As the Powerball jackpot increased to three quarters of a billion dollars in the past week, Maryland saw two winners at the $500,000 level, one each in Landover and Riverdale, on the game’s Double Play drawing. Another player in Sparrows Point became a millionaire thanks to a scratch-off win.
The estimated annuity jackpot for tonight’s drawing (Aug. 25) is $750 million, with a cash value estimate of $338.6 million. The prizes in Landover and Riverdale, which remain unclaimed as of Aug. 25, were on Powerball tickets with the Double Play option. Players can add that option to Powerball tickets for an additional $1, making their ticket eligible for the Double Play drawing, which occurs 30 minutes after the Powerball drawing. These winners matched the first five numbers drawn on the Double Play drawing, but not the Powerball number, for second-tier wins of $500,000 each.
Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid nearly $29.8 million in prizes during the week of Aug. 18-24, including 29 tickets worth $10,000 or more that were sold or redeemed in that seven-day span.
Winners are encouraged to sign the backs of tickets and keep winning tickets in a safe location. Tickets for draw games expire 182 days after the drawing date. FAST PLAY tickets expire 182 days after purchase. The last dates to claim for scratch-off tickets are posted on the scratch-offs page at mdlottery.com.
Winners of prizes larger than $25,000 must redeem tickets at the Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center in Baltimore, which is open by appointment only. Prizes up to $25,000 can be claimed at the cashier window of any of the six casinos in Maryland. Prizes up to $5,000 can be claimed at any of more than 400 Expanded Cashing Authority Program (XCAP) locations. All Maryland Lottery retailers are authorized to redeem tickets worth up to and including $600. More information is available on the How to Claim page of the Lottery website.
Here’s the weekly roundup of big winners:
Scratch-off prizes claimed Aug. 18-24:
$1 Million Prize
- All About Cash, Hob’s Carroll Motor Fuels, 7115 North Point Road, Sparrows Point
$100,000 Prizes
- Double Your Money, Dodge Park Sunoco, 7620 Landover Road, Hyattsville
- Double Your Money, Silver Run Liquors, 3957 Littlestown Pike, Westminster
$50,000 Prizes
- GAME OF THRONES™, Harry’s Liquors, 3113 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore
- Money Bags, Martin’s, 1320 Londontown Boulevard, Eldersburg
- Money Rush, Parole Liquors, 2125 Forest Drive, Annapolis
- MONOPOLY™ X100, 7-Eleven, 31997 Beaver Run Drive, Salisbury
- MONOPOLY™ X20, Shopper’s Discount Liquors, 8017 Liberty Road, Windsor Mill
$10,000 Prizes
- Bonus Bingo X20 2nd Edition, ING Wireless II, 7025 Liberty Road, Gwynn Oak
- Double Your Money, Dash In, 30100 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall
- Lucky 777, Food Lion, 6920 Crestwood Boulevard, Frederick
- Lucky 7s Multiplier, Shop Rite, 37 West Aylesbury Road, Timonium
- Money Bags, Pantry One Food Mart, 5314 East Drive, Halethorpe
- MONOPOLY™ X100, Ranch Liquors, 246 Town Square Drive, Lusby
FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings Aug. 18-24:
- $50,000 ticket sold Aug. 19 at Walmart, 6405 Dobbin Road, Columbia (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $12,040 Slots of Fun ticket sold Aug. 22 at West End Liberty, 1020 West Washington Street, Hagerstown (claimed)
- $15,006 ticket sold Aug. 18 at 7-Eleven, 7243 East Furnace Branch Road, Glen Burnie (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 20 at 7-Eleven, 6401 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 24 at Belvedere Exxon, 5913 York Road, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 21 at Sunoco, 750 East 25th Street, Baltimore (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 18 at Wabash Liquors, 3741 Wabash Avenue, Baltimore (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 23 at Urban Market, 9502 Allentown Road, Fort Washington (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 18 at Honey Bee Liquors, 7509 Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 24 at A-1 Laundromat, 6818 Riverdale Road, Riverdale (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $500,000 ticket sold Aug. 12 at Landover Hills Exxon, 6579 Annapolis Road, Landover (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $500,000 ticket sold Aug. 17 at A-1 Laundromat, 6818 Riverdale Road, Riverdale (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $19,620 ticket sold Aug. 18 at Carroll Motor Fuels, 14243 Jarrettsville Pike, Phoenix (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $14,861 ticket sold Aug. 18 at Essex Liquors, 904 Eastern Boulevard, Essex (unclaimed as of Aug. 25)
- $11,112 ticket sold Aug. 21 at Eagle Mart, 3101 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore (claimed)
