Una Ruth – Maryland Lottery

The Week in Winners: $60,000 Prize on THE BIG SPIN and 11 Wins of $50,000 Highlight the Week

August 24, 2026

True to its name, THE BIG SPIN scratch-off ticket helped to deliver the biggest Maryland Lottery prize of the past week, as a Baltimore resident spun her way to a $60,000 win on Aug. 17. Meanwhile, seven Pick 5 tickets, three Bonus Match 5 tickets and a Powerball ticket were responsible for 11 prizes of [...]

Powerball Ticket Sold in Waldorf Worth $50,000

August 20, 2026

The Powerball jackpot is back down from the stratospheric range at $68 million after a $1.04 billion win last week in Illinois. But as the big prize is starting to build again, Maryland had a $50,000 third-tier winner in the Aug. 19 drawing on a ticket sold in Waldorf. Missing the big money by one [...]

The Week in Winners: Laurel Player’s $2 Million Scratch-off Prize Tops Another Exciting Week of Maryland Lottery Wins

July 27, 2026

A $2 million winning Diamonds & Gold scratch-off purchased in Laurel led the past week of big Maryland Lottery wins. Next on the list was a FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings $63,886 progressive jackpot win in Waldorf. Statewide, the Lottery paid more than $30.2 million in prizes from July 20-26, including 18 tickets [...]

Baltimore Contractor Eases into $53,144 Racetrax Win

July 27, 2026

A recently retired Baltimore contractor has added another memorable chapter to his history of Lottery wins after claiming a $53,144 Racetrax prize. The longtime Lottery player enjoys trying his luck with scratch-offs, FAST PLAY games and Racetrax. This time, however, a last-minute change in routine made all the difference. On the day of the win, June [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 Prize in Dundalk as Powerball, Mega Millions Jackpots Keep Climbing

July 20, 2026

As the jackpots for Mega Millions and Powerball continued to rise, Maryland Lottery players had a successful week, led by a $500,000 prize on a Gifts of Green scratch-off ticket sold in Dundalk. Meanwhile, as the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated annuity value of $707 million ($307.7 million estimated cash value) for the [...]

Middle River Man Initially in Disbelief After $100,000 Scratch-Off Win

July 7, 2026

A Maryland Lottery player from Middle River enjoys playing scratch-offs because he likes the idea of winning big. In the past, he's enjoyed a few surprises of winning more than $100, but recently he was especially taken aback when he saw $100,000 under a matching number on the 50X the Cash scratch-off he was holding. [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-Off Sold in Windsor Mill is Top Maryland Lottery Prize of the Week

July 6, 2026

A Baltimore resident claimed the past week’s biggest Maryland Lottery win, as a Triple Red 777s scratch-off ticket sold in Windsor Mill delivered a $1 million top prize. Meanwhile, a $182,263 FAST PLAY progressive jackpot Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings ticket was sold in Parkton; a Charles County resident won $110,000 when THE BIG SPIN [...]

Maryland Lottery Winners Travel to Chicago for Cash and Dash Spree

June 12, 2026

Maryland Lottery second-chance winners celebrate after participating in the Cash and Dash Shopping Spree in Chicago.

Virginia Man Crosses Border for $50,000 Scratch-off Win

June 12, 2026

A McLean, Virginia, man is thanking his lucky stars after crossing state lines and scratching his way to a $50,000 win on the Maryland Lottery’s $50,000 Cash scratch-off. Last weekend the big winner was running errands and had just finished grocery shopping, before heading to the Brighton Beer & Wine Store in Gaithersburg. The occasional [...]

Bonus Match 5 Tickets Sold in Bowie Bring $100,000 Payday

June 12, 2026

Someone’s weekend is off to great start after two Bonus Match 5 tickets sold back-to-back in Bowie matched the first five numbers drawn last night for two $50,000 wins, totaling $100,000. The winning numbers for the Thursday, June 11, drawing are: 25, 27, 37, 38 and 39. The Bonus Ball number is 12. T&T Liquors [...]

Baltimore Vietnam Veteran Wins $57,777 Scratch-off Prize

June 12, 2026

A Vietnam veteran and longtime Lottery player from Baltimore scored a $57,777 payday thanks to a top-prize win on the $5 Lucky 7s Tripler scratch-off. “I was shocked. I had to go to one of the machines. I didn’t believe it,” he said June 11 when he claimed the prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. [...]

Kent County Man Finds ‘Too Many Sevens,’ on Scratch-Off, Wins $50,000

June 4, 2026

When he buys his tickets, a Kent County Lottery player said he ponders the question, “what if…” Specifically, he daydreams about what he would do with a life-changing windfall. When he recently bought a $20 Triple Red 777s scratch-off, he was, of course, hoping for one of the game’s $1 million top prizes. And while [...]

St. Mary’s Player Wins $100,000 on Lottery Scratch-Off

June 4, 2026

A couple of Saturdays ago, May 23, was a particularly rainy day. So much so that a retired St. Mary’s County woman almost didn’t tackle a chore on her list for the day. She went back and forth, but ultimately deciding that it needed doing. This was a very profitable choice, for among the items [...]

Upper Marlboro Grandmother Wins $30,000 on Ms.PAC-MAN Scratch-off

June 4, 2026

An Upper Marlboro woman who thought she had won $30 on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off instead discovered she was holding a $30,000 top-prize winner. The grandmother of 10 claimed the first top prize on the $3 Ms.PAC-MAN scratch-off game on June 3 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. The game has been on sale since April [...]

Seafood Carry-Out Owner in Aberdeen Wins $50,000 on Scratch-Off

May 20, 2026

It was only a few months ago that a seafood carry-out owner claimed a $500 scratch-off win. Since then he has upped the ante as he claimed an even bigger prize May 18, thanks to a Bonus Bingo X10 scratch-off that was good for a $50,000 payday. One day, after getting off work, the Abingdon [...]

Silver Spring Man Sews Up $50,800 Bonus Match 5 Win

May 13, 2026

A Silver Spring resident got quite the surprise while checking his Lottery numbers at home when he discovered he was holding a winning $50,800 Bonus Match 5 ticket. The retired Nordstrom tailoring department employee is a longtime Maryland Lottery player who enjoys playing Bonus Match 5. For the May 7 drawing, he purchased his ticket [...]

Another Night, Another $50,000 Bonus Match 5 Prize

May 8, 2026

For the second consecutive night, the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5 game produced a $50,000 top-prize winner on May 7. The big winner in Thursday night’s drawing was sold at Colesville Beer & Wine at 13468 New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. The ticket matched the five winning numbers, 3, 8, 14, 17 and 29. [...]

License Plate from Old Car in St. Mary’s Turns into a $50,000 Prize on Pick 5

May 7, 2026

A St. Mary's County woman used numbers from an old car to win $50,000 on Pick 5. According to the grandmother, her husband has an old car in the driveway that she wants him to remove. While she was looking at the eyesore one day, she decided to use the situation to win some cash. [...]

Buy-One-Get-One Promotion Leads to $50,000 Lottery Win in Calvert County

May 7, 2026

The idea that “two for one is just more fun” really rang true for a Calvert County woman. She purchased a $5 FAST PLAY ticket on May 5 that led to a $50,000 win on the Bonus Match 5 game the next day. She and her husband were out for food and drinks at Anthony’s [...]

Three Win $50K on Powerball, Bonus Match 5 in Northern Calvert, Annapolis

May 7, 2026

Last night’s Bonus Match 5 and Powerball drawings resulted in three $50,000 wins, two in northern Calvert County and one in Annapolis. The May 6 Powerball drawing generated two third-tier $50,000 wins in Maryland, one in Annapolis and the other in the Calvert community of North Beach. Powerball numbers for the May 6 drawing are: [...]