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FAST PLAY Progressive Ticket Worth $50,499 Sold in District Heights

September 8, 2025

The first winning ticket on the new FAST PLAY Cash Combination progressive jackpot game is worth $50,499 and was sold Sept. 8 in Prince George’s County. The ticket was purchased at J. B. Liquors at 5842 Silver Hill Road in District Heights. The retailer receives a $504.99 bonus for selling the ticket. The $5 Cash [...]

Fun Night at Bar Turns into $50K Keno Prize for Bel Air Woman

September 8, 2025

Carolyn Seifert said it was all fun and games during an evening out on the town, leading to her winning $50,020 playing Keno.

Middle River Man Wins $50,000 Powerball Prize After Rare Lottery Play

September 8, 2025

A Middle River man who rarely plays the lottery is celebrating a $50,000 Powerball win after taking a chance on the recent unusually massive $1.7 billion jackpot. The winner, who stopped by Maryland Lottery headquarters Sept. 5 to claim his prize and share his story, said he couldn’t resist purchasing $100 worth of tickets when [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Makes a Millionaire, Delivers a Dozen More Big Wins in Maryland as Jackpot Roll Ends

September 8, 2025

Powerball was all the rage for the past week as the jackpot reached an annuity value of $1.787 billion for the Sept. 6 drawing, culminating with two winning tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. Though the jackpot was not hit in Maryland, Powerball players in the state won more than $13.4 million in prizes in [...]

30-Year Lottery Player From Gaithersburg Wins $77,000 on Scratch-Off

September 5, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player has finally scratched her way to a top prize after 30 years of playing. The Montgomery County woman stopped by Lottery headquarters Sept. 5 with her daughter to claim her prize and celebrate her win on the $10 Lucky 7s Multiplier scratch-off game. She bought the ticket at her go-to retailer, [...]

Cockeysville Friends Sharing $50,000 Powerball Prize, Despite Disbelief

September 5, 2025

A Baltimore County pair stopped by lottery headquarters Sept. 5 to claim a prize that they still don’t quite believe is real. The once-in-a-while lottery players purchased tickets with their eyes on the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, but had given not a thought to the game’s eight lower-tier prizes. No thought, that is, until they checked [...]

Big Jackpot Prompts Laurel Woman to Play Powerball – and Win $50K

September 5, 2025

A Laurel woman missed the Powerball jackpot by one number but took home a $50,000 prize.

A Charles County Man Tries a New Game and Wins $50,000

September 5, 2025

Paul Hamilton, of Hughesville, switches games and wins a $50,000 third-tier Powerball prize.

Former Maryland Resident visits Gaithersburg, Wins $50,000 on Powerball

September 5, 2025

A jackpot chaser who lives in New Mexico returned home to Maryland to visit his son and won a $50,000 Powerball prize. He matched four white balls and the red Powerball to take home the third-tier prize from the Aug. 27 drawing. The big winner said he’s grateful that he used the numbers his wife [...]

Novice Powerball Player From Suitland Wins $50,000 Prize

September 5, 2025

The expanding jackpot caught his eye at just the right time. It turned out that a novice Powerball player ended up winning $50,000 in the Aug. 30 drawing. No one has matched all six winning numbers in Powerball since the May 31 drawing, so the top prize has grown to an estimated annuity value of [...]

Forestville Woman Puts on Glasses to See $50,000 Powerball Win

September 4, 2025

A Forestville woman needed to get home and put on her glasses to see that she was a $50,000 winner in the Powerball drawing on Aug. 30. The transportation worker was scanning her ticket in a parking lot, and her Lottery app confirmed she was a winner, she said Sept. 4 when she claimed her [...]

Retired Garrett County Electrician Gets Pleasant Shock: $150,012 Powerball Win

September 4, 2025

A retired electrician from Garrett County just supercharged his bank accounts by matching five of the six Powerball numbers in the Aug. 30 drawing. When he checked his quintet of quick pick combinations the next day, he found he had a $150,012 payday coming. No one hit all six numbers on Aug. 30, and the [...]

Family Birthday Numbers Bring $40,000 Mega Millions Win to Rosedale Man

September 4, 2025

A Baltimore County man visited lottery headquarters Sept. 2 to claim a prize he never expected to win with a technique he long ago abandoned. His surprise $40,000 Mega Millions win made a believer out of the correctional system administrator. “I won $2,000 last year, my biggest prize ever,” the Rosedale resident said. “I don’t [...]

Powerball Makes Maryland Millionaire, Four $50K Winners as Jackpot Rolls to $1.7 Billion

September 4, 2025

As the Powerball jackpot grew to $1.7 billion because no one has matched all six numbers, the game continues making lower tier big winners in Maryland, including a $1 million prize on a ticket sold in Pikesville on the Wednesday (Sept. 3) drawing. The Wednesday drawing also produced four third-tier prizes of $50,000 each on [...]

Suitland Couple Looking to Make $100K Mega Multiplier Prize Keep Multiplying

September 3, 2025

A “Happy Couple” from Suitland had 100,000 extra reasons to be happy after winning a $100,000 top prize on the FAST PLAY game Mega Multiplier.

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $1.4 Billion for Tonight’s Drawing

September 3, 2025

Powerball fever is in the air and Marylanders can purchase a ticket for tonight’s drawing until 9:59 p.m. This morning, the jackpot bumped up to an estimated annuity value of $1.4 billion with an estimated cash option of $634.3 million. This is the fourth-largest jackpot since the inception of Powerball in 1992, and the sixth-largest [...]

Videos Raise Awareness of Responsible Gambling Issues and Resources in Maryland

September 2, 2025

A collaborative effort by Maryland Lottery and Gaming and two other state agencies has produced a set of informational videos that spotlight responsible gambling and the related resources available to Maryland residents. The videos arrive just in time for Responsible Gaming Education Month, a campaign sponsored each September by the American Gaming Association that aims [...]

Powerball Grows to $1.1 Billion; Six Tickets Worth $50K or More Sold in Maryland

August 31, 2025

The Powerball jackpot continues to climb since withno jackpot winner in last night’s drawing. Five winning tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in College Park, Elkridge, Forestville, Severn and Stevensville, while one winner took home a $150,000 prize in Swanton (Garrett County). The winning numbers for the Aug. 30 drawing are: 3, 18, 22, 27, [...]

Lottery Ticket Puts Retired Railroad Worker On Track To $100,000 Win

August 29, 2025

Clifford Briggs scored his biggest lottery prize to date: a $100,000 win on the Double Your Money scratch-off.

Gaithersburg Player Picks Up $50K Powerball Prize as Jackpot Grows to $950M

August 28, 2025

Powerball continues to roll along since there was no jackpot winner in last night’s drawing (Aug. 28). One player in Gaithersburg, however, was able to get in on the action and grabbed a $50,000 third-tier prize. The winning numbers for the Aug. 27 drawing are: 9, 12, 22, 41 and 61; the Powerball is 25. [...]