Author Archives: Una Ruth

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Jackpot in Rockville, $100K Scratch-Off in Baltimore City are Week’s Top Prizes

For the second week in a row, a FAST PLAY progressive jackpot was the Maryland Lottery’s largest prize, as a Big Money Doubler ticket sold Oct. 12 in Rockville delivered more than $128,000 to a lucky player. And a Double Your Money scratch-off sold in Baltimore City paid a $100,000 top prize. Meanwhile, the Mega [...]

The Week in Winners: Players Win $100K in Lanham and Temple Hills, Topping Big Prize List

A Maryland Lottery player in Lanham picked up a sweet $100,000 win on the FAST PLAY WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ ticket over the weekend, and a Temple Hills player claimed $100,000 last week on a scratch-off, topping the Lottery’s big prizes of the week. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Pays $100K in Oxon Hill, $50K in Baltimore as Jackpot Reaches $501 Million

Though no one matched all the Powerball numbers from the last drawing pushing the annuity jackpot over half a billion dollars, two players in Maryland hit for substantial amounts: $100,000 in Oxon Hill and $50,000 in Baltimore. The next Powerball drawing is tonight, Aug. 11, and the estimated annuity jackpot is $501 million, with an [...]

The Week in Winners: Ravens Scratch-Offs Pay Lottery Players $200,000 Each in Baltimore, Hagerstown

Lottery paid nearly $30.6 million in prizes for the week, with 43 tickets worth $10,000 or more The Ravens X10 scratch-off ticket paid players in Baltimore and Hagerstown $200,000 each, while another 10 players across Maryland won Lottery prizes of $50,000 or more. Those $50,000-plus prizes came on tickets sold in Baltimore (two), Bethesda, Columbia, [...]

$84,503-Winning FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Ticket Sold in Whiteford

One lucky Lottery player hit a home run today when they purchased a winning FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings progressive jackpot ticket worth $84,503. The winning ticket was purchased at Saubel’s Market at 2902 Whiteford Avenue in Whiteford on May 9. For selling the ticket, the Harford County retailer receives a $845.03 bonus […]

Credit Card Balance Paid Thanks to Pick 5 Win

Upper Marlboro man wins $50,000 prize using credit card balance as numbers Isn’t it ironic? A Prince George’s County man uses the five numbers from his credit card balance to play on a Pick 5 ticket – and wins $50,000 – enough to pay off that balance and then some. The friendly Upper Marlboro man […]