Maryland Lottery

Lottery Offers Reminder to ‘Gift Responsibly’ This Holiday Season

December 2, 2025

Annual campaign expands to include ‘Too Young to Bet’ message As holiday-season festivities get underway and you’re shopping for the family and friends on your list, the Maryland Lottery encourages you to play and gift responsibly and remember that Lottery tickets are not an appropriate gift for children. Maryland Lottery and Gaming is once again [...]

The Week in Winners: Reisterstown Powerball Ticket Narrowly Misses Jackpot as Lottery Players Win $31.4M

December 8, 2025

Maryland Lottery scratch-off players in Manchester and Whiteford each won $100,000 in the past week, while a Powerball player in Reisterstown missed winning a jackpot that’s approaching $1 billion by one number. The Reisterstown Powerball player matched four of the first five numbers drawn plus the Powerball number, delivering a $50,000 prize in the Dec. [...]

St. Mary’s Ravens Fan in Commanders Territory Wins $50,000 on Pick 5

December 5, 2025

When a St. Mary's County man played his favorite numbers and those five digits -10238 - were picked at midday on Dec. 2, his $1 straight bet gave him a $50,000 top prize. The school bus driver said Dec. 4 when he claimed his winnings at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore he doesn't play every drawing, but he is [...]

Harlem Globetrotters Scratch-off Offers Chance to Sit on the Bench with the Team

December 5, 2025

Four new Maryland Lottery scratch-offs hit stores today (Dec. 5), highlighted by a $2 Harlem Globetrotters ticket with a second-chance component awarding 31 winners exciting courtside experiences at a Harlem Globetrotters game. The ticket also has offers six instant top prizes of $10,000. The Maryland Lottery, in partnership with lottery vendor EQL Games, is the [...]

$50,000 Lottery Scratch-Off Win Changes Player’s View on Luck

December 4, 2025

A Baltimore man says he feels like he struck gold after uncovering a $50,000 top prize on the Deluxe Crossword scratch-off game. A proud Baltimore native, the winner said Dec. 3 when he claimed his prize at Lottery headquarters that he never considered himself lucky -- until now. He purchased the winning ticket on a [...]

Carroll County Best Friends Focus on Family with $100,000 Lottery Win

December 4, 2025

Two longtime best friends have been thankful for their many Lottery wins over the years, but a $100,000 Silver Bell Bucks scratch-off win left half of the team breathless. The Carroll County duo have a system, they reported Dec. 3 when they claimed the prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. “She plays. I go in [...]

Commanders Fan in Laurel Wins $50,000 on Ravens Scratch-off

December 3, 2025

A Washington Commanders fan from Prince George’s County is celebrating a Ravens win. Not the actual team, but rather his $50,000 win on the Ravens X10 scratch-off game. Though he does not root for the Ravens, he enjoys playing the Ravens scratch-off. “I keep playing it because I win a little here and there,” he [...]

Forestville Grandmother Wins $50K on JURASSIC PARK Scratch-off

December 3, 2025

Angela Martinez-Gomez, of Forestville, was all smiles after she won $50,000 on the $5 JURASSIC PARK scratch-off ticket.

$50,000 Powerball Ticket Sold in Reisterstown as Jackpot Rolls to $775 Million

December 2, 2025

A Powerball player in Reisterstown missed being a multimillionaire by one number in the Dec. 1, but still walked away with a $50,000 prize. If you bought a ticket at the Shell gas station at 30 Main Street in Reisterstown, you should check it, because that’s the spot where the $50,000 winner was sold. Numbers [...]

Baltimore IT Professional Claims $50,000 Powerball Prize

December 2, 2025

It was at the urging of a sibling that a Baltimore man decided to try his luck playing Powerball. Previously, he didn’t play the numbers at all, but his sister insisted, so the information technology professional bought five quick pick tickets and won $50,000. He bought the tickets at the Harris Teeter grocery store at [...]

Last Minute Grocery List Addition Delivers $50,000 Win in Annapolis

December 2, 2025

She buys tickets every week, an Annapolis woman says, but the only thing on her mind when visiting the grocery store the week before Thanksgiving week was collecting the ingredients for her dinner. While Powerball was definitely not on that list, the $50,000 prize the ticket she bought while shopping was the perfect complement to […]

Havre de Grace Winner Collects $500,000 Scratch-off Prize

December 1, 2025

Calling a $500,000 Maryland Lottery win on a scratch-off a “game changer,” a Havre de Grace man and his wife expect to transition from being semi-retired to being fully retired. “She says we will still need something to do,” the winner said when he claimed the half-million-dollar windfall Nov. 26 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. […]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 in Havre de Grace; Powerball Rolls to $740 Million

December 1, 2025

A half-million-dollar scratch-off sold in Havre de Grace and a $111,971 FAST PLAY ticket in Bethesda topped the Maryland Lottery list of big winners for the week. As the Powerball jackpot inched toward three quarters of a billion dollars, two Maryland players won $50,000 third-tier prizes. Tonight’s Powerball jackpot (Dec. 1) has an estimated annuity [...]

Accokeek Man Misses Mega Millions Top Prize by One; Wins $30K

December 1, 2025

A regular Maryland Lottery player who focuses his attention on the multi-state games fell one number short in the Nov. 14 Mega Millions drawing. He may have missed the $980 million jackpot, but still walked away with a $30,000 third-tier prize. “I’m just a lucky guy,” he said Nov. 26 when he claimed the prize […]

Coffee Run Leads Montgomery Woman to a $57,486 FAST PLAY Win

November 26, 2025

A Montgomery County woman went to the store for coffee, but it wasn’t the caffeine that gave her a boost. She heeded the suggestion of her son to try FAST PLAY instead of her usual Pick 3 and Pick 4. The result: a progressive jackpot jolt of $57,486 on the game 7-11-21. The winner bought [...]

Girlfriend’s Reminder and Coffee Stop Lead to $50K Holiday Raffle Win

November 26, 2025

A Lottery enthusiast plans to use some of his $50,000 Early Bird Holiday Raffle prize to pay off his car.

PG County Man Wins A $50,000 Mosaic Money Scratch-off Top Prize

November 26, 2025

A Prince George’s County man is celebrating after claiming a $50,000 top prize on the Mosaic Money scratch-off. The player, who has been trying his hand at Lottery games for two years, visited Lottery headquarters Nov. 25 to claim his winnings and tell of the exciting moment when he realized he had won. The winner [...]

Holiday Raffle’s First $50,000 Early Bird Winner Sold in Rockville

November 24, 2025

Three more raffle drawings still to come with $1 million prize awarded on Jan. 2 The result of the first Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle Early Bird Drawing is in: The winner of the first $50,000 prize is Ticket Number 037656. The ticket with that number was sold at the 7-Eleven store at 700 Gaither Road [...]

Race Car Enthusiast Plays Motor Number and Wins $100,000 on Pick 5

November 24, 2025

A Prince George’s County racecar enthusiast is revving up the winnings after claiming two $50,000 Pick 5 prizes. His lottery luck was revealed in the Pick 5 evening drawing on Nov. 14 when the numbers 94242 came out straight. Those numbers came from a stock number on a motor the winner purchased for his racecar [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Scratch-Offs Deliver $100,000 Prizes in Adelphi, Port Deposit

November 24, 2025

The Powerball jackpot is still rolling, with the big prize sitting at an estimated annuity value of $654 million, with an estimated cash value of $303.2 million for Monday night’s drawing. Maryland saw a $50,000 Powerball winner last week, but the state’s two biggest prizes came on a pair of scratch-offs worth $100,000 each that [...]