August 2025 – Page 2 – Maryland Lottery

Chance Sighting of License Plate Brings $200K Win to St. Mary’s Man

August 18, 2025

A casual Lottery player from the rural northern part of St. Mary’s County has plenty of time to wait for inspiration as he commutes more than 70 miles one way to work, and that’s how he ended up winning $200,000 playing Pick 5. “I was going to work and stopped at a red light in [...]

Retired Educator from Silver Spring Claims $100,000 Lottery Prize

August 15, 2025

A Silver Spring woman who has been playing Maryland Lottery since its inception just landed her biggest lottery win. She bought a pair of $10 Double Your Money scratch-offs and one of them happened to contain a $100,000 top-prize. The Montgomery County resident bought her ticket at Food Stop Mini at 4820 Boiling Brook Parkway [...]

Harford Nurse Finds $50,000 Worth of Lottery Excitement

August 15, 2025

She sees scratch-off tickets as a fun pastime, a Bel Air woman told lottery officials Aug. 14. She buys one or two when at the store and scratches them whenever life allows her a little free time. Those moments, which are usually quiet, became anything but earlier in the week when her favorite pastime produced [...]

Easton Man Planning to Invest $50,000 from Lottery Win

August 15, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player from Easton plans on doing some investing after taking a chance on the $20 scratch-off game $50,000 Cash and winning the 101st top prize to be claimed on the ticket. A regular when it comes to playing the Lottery, the mood struck him recently, so he walked into the Sunoco gas [...]

Lucky Feeling Proves Genuine and Brings $31,670 Racetrax Win

August 14, 2025

A Baltimore man experienced a phenomenon earlier this week that many have heard of, but too few ever encounter: a lucky feeling that turns out to be genuine. He’s an occasional Maryland Lottery player, but the feeling prompted him to buy a Racetrax ticket that very day. The $31,670 prize that resulted might make belief [...]

Prince George’s Man Wins $100,000 Top Prize on Monopoly X50 Scratch-Off

August 14, 2025

Playing scratch-offs is mostly an after-thought activity for one Prince George’s County man whose main games are Pick 3 and Pick 4. If there’s anything left of what he’s allotted for lottery play, he’ll usually buy scratch-off tickets. Such was the case recently: he had $10 left, and he used it to buy a single [...]

Big Jackpot Triggers Powerball Buy in Dundalk, Leading to $50K Win

August 13, 2025

All the Dundalk woman wanted when she walked into the Wawa store was a cup of coffee. She says she’s not much of a Lottery player, but a Powerball jackpot sign in the store got her attention. Not as much attention, however, as the $50,000 prize she ended up winning. “I buy tickets maybe twice [...]

Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Rosedale Worth $40,000 After Aug. 12 Draw

August 13, 2025

A Mega Millions player in Rosedale has a ticket worth $40,000 after matching four of the first five numbers drawn plus the Mega Ball in the Aug. 12 drawing. No one matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball, so the multi-state game’s estimated annuity jackpot increased to $198 million, with an estimated cash option [...]

Laurel Man Postpones Overseas Trip to Claim $184,769 Lottery Prize

August 13, 2025

A Laurel man was getting ready to travel overseas to visit family, but ended up having to delay his trip so he could claim a Maryland Lottery Grand Progressive FAST PLAY prize worth $184,769. Judging by his enthusiasm and passion for having his sister take photos on her cell phone Aug. 12 at Lottery headquarters [...]

Tears of Joy for Baltimore Woman After $1 Million Lottery Win

August 12, 2025

A Baltimore woman, who is a fan of the MONOPOLY™ games, can’t stop the tears after scratching her way to a $1 million win on the $20 MONOPOLY™ X100 scratch-off game. She was out running errands in June when she stopped at York Road Plaza Wine and Spirits to pick up some scratch-offs. Included in her purchase [...]

Grocery Store Run Leads Edgewater Man to $50,000 Gold Bar Bingo Prize

August 12, 2025

An Edgewater man and Maryland Lottery scratch-off enthusiast found himself on a bit of a lottery hiatus. After going without playing for a while, a trip to the grocery store rekindled his interest. With a few dollars to spare, he bought a Gold Bar Bingo scratch-off ticket that happened to be a $50,000 top-prize winner. […]

Eastern Shore Man Finds Last $50,000 Prize on Joker’s Wild

August 11, 2025

A Queen Anne’s County man was full of excitement as he brought home the final $50,000 prize winner on the Maryland Lottery Joker’s Wild scratch-off game. The Eastern Shore resident said he saw the $5 game had a single top prize left and decided to purchase a few tickets. When he scratched one of those […]

Forest Heights Resident Wins Lottery Trip to Let’s Make a Deal® Game Show Taping

August 11, 2025

Second-chance winner Carolyn Perkins of Forest Heights won a VIP trip to Los Angeles to see a Let’s Make a Deal® taping.

The Week in Winners: Powerball Pays $100K in Oxon Hill, $50K in Baltimore as Jackpot Reaches $501 Million

August 11, 2025

Though no one matched all the Powerball numbers from the last drawing pushing the annuity jackpot over half a billion dollars, two players in Maryland hit for substantial amounts: $100,000 in Oxon Hill and $50,000 in Baltimore. The next Powerball drawing is tonight, Aug. 11, and the estimated annuity jackpot is $501 million, with an [...]

Retired Couple Finds a Lottery Fortune in Bel Air

August 11, 2025

A pair of Fallston residents spent a day this week running errands, one of which took them through Bel Air. Happily for them, the gas tank needed attention and the filling station they found doubles as a lottery retailer. Need one more lucky coincidence in this story? Today’s big winner had two winning tickets for […]

Ellicott City Player’s ‘Dumb Luck’ Brings $50,000 Scratch-Off Score

August 8, 2025

“Dumb luck” is how a Maryland Lottery player from Ellicott City described his $50,000 win on a Lucky 777 scratch-off when he claimed the prize Aug. 8 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. The same goes for a $10,000 scratch-off win he scored earlier this year on a ticket purchased out of the same vending machine […]

Howard County Man Feels $250,000 Scratch-Off Calling to Him

August 8, 2025

A Howard County man who said he could hear the winning ticket call to him is $250,000 richer after winning a top prize on the Money Bags scratch-off game. On Aug. 4, the auto mechanic was on his way home from work when he stopped at the Weis grocery store in Woodstock. He planned to […]

Lottery Player in Laurel Hits $184,769 FAST PLAY Progressive Jackpot

August 8, 2025

Someone in Laurel is walking around with a ticket worth $184,769 after hitting the progressive jackpot Aug. 8 on the Maryland Lottery’s $10 FAST PLAY Grand Progressive game. The winning ticket was sold at the Exxon gas station at 801 Washington Boulevard in Laurel, which receives a $1,000 bonus. The Lottery urges the winner to […]

Lottery, Casinos, Sports Wagering Contribute $1.589 Billion to the State in FY2025

August 8, 2025

The Maryland Lottery and the state’s casinos, sportsbooks and daily fantasy sports operators combined to deliver $1.589 billion in contributions to state programs and services in Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025). Casino gaming contributions to the state were $831.3 million; Lottery profits were $667.2 million; and sports wagering and daily [...]

Hagerstown Man Goes Outside the Box for $50,000 Win on Cash Blast

August 7, 2025

A Hagerstown man purchased an extra Cash Blast scratch-off that fell out as the clerk was conducting the transaction, and that ticket ended up being a $50,000 winner. The player, who claimed the windfall Aug. 6 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, said he started by purchasing multiple scratch offs, and then returned to the counter buy […]