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Gaithersburg Store Sells First FAST PLAY 20X Cash Winner for $311,795

September 12, 2025

Someone’s weekend got off to a great start after buying one of the new FAST PLAY 20X Cash tickets Thursday evening, Sept. 11, in Gaithersburg and winning a $311,795 progressive jackpot. The $20 FAST PLAY ticket was released Monday, Sept. 8, and the winning ticket sold in Gaithersburg was the first progressive jackpot-winner purchased. It was [...]

September Lottery Events Filled with Fun, Music and Football

September 11, 2025

Fall is almost here and the Maryland Lottery has a full slate of events on hand for the rest of September. You’ll find us in Baltimore City, along with Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Prince George’s counties. We kick off this weekend on Saturday, Sept. 13 in Westminster for the annual Maryland Wine Festival. We’ll be [...]

Happy Accident Boosts Baltimore County Woman’s Pick 5 Prize to $150,000

September 11, 2025

Her off-and-on style of playing the Maryland Lottery won her the first $100,000, but a Baltimore County woman’s mistake, initially costing her $2, increased her Pick 5 win to $150,000 in the Sept. 8 drawing. She doesn’t play all the time, but when she buys tickets, it’s always for the next two drawings. While claiming [...]

Suitland Grandmother Wins $34,775 on Racetrax with Quick Pick

September 11, 2025

A Suitland woman recalled looking up at the Racetrax monitor at with a big smile when she realized she won $34,775 on the animated horse race game. The Prince George County resident said Sept. 11 after she claimed her prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore that she had been using her birth date as a [...]

Special Numbers Yield $50,000 Powerball Win for Halethorpe Man

September 11, 2025

Everyone was watching the Powerball jackpot as it grew to $1.787 billion before it was won on tickets in Missouri and Texas. A lottery fan in Halethorpe made sure he purchased tickets the day before the Sept. 6 drawing. Good thing he did because, while he didn’t hit the jackpot, he was one of five [...]

Bonus Match 5 Newcomer From Baltimore Wins $50,000 Top Prize

September 11, 2025

He’s a regular player, a Baltimore resident said on Sept. 9 when he claimed his $50,000 prize on one of two or three tickets he had purchased. Typically, his tickets consist of one of the daily Pick games or scratch-offs. What you wouldn’t find in his Lottery collection, at least until mid-August, was a Bonus [...]

$50K Winners on Sept 10: Bonus Match 5 in Berlin, Powerball in Belcamp

September 11, 2025

Check your tickets from the Sept. 10 Powerball and Bonus Match 5 drawings because one of each of those tickets is worth $50,000. The winning Bonus Match 5 ticket was sold at Ocean Downs Casino at 10218 Racetrack Road in Berlin. The third-tier Powerball winner was sold at All in One Convenience Store at 1327 [...]

Lottery Enthusiast from Salisbury Scratches for a Second Big Win: $100,000

September 11, 2025

A passionate Maryland Lottery player from Salisbury made the trek to Baltimore Sept. 10 to claim a $100,000 top prize on the $100,000 Crossword 8th Edition scratch-off, marking her second big Lottery prize. She recalled after claiming her winnings that she won a $10,000 prize more than a decade ago. “I love the bingo and [...]

Howard County Man Adds $50K Scratch-off Win to a Great 2025

September 10, 2025

A Howard County man has been on a roll in life and it just got even better as he was a $50,000 winner on a $5,000,000 Fortune Maryland Lottery scratch-off. "It was my birthday in August and now I won on a scratch-off. I'm retiring soon and my first grandchild is on the way," the winner said with a smile. [...]

Fort Washington Man Claims His Second $50,000 Prize Thanks to Powerball

September 10, 2025

It was seven years ago when Daryl Colter of Fort Washington claimed a $50,000 Bonus Match 5 prize. More recently, he tried his luck with $10 worth of Powerball quick pick tickets and, though he didn’t score that elusive jackpot prize, he did end up with $50,000 third-tier prize. During the recent Powerball mania when [...]

Aberdeen Great Grandmother Wins $50,000 for Second Time in 2025

September 10, 2025

“Ms. Bee” of Aberdeen won $50,000 twice in 2025, this time on the Ice scratch-off.

Three is the Magic Number for Bonus Match 5 as Three Players win $50K

September 10, 2025

Last night’s Bonus Match 5 drawing produced three $50,000 winners in three communities across the state: Bladensburg, Chevy Chase and Glen Burnie. The top-tier winning numbers drawn on Sept. 9 are all divisible by 3, being: 3, 6, 9, 18, 27. The Bonus Ball is 25 (which, of course, is not divisible by 3, but [...]

Cumberland Man Surprised by $140,569 FAST PLAY Win

September 10, 2025

Cumberland resident Scott Twigg won’t stop working, but a $140,569 win on the FAST PLAY Lucky Numbers game will put him on track for a major lifestyle change.

Easton Man Trembles in Disbelief After a $50,000 Powerball Win

September 10, 2025

Just this past Saturday, Sept. 6, an Easton man, along with millions of other people, was scrambling to get a hold of that $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot. The jackpot win may have eluded everyone in Maryland, but it didn’t stop this man from coming away with a $50,000 Powerball prize. When asked after claiming his [...]

Big Jackpot Prompts Montgomery Man to Play and he Wins $50K on Powerball

September 10, 2025

A Montgomery County man decided to purchase a few Powerball tickets when the jackpot was at $1.4 billion for the Sept. 3 drawing, and, while he didn’t win all the marbles, he did hit for a $50,000 third-tier prize. "I'm an infrequent player, but I try to play once a month, or when the jackpot [...]

Bel Air Scratch-Off Novice Calls Sister for Advice and Wins $50K

September 9, 2025

A woman from Bel Air typically only plays Maryland Lottery games when there’s an eye-catching jackpot. That was exactly the case recently, but instead of just buying Powerball tickets last week, she also picked up a MONOPOLY™ X20 scratch-off and won a $50,000 top prize. “We didn’t believe it until right this second,” the winner said [...]

Retired Frederick Woman Wins $100,000 Playing $5,000,000 Fortune Scratch-Off

September 9, 2025

A Frederick County retiree is celebrating a $100,000 win on the $5,000,000 Fortune scratch-off, a $50 game. The winner, who has enjoyed playing Maryland Lottery games for the past 15 years, stopped by Lottery headquarters in Baltimore on Sept. 9 to claim her prize and share her story. While she’s played on and off for [...]

Pasadena Man Wins a $50,000 on Break the Bank Scratch-Off – While at the Bank

September 9, 2025

An Anne Arundel County man went to, as 1930s gangster Willie Sutton famously said, “where the money is” last week in pursuit of a Lottery prize. The house painter scratched a Break the Bank scratch-off while waiting in line - at a bank. Unsurprisingly, the $50,000 top prize he uncovered left him a bit flustered [...]

New Jersey Man Visiting Relatives in Maryland Wins $50,000 Powerball Prize

September 9, 2025

A New Jersey man visiting relatives in Maryland was out for a walk in the park with his nephews Aug. 30 when it occurred to him he should buy a ticket for the Powerball drawing that evening. The jackpot, after all, was at $950 million. He didn’t win the big prize – the jackpot would [...]