Maryland Lottery

Baltimore Man Almost Tosses $50,000 Ticket in the Trash

January 16, 2026

Baltimore educator plans to purchase a truck to help kickstart a painting business after claiming a $50,000 FAST PLAY Snowflake Ca$h prize.

Army Veteran Wins Largest Racetrax Prize in Game’s History: $660,414

January 16, 2026

The Maryland Lottery’s largest ever prize on the game Racetrax, a $660,414 win on a superfecta bet, was claimed Jan. 15 by an Army veteran from Prince George’s County.

$50,000 Christmas Gift is Just What Retired Cop Asked For

January 15, 2026

Along with the revelry and family bonding moments that make Christmas so wonderful for so many, the 2025 holiday season will be remembered by a Delaware-Maryland clan for a specific gift: a Break the Bank scratch-off. After all, how often does someone open a present worth $50,000? “It’s sort of a joke in the family,” [...]

Bel Air Woman Wins $1 Million a Week After 100X Cash is Launched

January 15, 2026

“Million Dollar Baby” loves the number 26 and had a good feeling about 2026. Fifteen days into the new year and she won $1 million on a scratch-off.

Baltimore Couple Plays Pick 5 Together, Wins $50,000 Together

January 15, 2026

A husband and wife from Baltimore claimed their biggest prize ever Jan. 14 at Lottery headquarters: a $50,000 Pick 5 win. Although she was the one claiming the prize from the Jan. 8 drawing, the wife said, “He’s the one who won.” Without missing a beat, he continued: “Since we’re married, I just gave it [...]

Holiday Raffle Gives Middle River Woman a $100,000 Shock

January 14, 2026

A Middle River woman, typically a fan of playing bingo and the occasional scratch-off, was at Baker’s Tavern on New Year’s Day when she purchased a Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle ticket. The last opportunity to buy Holiday Raffle tickets was that day. The purchase gave her a fortuitous start to 2026 as it put her [...]

Prince Frederick Woman Claims a JURASSIC PARK $50,000 Top Prize

January 14, 2026

“I’m still in shock,” said a Calvert County woman after claiming a $50,000 JURASSIC PARK scratch-off top prize this week. She was grocery shopping when she decided to play. The Prince Frederick resident was checking out her groceries at the Giant store at 655 Solomon’s Island Road North when she decided to purchase some scratch-offs [...]

The Tale of the $100,000 Raffle Ticket That Almost Got Away in Temple Hills

January 14, 2026

A Prince George’s County hotel employee who buys Lottery tickets twice a week was doing just that in November when he noticed the Holiday Raffle option on the vending machine at Marlow Wings in Temple Hills. He bought one of the $20 tickets, tucked in his wallet and didn’t think about it again for almost [...]

Worcester County Retiree Wins $100,000 on Holiday Raffle

January 14, 2026

A Worcester County man likes to play a variety of Lottery games so he was excited when he heard about the Holiday Raffle. "I liked the odds of winning," he said, referring to the 1 in 237,206 chance of winning $1 million, not to mention even better odds on 10 prizes at the $100,000 level [...]

Washington D.C. Resident Claims $100,000 Top Prize on King of Diamonds Scratch-off

January 14, 2026

A man from the nation’s capital, who works in Maryland, was in the right place at the right time. While in a 7-Eleven, he noticed there was only one King of Diamonds scratch ticket left in the dispenser. He took a chance on the lone $10 ticket and it turned out to be a $100,000 [...]

Prince George’s County Woman Scratches Her Way to $50,000 Win

January 13, 2026

A Prince George’s County woman had to do some good old scratching to figure out she was a $50,000 winner on the Bonus Bingo X20 2nd Edition scratch-off. When she first got the ticket, she scratched only the prize check and then scanned it using the MD Lottery app on her phone and received a [...]

Greenbelt Electrician Shocked by $50,000 Scratch Win

January 13, 2026

A Prince George’s County man stopped by Lottery headquarters on Jan. 9 to collect what he described as the “well-earned” winnings due him as a $50,000 top-prize Gold Bar Bingo winner. The several-times-a-week player is a scratch-off fan and especially enjoys the games that take a bit of time, he said after claiming his winnings. [...]

Racetrax Superfecta Quick Pick Gives Capitol Heights Man a $49,592 Win

January 12, 2026

A longtime Racetrax player from Capitol Heights recently switched from picking his own horses to using the Quick Pick function, and the result on Jan. 7 was a $49,592 Superfecta win on a $1 bet. “I like the excitement of watching the horses run,” he said Jan. 12 when he claimed the prize at Lottery [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Deliver $200,000 in Accokeek and $100,000 in Laurel, Topping Wins List

January 12, 2026

A scratch-off ticket in Accokeek worth $200,000 and another in Laurel worth $100,000 topped the list of big winners for the past week as Maryland Lottery players received prizes totaling $34.6 million. During the week of Jan. 5-11, a total of 28 players statewide won Lottery prizes of $10,000 or more. Winners are encouraged to [...]

Late Husband’s ZIP Code Yields $50K Pick 5 Win for Germantown Woman

January 12, 2026

A Germantown woman said her late husband must have been smiling after she won $50,000 playing the Maryland Lottery’s Pick 5 game using his old postal code. The retired federal worker purchased a $1 straight bet ticket and won on the Jan. 8 midday drawing with the number 20871. "That was my husband's ZIP code," [...]

Prince George’s County Farmer Harvests a $150,000 Powerball Prize

January 9, 2026

James Cooke Jr., of Prince George’s County, is a Lottery loyalist and now has a hefty lottery prize to show for it. He’s been playing the same combination since before Powerball began in Maryland, going with numbers that represent significant events in his career as a firefighter years ago. In the drawing on Dec. 10, [...]

D.C. Area Ravens Fan Wins $200,000 on Ravens X10 Scratch-Off

January 9, 2026

She’s a fan of Maryland Lottery scratch-off games, and, despite her suburban D.C. address, the Baltimore Ravens. Even though the team’s season has ended, she was all smiles while claiming a $200,000 Ravens X10 scratch-off prize. “No Commanders,” the District Heights woman said, declining to elaborate, but affirming she’s a staunch supporter of the purple [...]

Retired Amtrak Employee from Middle River Wins Train-Load of Raffle Cash

January 9, 2026

A Baltimore County man told Lottery officials he’s a daily games player who generally has no interest in other tickets. But it wasn’t Pick 3 or Pick 5 that brought him to lottery headquarters on Jan. 7 to collect a $100,000 prize; it was the Holiday Raffle. “I’ve been a Pick games player for a [...]

The Family That Plays Together in Montgomery… Wins a Million Dollars!

January 9, 2026

A Montgomery County duo who have bought tickets together for years had their biggest day ever this past weekend. Connected by family and an enjoyment of Lottery games, they were in the car, moments away from leaving a Lottery retailer after an unsuccessful visit, when they returned to try one more ticket. A few minutes [...]