Category Archives: Mega Millions

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: Lottery Makes Millionaire in Baltimore; Tickets in Rockville, Upper Marlboro Pay $100K

August 18, 2025
A Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket made a millionaire in Baltimore, and two other players in Rockville and Upper Marlboro each won $100,000, topping the big winners leaderboard for the past week. Meanwhile, a pair of Powerball players in Gaithersburg and Mechanicsville bought tickets that won $50,000 prizes in the Aug. 16 drawing. The Powerball jackpot [...]

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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Players in Ocean City, Silver Spring Splitting $1.8 Million Among Big Lottery Hits

July 7, 2025
Maryland Lottery players in Ocean City and Silver Spring will be splitting a $1.8 million Multi-Match jackpot after the June 30 drawing and another seven players scored prizes of $50,000 to $100,000 in the past week in Bowie, College Park, Colmar Manor, Jessup, Lexington Park, Nottingham and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, [...]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life Makes a Millionaire in Lanham; Mega Millions, Powerball Deliver Solid Wins

June 23, 2025
Players in Capitol Heights, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, Laurel, Severna Park score $50,000 or more A Maryland Lottery player in Lanham is holding a Cash4Life ticket worth $1,000 a week for life. Meanwhile, as the Powerball jackpot grew to $128 million a player in Riverdale won a $150,000 prize; and Mega Millions players in Catonsville and [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Powerball Players Now Millionaires in Catonsville, Parkville

June 9, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $30.1 million in prizes for the week, with 37 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland has two new millionaires thanks to back-to-back second-tier Powerball wins, and, as the two prizes remain unclaimed as of June 9, it’s worth checking your tickets. The June 2 Powerball drawing produced a $1 million winner on [...]

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

May 27, 2025
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, [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Ticket Pays $500K in College Park While Pick 5 Strategy Yields Big Prizes

May 19, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $31.2 million in prizes for the week, with 34 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket paid a Maryland Lottery player in College Park $500,000 while multiple purchases of the same Pick 5 combinations paid off big for players in Baltimore, Frederick and Lexington Park. Across Maryland, and across all games, [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off in Hanover Pays $2 Million; FAST PLAY Ticket in Dundalk Wins $685K

May 12, 2025
Lottery paid more than $34.1 million in prizes for the week, with 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Maryland Lottery scratch-off purchased in Hanover made a player a millionaire twice over, while a player in Dundalk bought a FAST PLAY ticket worth $685,656, and scratch-off players in Temple Hills and White Marsh claimed prizes [...]

$40,000 Mega Millions Winning Ticket Sold in Hanover

May 7, 2025

Automatic multiplier under new game format quadruples third-tier prize Mega Millions just got bigger in April and we have our first big winner since the game expanded. The May 6 drawing produced a $40,000-winning ticket purchased in Hanover. Exxon at the Mills at 7671 Arundel Mills Boulevard in Anne Arundel County sold the third-tier winning […]

Mega Millions Set to Launch New Features, Prizes, Price

March 25, 2025

Faster-growing jackpots and larger prizes on the way starting April 5 A new version of a game that is an old favorite is coming this spring. Beginning April 5, Mega Millions will feature bigger prizes, larger and faster-growing jackpots, a new built-in multiplier feature, and the starting jackpot amount will go from $20 million to […]

The Week in Winners: Players Hit for $100,000 Each in Cumberland, Randallstown, Upper Marlboro

March 17, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled more than $31.7 million, with 34 tickets worth $10,000 or more Three people -- one each in Cumberland, Randallstown and Upper Marlboro – won $100,000 playing Maryland Lottery scratch-off games, and another six people hit for $50,000 each in Baltimore, Capital Heights, Clinton, Cockeysville, Gaithersburg and Odenton. Across Maryland, and [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Pays $392,970 in Lusby; Home and Garden Show Sprouts $50K win

March 10, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled more than $36.5 million, with 62 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY progressive jackpot win of $392,970 on a ticket sold in the Calvert County community of Lusby topped a long list of Maryland Lottery big winners. Among the 61 other winners was a $50,000 third-tier Powerball ticket [...]

The Week in Winners: Multi-Match Makes Multi-Millionaire; FAST PLAY Pays Big Three Times

March 5, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled nearly $33.6 million, with 38 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Multi-Match player in Parkville is a millionaire three times over and may not know it yet, FAST PLAY wins in Cockeysville, Laurel and Odenton will put $104,438 or more in winners pockets when claims are made, and a scratch-off [...]