Melanie Losover – Maryland Lottery

Multi-Match Ticket Sold in Silver Spring Wins $770,000 Jackpot

November 7, 2025

Someone in Silver Spring started the weekend on a great note, but may not even know it yet, because a Multi-Match ticket sold there matched all six numbers drawn last night for a $770,000 jackpot win. Time to check those tickets. The winning numbers for the Nov. 6 drawing are: 16, 18, 20, 24, 27 [...]

A Gym Workout Leads to $150,000 Powerball Win in Accokeek

November 6, 2025

A Prince George’s County player is going from counting reps to counting cash, thanks to a $150,000 third-tier win on the Oct. 18 Powerball drawing. The big winner was leaving the gym on Oct. 16 when he stopped at Keller’s Market at 15624 Livingston Road in Accokeek to play his regular Lottery games. A fan [...]

Glen Burnie Fisherman Reels in a Big Scratch-off Prize of $100,000

November 6, 2025

Fishing season may be fading faster than daylight on an autumn evening, but a Glen Burnie fisherman is in the holiday spirit after having reeled in a $100,000 prize on the new Silver Bell Bucks scratch-off. Like many loyal scratch-off players, he scratches off the numbers without revealing the associated prizes. Then he checks his numbers [...]

Numeric Vision, Wife’s Advice Lead Upper Marlboro Man to $150K Win

November 5, 2025

A longtime Maryland Lottery player from Upper Marlboro is counting his blessings, and his money, after a Pick 5 purchase turned into a $150,000 payday. The winner, who has been playing for more than 35 years, stopped by Lottery headquarters Oct. 31 with his wife to claim his winnings and also took time to share [...]

Baltimore Man Wins $30,000 Top-Prize on New Candy Cane Cash Game

November 5, 2025

A Lottery scratch-off enthusiast from Baltimore was offered suggestions for when purchasing tickets. He was told to look for recently released games. Heeding said advice, he bought three Candy Cane Cash scratch-off tickets, and one of them ended up being a $30,000 top-prize winner. While focusing on newly released tickets is a practice many players [...]

Montgomery County Man Wins $5 Million Splurging on $50 Scratch-Off Game

November 4, 2025

For a few minutes on Nov. 2, a retired federal employee believed he was experiencing a medical emergency, he told Lottery officials the next afternoon. Why tell it to the Lottery and not a doctor? Because it was a scratch-off ticket that caused his momentary distress. It wasn’t just any ticket, but a $5,000,000 Fortune [...]

Special Numbers Deliver a $60,272 Racetrax Score to Baltimore City Woman

November 4, 2025

A Baltimore City woman can thank special numbers related to a family member for a recent $60,272 Racetrax win. She was out and about on Nov. 2 playing some of her other favorite Lottery games at Snacks and Keno in Baltimore when the thought came to her to play Racetrax with the numbers. She placed [...]

The Week in Winners: Ten Pick 5 Tickets in Clarksburg Give $500K Prize; Two Scratch-Offs Pay $100K Each

November 3, 2025

Two brothers claimed $500,000 in prize money from 10 Pick 5 tickets for the midday drawing on Oct. 29 purchased in Clarksburg, while scratch-off players in Denton and Rockville collected $100,000 each, for the top Maryland Lottery wins of the past week. On all games, players won more than $29.8 million across Maryland in the [...]

Brooklyn Park, Joppatowne Lottery Winners Open Safes and Win Cash

November 3, 2025

Sallie Drake and Tania Shreve each won cash and scratch-offs when they played the Unlock the Cash Second-Chance Promotion Live Game at Lottery headquarters.

Silver Spring Man Claims Top Prize on $100,000 Crossword Scratch-Off

November 3, 2025

A Silver Spring man went to put gas in his car during a round of driving for a food delivery app and decided to try his luck playing scratch-offs. He ended up buying $46 worth, and one was a winner for $100,000. He got his gas and tickets at the Shell station at 4101 Aspen [...]

Dream of Pick 5 Numbers Gives Western Maryland Brothers $500K Win

November 3, 2025

A half-million-dollar Lottery win would be a figurative dream come true for anyone, but for one of two Western Maryland brothers, an actual dream revealed the winning Pick 5 numbers for the Oct. 29 midday drawing. “I dreamed and we both played. That was a good dream,” the younger brother, a resident of Hagerstown, said [...]

Lottery Launches Holiday Raffle Offering $1 Million Top Prize

November 3, 2025

Four drawings through Jan. 2 also offer prizes of $100,000 and $50,000 The Maryland Lottery is officially celebrating the season with the launch of the new Holiday Raffle. A maximum of 325,000 Holiday Raffle tickets are available for purchase from now through Jan. 1, 2026, or until all 325,000 have been sold. And one of [...]

November Lottery Fun with Ladies Football, Ravens & College Football

November 1, 2025

As the weather gets colder, November Lottery events start to heat up. There’s plenty of football fun with two Ravens home games, a Ravens event for female fans, two local college football games and a walk/race on the Bay Bridge. We start the month at M&T Bank Stadium on Monday, Nov. 3 for a Ravens [...]

Germantown Shop Sells $50,000 Bonus Match 5 Winner, 39th Top Tier of ’25

October 31, 2025

A Maryland Lottery Bonus Match 5 player in Germantown is the latest person to win a top tier $50,000 prize on the game, having matched all five numbers in the Oct. 30 drawing. The ticket was sold the day of the drawing at Kingsview Beer and Wine at 3406 Kingsview Village Avenue in the Montgomery [...]

Lucky Numbers Inspired by Neighbor’s Address Earn $50,000 Pick 5 Win

October 30, 2025

A longtime Maryland Lottery fan from Prince George’s County is celebrating his latest big win, a $50,000 score on the Pick 5 game. Accompanied by his son, the winner stopped by Lottery headquarters on Oct. 30 to claim his prize and share the story behind his winning number choice. The winner, who describes himself as [...]

Low-Key Kent County Man Quietly Celebrates $50,000 Pick 5 Win

October 30, 2025

A Kent County man was checking his Pick 5 tickets at a Maryland Lottery retailer and was amazed when he realized he had won $50,000. He didn't say anything to anyone and left the store. "I had to keep it to myself. I went home and told my wife,” the winner said Oct. 30 when [...]

Dad’s Advice Delivers $34,432.50 Racetrax Win to College Student in Hyattsville

October 30, 2025

A Prince George’s County woman was quick to attribute the $34,432.50 Racetrax prize she claimed Oct. 29 to her father. When claiming her prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, the winner said playing the Lottery is a bond the pair share, and, while the win is a thrill, the best part for her is experiencing [...]

Random Number Leads to $50,000 Pick 5 Win for Silver Spring Woman

October 30, 2025

Lottery luck shined on a Montgomery County woman Oct. 22 as she was out buying groceries. While out, she stopped at a Citgo Station to purchase some Lottery tickets, including a Pick 5 ticket that ended up being a $50,000 winner. In the midst of her errands, she used some extra change to play some [...]

Eastern Shore Woman Claims $100,000 Prize on Scratch-Off Ticket

October 30, 2025

What started out as a store run for snacks ended with an Eastern Shore women scoring a $100,000 prize. The Caroline County player’s mantra of you “must play to win” led her to put down $50 on a $5,000,000 Cash scratch-off ticket that ended up being a second-tier $100,000 winner. The winner visited the Goose [...]

Bowie Man’s Multi-Match Quick Pick Does Trick for $1.9 Million Jackpot

October 29, 2025

A Bowie man is taking home the lottery prize of a lifetime thanks to his purchase of five $2 tickets for the Maryland-only jackpot game Multi-Match. When he matched all six numbers in the Sept. 18 drawing, he hit the jackpot to the tune of $1.9 million, but waited a little more than a month [...]