Category Archives: FAST PLAY

The Week in Winners: Four in Maryland Win $50,000 on Powerball as Jackpot Balloons to $1.6 Billion

December 22, 2025
As the Powerball jackpot swelled to an annuity value of $1.6 billion, four players in Maryland were off by one in the past week for $50,000 third-tier wins. The four big wins – one each in Bowie, Gwynn Oak, Hagerstown and Stevensville – were among 26 Maryland Lottery scores of $10,000 or more in the [...]

The Week in Winners: Six in Maryland Miss Powerball Jackpot by One, Winning $50,000 to $1 Million

December 15, 2025
No one has matched all six Powerball numbers since early September, pushing the jackpot to more than $1 billion. But in last week’s three drawings, six Powerball players in Maryland were off by one, matching five of six winning numbers for prizes ranging from $50,000 to $1 million. The six big Powerball tickets were among [...]

Bethesda Player Cracks Combination for $111,971 FAST PLAY Jackpot

December 11, 2025
It was late November when a Lottery player from Montgomery County was engaged in a favorite activity: playing Lottery games. Among the purchases to be checked was a $5 FAST PLAY Cash Combination progressive jackpot ticket, which turned out to be a $111,971 winner. The Bethesda resident, who plays all Lottery games aside from Racetrax, [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 in Havre de Grace; Powerball Rolls to $740 Million

December 1, 2025
A half-million-dollar scratch-off sold in Havre de Grace and a $111,971 FAST PLAY ticket in Bethesda topped the Maryland Lottery list of big winners for the week. As the Powerball jackpot inched toward three quarters of a billion dollars, two Maryland players won $50,000 third-tier prizes. Tonight’s Powerball jackpot (Dec. 1) has an estimated annuity [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Scratch-Offs Deliver $100,000 Prizes in Adelphi, Port Deposit

November 24, 2025
The Powerball jackpot is still rolling, with the big prize sitting at an estimated annuity value of $654 million, with an estimated cash value of $303.2 million for Monday night’s drawing. Maryland saw a $50,000 Powerball winner last week, but the state’s two biggest prizes came on a pair of scratch-offs worth $100,000 each that [...]

The Week in Winners: Five Mega Millions Players Win Five-Digit Prizes as Mega Millions Jackpot Roll Ends

November 17, 2025
While a player in Georgia won the $980 Million Mega Millions jackpot on Nov. 14, the game’s two drawings last week delivered five big prizes for players in Maryland: two wins of $30,000 each in Bryans Road and Towson, and three $20,000 prizes on tickets sold in District Heights, Elkridge and Temple Hills. Meanwhile, as [...]

The Week in Winners: $5 Million Scratch-Off in Germantown, $770K Multi-Match in Silver Spring Top Wins

November 10, 2025
A scratch-off worth $5 million sold in Germantown was the biggest Maryland Lottery win of the past week, edging out a $770,000 Multi-Match jackpot win in Silver Spring and a FAST PLAY score of $125,985 in Annapolis on the hot ticket leaderboard. On all games, players won nearly $34.4 million across Maryland in the week [...]

The Week in Winners: Ten Pick 5 Tickets in Clarksburg Give $500K Prize; Two Scratch-Offs Pay $100K Each

November 3, 2025
Two brothers claimed $500,000 in prize money from 10 Pick 5 tickets for the midday drawing on Oct. 29 purchased in Clarksburg, while scratch-off players in Denton and Rockville collected $100,000 each, for the top Maryland Lottery wins of the past week. On all games, players won more than $29.8 million across Maryland in the [...]

The Week in Winners: Racetrax Horses with Long Odds Give Players Big Lottery Wins

October 27, 2025
Horses with long odds finished in the money in two Racetrax games, one each on Oct. 24 and Oct. 26, giving players in Baltimore, Fort Washington, Laurel, Suitland, Takoma Park, and Waldorf big paydays last week. On Oct. 24, the first four horses to finish were 12, 11, 10 and 1, resulting in four of [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Make Millionaires in Annapolis and Owings Mills

October 20, 2025
Maryland Lottery scratch-offs made millionaires in Annapolis and Owings Mills and two Powerball players who missed the jackpot by a single number still ended up with tickets worth $150,000 and $50,000 in Accokeek and Morningside, respectively. On all games, players won more than $30.1 million across Maryland in the week Oct. 13-19, including 28 tickets [...]

Holiday Scratch-offs Return with Popular Cash and Dash Shopping Spree Prize

October 17, 2025
The holiday season will be here before you know it, and the Maryland Lottery is celebrating today with the launch of six new scratch-offs and the return of our Holiday second-chance promotion. For the first time since 2020, the second-chance promotion offers the chance to win a Cash and Dash Shopping Spree in Chicago. Six [...]