Keno – Maryland Lottery

Snack With a Side of Keno Gives $40,016 Surprise to Baltimore Waitress

January 5, 2026

On her way home from a visit with family in early December, a Baltimore woman stopped at a store for a snack. It’s the only scenario that leads to her buying Lottery tickets, and this time was no exception, she said. The main difference: this snack stop with a side of Keno gave her a [...]

The Week in Winners: Pikesville Holiday Raffle Ticket Makes One of Three Lottery Millionaires in Seven Days

January 5, 2026

The Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle final drawing turned a player in Pikesville into a millionaire, while a FAST PLAY ticket in Gaithersburg is also a million-dollar winner and a scratch-off worth $2 million was claimed by an Eastern Shore player, all in the past week. The Holiday Raffle also accounted for 10 of the next [...]

Annapolis Keno Enthusiast Hits for $32,080 on a 10-Spot Game

December 31, 2025

An avid Keno fan from Annapolis placed a $10 bet with the Super Bonus option for two 10-spot games (for a total ticket price of $60) and brought home a $32,080 win. “That was a nice surprise,” he said New Year’s Eve when he claimed his winnings at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. He was playing [...]

The Week in Winners: Waldorf Man Wins on $50K Raffle as Queenstown Player Hits Multi-Match for $640,000

December 29, 2025

The final full week of 2025 brought monster prizes to Lottery players across Maryland including a Holiday Raffle Early Bird winner who claimed a $50,000 prize, clearing the way for the big $1 million drawing on Jan. 2, a $640,000 Multi-Match jackpot win on the Eastern Shore, and a $500,000 Powerball Double Play win in [...]

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 [...]

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: 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 [...]

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

September 29, 2025

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 [...]

Lunchtime Tradition Brings $40K Keno Win

September 17, 2025

A woman from York County, Pa., loves the number 7 and loves to play Keno. On Sept. 11, that winning combination put a $40,000 winning ticket in her pocket while she was having lunch in Harford County, on the Maryland side of the border. The retiree has a tradition of visiting Maryland and going out to lunch with [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Millionaire Tops Lottery Leaderboard as Players Won $31.2 Million Last Week

September 15, 2025

The excitement of a massive Powerball jackpot had subsided by the beginning of last week after a $1.787 billion prize in the Sept. 6 drawing was shared by tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. But there is a chance for a substantial win in every drawing, as demonstrated by a Maryland Lottery player in Prince [...]

Fun Night at Bar Turns into $50K Keno Prize for Bel Air Woman

September 8, 2025

Carolyn Seifert said it was all fun and games during an evening out on the town, leading to her winning $50,020 playing Keno.

The Week in Winners: Powerball Makes a Millionaire, Delivers a Dozen More Big Wins in Maryland as Jackpot Roll Ends

September 8, 2025

Powerball was all the rage for the past week as the jackpot reached an annuity value of $1.787 billion for the Sept. 6 drawing, culminating with two winning tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. Though the jackpot was not hit in Maryland, Powerball players in the state won more than $13.4 million in prizes in [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Powerball Wins Top Big Ticket List as Jackpot Rolls to $1.3 Billion

September 2, 2025

As the Powerball jackpot approached the stratospheric level of $1.3 billion for the drawing on Sept. 3, more Maryland Lottery players bought tickets, leading to eight of the 24 big wins across the state this past week coming on the multi-state jackpot game, including a $500,000 winner in Middle River and a $150,000 winning ticket [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Pays $500,000 in Landover, Riverdale; $1 Million Scratch-Off in Sparrows Point

August 25, 2025

As the Powerball jackpot increased to three quarters of a billion dollars in the past week, Maryland saw two winners at the $500,000 level, one each in Landover and Riverdale, on the game’s Double Play drawing. Another player in Sparrows Point became a millionaire thanks to a scratch-off win. The estimated annuity jackpot for tonight’s [...]

The Week in Winners: 40 Pick 5 Tickets with Same Combination Make Salisbury Player a Millionaire

August 4, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player bought 40 identical Pick 5 tickets for 50 cents each at a store in Salisbury and ended up a millionaire when the numbers were drawn, marking the largest win of the past seven days. The tickets were all purchased at the Apple Drugs store in Salisbury, which receives a bonus of [...]

Upper Marlboro Player Wins a $40,000 Prize a Keno 8-Spot Bet

July 21, 2025

An Upper Marlboro man was on his way to visit a friend. While traveling, he made a stop at a liquor store and decided to add a Keno ticket to his purchase. By the time he arrived at his friend’s house, he had won $40,000. Though Keno is the winner’s usual Lottery game, his stop […]

The Week in Winners: Six Win $50,000 Maryland Lottery Prizes, Including Powerball Player in Elkridge

July 21, 2025

A third-tier Powerball win on a ticket sold in Elkridge was one of six $50,000 Maryland Lottery prizes won in the past week as the multi-state jackpot game inched toward a third of a billion dollars. For the Powerball drawing tonight (July 21), the estimated annuity jackpot is $308 million. The other $50,000 prizes in [...]

Retired Dundalk Resident Wins $40,000 Playing Keno in Rosedale

July 16, 2025

A Maryland Lottery Keno loyalist from Dundalk won $40,000 on the game July 15, but that’s only his second-best win on the game. In July of 2024, he won $50,036 on the same game. He’s also won a few times for prizes in the $20,000 range. “I play almost every day. It’s a lot of […]