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Stevensville Man Wins Lottery Trip to Hawaii and Shot at $1 Million

January 8, 2026

Stevensville resident John Hudson is the winner of a trip to Hawaii thanks to the Maryland Lottery’s JURASSIC PARK second-chance promotion.

Rosedale Woman Takes Home $1 Million Prize in Holiday Raffle

January 7, 2026

Karen L., of Rosedale, credits her late mother for her $1 million Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle win, as the drawing was held on her mom’s birthday.

Queen Anne’s Woman Surprised by $50,000 Powerball Double Play Win

January 7, 2026

A Queen Anne’s County woman has been consistently playing the same Powerball numbers since November of 2024. Lately, she doubled down, adding the Powerball Double Play option and increasing her chance of winning by a factor of 2. The change worked on Jan. 5 when she completely missed winning in the main Powerball drawing but [...]

Dundalk Player Looking for ‘Something New’ Finds $100,000 Holiday Raffle Prize

January 7, 2026

A Dundalk couple left Lottery headquarters with smiles on their faces Dec. 6, having become the latest to claim a big-money prize from the recently concluded Holiday Raffle. Fans of the lottery’s jackpot games, they saw the raffle as an opportunity to try something different. Their $100,000 second-tier win was clear evidence they had achieved [...]

Baltimore Woman Finds $50K Powerball Winner in a Stack of Tickets

January 7, 2026

A Baltimore woman got behind on checking her tickets, but when she got around to it, she discovered a gem: a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket in a pile that accumulated over the span of a month. "I had a bunch of Powerball tickets that I needed to check," she said Jan. 6 when she claimed [...]

Baltimore Man’s Bonus Match 5 Routine Leads to $50,000 Top Prize

January 7, 2026

A Baltimore man with a Lottery plan for playing Bonus Match 5 saw his numbers come up in the Jan. 2 drawing, giving him a payday of $53,200. His method: The first four numbers are always the same, 01,03,06, and 07. He plays that combination nine times, but with a different fifth number on each [...]

Linthicum Couple’s Eighth Holiday Raffle Ticket Purchase Delivers $100,000 Prize

January 7, 2026

A husband and wife from Linthicum who are casual Keno players but also buy Mega Millions and Powerball tickets when jackpots are high were the winners of one of 10 $100,000 prizes in the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle. “I looked at the odds. There were only 325,000 tickets. This is our best chance at a [...]

Prince George’s Double Winner Returns to Claim Second $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

January 7, 2026

A novice Lottery player from Prince George’s County returned to the Winner’s Circle room at Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore on Jan. 6 to claim the second installment of a double $50,000 Pick 5 win from the evening of Oct. 15 when the winning number was 29000. He had two tickets with that combination for the [...]

A Shooting Star Wish Brings $640,000 Win to Queen Anne’s County Woman

January 6, 2026

Margaret Coursey, of Centreville, made a wish on a shooting star to win Powerball, but ended up with a $640,000 Multi-Match jackpot instead. Husband John was at her side when she claimed her winnings. “I didn’t see it coming,” said Margaret Coursey of her recent brush with good fortune. She won $640,000 playing Multi-Match in [...]

$50,000 Powerball Double Play Winning Ticket Sold in Stevensville

January 6, 2026

That Powerball is starting to bounce higher again after a billion-dollar-plus jackpot hit on Christmas Eve, and, with the jackpot now past $100 million, an Eastern Shore player hit for a $50,000 Double Play win in the Jan. 6 drawing. The winning ticket was purchased at the Sunoco Truck Stop at 400 Thompson Creek Road, [...]

Holiday Raffle Concludes With $1 Million Winning Ticket Sold in Pikesville

January 2, 2026

Thousands of Maryland Lottery players are kicking off the new year with some extra money in their pockets, and one of them is a new millionaire. More than 10,000 winning numbers were drawn today in the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle. The $1 million winner is Ticket Number 136188, which was sold Dec. 8 at the [...]

Puzzle Game Enthusiast Wins $50,000 on Lottery Crossword Ticket

January 2, 2026

A devotee of Maryland Lottery bingo and crossword scratch-offs claimed the first of what her husband anticipates will be several big prizes Jan. 2: a $50,000 top prize on the $5 Deluxe Crossword 10th Edition game. The winner said she enjoys playing the bingo and crossword games because they take a longer time to play [...]

Eastern Shore Man Claims $50,000 on Gold Bar Bingo Scratch-Off

January 2, 2026

An Eastern Shore man who says he doesn’t play the Lottery very often reports he was feeling lucky so he purchased a $5 Gold Bar Bingo scratch-off and won a $50,000 top prize. He found his lottery luck at the 7-Eleven convenience store at 410 North Washington Street in Easton. After buying the lone ticket, [...]

Prince George’s Man Returns to Lottery Headquarters to Claim Second Large Prize

January 2, 2026

“The $50,000 Man” claimed his second big Maryland Lottery prize, taking home a third-tier Powerball win to start the new year.

Lexington Park Woman Claims $100,000 MONOPOLY X50 Ticket

January 2, 2026

A Lexington Park woman who says she seldom plays scratch-offs decided to gift herself a few of the games instead of getting her usual Pick 3 or Pick 4 tickets. She bought two $10 MONOPOLY™ X50 tickets and one of them gave her an even bigger gift: a $100,000 top-tier prize. She claimed the windfall Dec. [...]

Annapolis Keno Enthusiast Hits for $32,080 on a 10-Spot Game

December 31, 2025

An avid Keno fan from Annapolis placed a $10 bet with the Super Bonus option for two 10-spot games (for a total ticket price of $60) and brought home a $32,080 win. “That was a nice surprise,” he said New Year’s Eve when he claimed his winnings at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. He was playing [...]

Middle River Woman’s Love of Numbers Leads to $50,000 Bonus Match 5 Win

December 31, 2025

A Baltimore County woman who says “numbers are my life” visited Maryland Lottery headquarters with a Bonus Match 5 ticket in hand featuring a collection of digits, including a line that won her the game’s $50,000 top prize. “I see numbers everywhere,” the retired federal employee said Dec. 29 after claiming her winnings. “Numbers by [...]

Eastern Shore Nurse Ends 2025 with $2 Million Scratch-Off Win

December 31, 2025

Each year, a Wicomico County woman enjoys purchasing scratch-offs to give to some adults on her Christmas list. This year, on Christmas Eve, she was buying those gifts when she decided to treat herself the $30 scratch-off game 200X The Cash. When she got home and scratched ticket, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “I said, [...]