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The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off, Powerball Produce Lottery Millionaires in Catonsville, Lexington Park

February 5, 2024
More than $29.9 million in prizes are claimed in the past week throughout Maryland Two Maryland Lottery players are millionaires, one each in Catonsville and Lexington Park, thanks to Powerball and a 100X the Cash scratch-off ticket. And, as the Mega Millions jackpot inched past a third of a billion dollars this week, a player [...]

$50,000 Scratch-off Win Changes the Conversation

January 25, 2024

Glen Burnie housekeeper receives top-prize surprise An Anne Arundel County couple visited Lottery headquarters on Tuesday with a top-prize winning Holiday Cash scratch-off in hand. The excitement delivered by its $50,000 prize was still quite evident on their faces. The win, their biggest ever, had occurred the day before. “I just kept saying, ‘No,’” recalled […]

Racetrax Delivers Big Win to Retired Postal Worker

November 9, 2023

$101,523 prize is largest-ever for frequent player A Washington County Racetrax fan claimed the biggest prize of his life this week. The retired U.S. Postal Service employee and U.S. Army veteran has visited Lottery headquarters several times with winning tickets over the years, but those past wins pale in comparison to the better than $100,000 […]

Howard County Woman Shocked by $100,000 Top-Prize Win

November 8, 2023

Nurse’s calculated approach to playing scratch-offs pays off  A lucky Elkridge resident was floored after revealing a $100,000 top-prize win on a $100,000 Ca$h scratch-off. Her scratch-off research paid off with the biggest prize of her life. The anonymous winner, who is going by the nickname “Meks” to tell her story, stopped by Maryland Lottery […]

Old Address Brings New Cash to Baltimore Mechanic

August 22, 2023
Everyday Pick 5 player wins $50,000 prize   There are two things a 53-year-old Baltimore County man does just about every day. He works on trucks and plays the Lottery. The latest $50,000 Pick 5 top-prize winner gives all the credit for the win to his memory. The winner’s original Pick 5 combination hadn’t been [...]

The Week in Winners: Six-Digit Lottery Prizes Won in Charlotte Hall, Dundalk, Frederick

August 22, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $28.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 20 Maryland Lottery players in Charlotte Hall, Dundalk and Frederick won six-digit prizes in the week that ended Aug. 20, and another four players won $50,000 each in Berlin, Silver Spring (two) and Upper Marlboro. In all, 39 Lottery tickets [...]

Maryland Lottery Kicks off Football Season with Ravens Scratch-offs

August 21, 2023
Second-chance promotion offers cash, season tickets & road trip to Jacksonville There is plenty of excitement this time of year as Ravens fans await the start of their regular season, and the Maryland Lottery launches their popular Ravens-themed scratch-offs. For the 15th season in a row, the Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens are teaming [...]

Roll With It – Former Automotive Worker Rolls Luck to a $50,000 Top-prize

August 21, 2023
A retired automotive worker calling himself “Old Skool” claimed a top prize on the $50,000 cash scratch-off.  A series of lucky tickets leads to top prize on $50,000 Cash scratch-off. A Berlin man found himself feeling particularly lucky this week, and he decided to lean into that luck, leading to a $50,000 top prize on [...]

Third Largest Racetrax Prize Nabbed by Hagerstown Man

August 17, 2023
Special numbers deliver a $200,126 Superfecta win “I’m tired of these small amounts,” said a 32-year-old Hagerstown man when referring to his past Racetrax wins. “I was hoping one day, I’d win big.” Well his wish has come true. The lucky player just won a $200,000 Racetrax prize this week! The laid-back family man stopped [...]

Parkville Bartender Stirred, Not Shaken by $40,044 Racetrax Win

August 17, 2023
Wins Racetrax prize on first wager placed There’s a first time for everything – including winning a big Lottery prize. A Parkville bartender discovered this first-hand while trying the Lottery’s Racetrax game for the first time, winning a $40,044 prize. The 22-year-old bartender told Lottery officials that he was hanging out with a friend at [...]

Jackpot Fever Overcomes Pick 4 Player

August 17, 2023
Baltimore woman wins $40,000 Mega Millions prize She’s a daily Pick 4 player, a Baltimore woman told Lottery officials on Tuesday when she arrived at headquarters to claim a prize she won three weeks ago. Surprisingly, though, it wasn’t her favorite game that brought about her visit. It seems the recent billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot [...]

Eighty-eight-year-old Man Wins $100,000 on Pick 5

August 16, 2023
Baltimore man still working and does not plan to retire An 88-year-old Baltimore man says he enjoys every day, and life just got a little better after winning $100,000 on Pick 5. The lucky winner has been playing variations of his birthday with Pick 3 and Pick 4 for years. He started playing Pick 5 when [...]