The weekend started off great for a $50,000 Bonus Match 5 winner in Baltimore who won last night but may not even know it yet.
The winning ticket was sold Nov. 12, the day of the drawing, at the Safeway grocery store at 2801 Smith Avenue just north of the Baltimore City-County border.
The winning numbers for the Thursday, Nov. 12, drawing are: 9, 22, 24, 31 and 35. The Bonus Ball number is 39.
The winner has 182 days (six months) from the drawing date to claim the prize.
Instructions for claiming prizes are available on the How to Claim page of the Lottery website. Prizes of more than $25,000 must be claimed through Lottery headquarters, either in person or by mail. Lottery headquarters is in the Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 330, in Baltimore. An appointment is required to claim in person (no walk-ins). The appointment scheduling page shows all available appointment times.
Bonus Match 5 drawings are held seven evenings a week. Tickets are available for as little as $1 for a single play, with discounts available for purchasing multiple plays on a single ticket slip. Each play is made by selecting five numbers from a range of 1 to 39. Five winning numbers are drawn, and then a Bonus Ball number is drawn from the remaining 34 numbers. Players who match the first five numbers drawn win the game’s $50,000 top prize. There are prizes ranging from $2 to $600 for having at least two of the winning numbers and the Bonus Ball, or having at least three of the winning numbers.
