Melanie Losover – Page 14 – Maryland Lottery

Carroll County Man Claims $33,468 Prize on Racetrax Superfecta Bet

October 7, 2025

A Carroll County man recently took a drive to Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore to claim a $33,468 Racetrax prize. The winner told Lottery officials he enjoys playing the computer-animated game. Without much rhyme or reason, on Oct. 2 he chose to place his Superfecta bet on horses 6, 8, 3, and 5. To win [...]

Home Renovations on Dundalk Couple’s Radar after $50,000 Lottery Win

October 7, 2025

Kathleen and Douglas Harding are looking forward to some house renovations after Kathleen won $50,000 on a $20 MONOPOLY™ X100 scratch-off.

Calvert County Man’s Workout Ends With $31,118 Racetrax Prize

October 7, 2025

A Calvert County man was leaving the gym and stopped on his way home to play a couple of games of Racetrax. The result: a $31,118.30 win. He said it was his lucky day. "I said, 'Let me go for it!'," he recalled Oct. 6 when he claimed his prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters in [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Ticket Pays $147,550 in Bowie as Players Statewide Win $30.1 Million

October 6, 2025

A winning FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings ticket worth $147,550 sold in Bowie led the league as the Lottery’s largest prize of the past week, followed by two scratch-off wins of $100,000 on tickets sold in Linthicum and the Allegany County community of Corriganville. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid [...]

Parkville Woman Claims $50,000 Top Prize on Gold Bar Bingo Scratch-Off

October 3, 2025

A Parkville woman, who seldom plays the Lottery, made one of the best decisions of her life when she recently decided to buy three random scratch-offs. One of them was a $5 Gold Bar Bingo ticket and it happened to be a $50,000 top-prize winner. The tickets were purchased at the Giant supermarket at 7709 [...]

Bowie Man Hits Final FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Progressive Jackpot Worth $147,550

October 3, 2025

Bowie resident “Big J” was all smiles (behind the check) after he picked up the final FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings progressive jackpot of $147,550. A Bowie man hit a walk-off win as he picked up a $147,550 progressive jackpot on the FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings game on Oct. 1. [...]

Cumberland Retiree Takes Home $100,000 Scratch-off Prize

October 3, 2025

A retired school bus driver from Allegany County took the long drive to Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore to claim a top prize on the $100,000 Crossword game. The Cumberland resident was running errands when she took a break to play some of her favorite Lottery games. She stopped at the Sheetz store in Corriganville and [...]

Baltimore Coin Collector Wins $100,000 Chunk of Change on Scratch-Off Ticket

October 3, 2025

A Baltimore collector of rare coins, who is also a Lottery scratch-off enthusiast, just scored a big chunk of change. Thanks to a $100,000 Crossword scratch-off, he had a $100,000 payday on Oct. 1. He purchased his winning ticket at Whitey’s Liquors at 803 North Hammonds Ferry Road in Linthicum. Ticket selection was pretty simple [...]

After 40 Years, Anne Arundel Man Celebrates $50,000 ‘Brag-Worthy’ Win

October 2, 2025

A longtime Maryland Lottery player from Anne Arundel County is celebrating a $50,000 Pick 5 win that came after decades of playing. The winner stopped by Maryland Lottery headquarters Sept. 30 to share his story and claim his money, calling the prize his first “brag-worthy” win since the 1990s. For more than 40 years, he has [...]

Laurel Woman’s Second Choice Leads to $100,000 FAST PLAY First Prize

October 2, 2025

It took a visit with family to finally put a Prince George’s County woman in the right place to find her lottery fortune. It also took a WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ FAST PLAY ticket and a bit of patience. On Sept. 28, this combo delivered a $100,000 top prize win to the grocery store [...]

Cecil County Resident Buys Pair of Pick 5 Tickets, Wins $100,000

October 2, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player from Cecil County regularly buys a single ticket for each of the two daily Pick 5 drawings, but for the Sept. 30 drawing, she ended up with two tickets that had the same number. And when that number hit, she won a pair of $50,000 prizes. With her husband at her [...]

October is Full of Football, Oysters and Classic Cars

October 1, 2025

October is a fun and busy month for events at the Maryland Lottery. It’s a month full of Ravens and college football, an oyster fest and a classic car show. And that’s just the first half of the month! We’re not wasting any time as we’ll be onsite at The World is Your Oyster Fest [...]

FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Win of $147,550 in Bowie Closes 2025 Season

October 1, 2025

The Orioles may not have made it to October, but a Maryland Lottery player in Bowie knocked one out of the park Oct. 1 with a $147,550 progressive jackpot win on the FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings game. The ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven at 3570 Crain Highway. The retailer receives a [...]

Dundalk Player Wins $50K on Powerball as Mega Millions Nears Half Billion

September 30, 2025

Check your Powerball tickets because a $50,000 winning ticket was sold in Dundalk for the Sept. 29 drawing. The winning numbers are: 1, 3, 27, 60 and 65; the Powerball is 16. One player matched four of the five white balls plus the red Powerball for the third tier $50,000 prize on a ticket sold [...]

Parkville Man ‘Breaks the Bank’ for $50K Prize on Lottery Scratch-off

September 30, 2025

A Parkville man just broke the bank this week to become the second top-tier $50,000 winner on the Break the Bank scratch-off game. The retail worker was eating pizza and saw that a store across the street was selling scratch-offs, he said Sept. 29 when he claimed his prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. A [...]

Towson, Owings Mills Residents ‘Unlock the Cash’ with Lottery Promotion

September 30, 2025

Eliezer Adari and Patrick Meers were the first two Unlock the Cash winners to participate in the Live Game. Patrick walked away with the $25,000 top prize!

Gaithersburg Woman Wins $311,795 FAST PLAY Progressive Jackpot Prize

September 25, 2025

Though she works for a company that paints houses, a Gaithersburg resident who visited lottery headquarters on Sept. 24, said she plays no role in the color paint that is to be used for each project. Thanks to a FAST PLAY 20X Cash progressive jackpot ticket she purchased a few weeks ago, this will likely [...]

Salisbury Woman Wins $50,015 Playing Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5

September 24, 2025

A Salisbury woman is celebrating after claiming a $50,015 prize from the Maryland Lottery after matching the numbers on a Bonus Match 5 ticket. The longtime player, accompanied by her husband, shared her story Sept. 23 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. The winner, who has been playing the Lottery since 1981, said she’s tried nearly [...]

Visa Lottery Inspires Severn Resident to Play Powerball, Bringing $50,000 Win

September 23, 2025

A life-changing experience with a different kind of lottery ended up bringing a man to Maryland six years ago. He then started playing the Maryland Lottery, leading to a $50,000 third-tier Powerball Double Play win in the Sept. 20 drawing. That lottery was when he was applying for a visa to emigrate to the U.S. [...]

Recreational Therapist From Fort Washington Wins $100,000 on Scratch-Off

September 23, 2025

A recreational therapist from Fort Washington received some monetary rehabilitation thanks to a big lottery win. Part of his rehab exercise included pinching himself to determine if what he was seeing what was real. It was, indeed, real, and the Prince George’s County man claimed a $100,000 top prize Sept. 22 at Lottery headquarters in [...]