickets worth $50,000. In 2023, the state sold five $1 million second-tier winning tickets, one $500,000 second-tier Double Play ticket, 78 third-tier winning tickets worth $50,000 to $150,000 and 11 third-tier Double Play tickets of $50,000 and up.
