Category Archives: Mega Millions

The Week in Winners: Mega Millions, FAST PLAY Winners Highlight the Week

August 1, 2022
Players across state won more than $29.6 million during week ending July 31 A historic Mega Millions jackpot was won in Illinois on July 29, and meanwhile, amid excitement about the $1.337 billion prize, 49 Maryland Lottery players across the state won prizes of $10,000 or more last week on a variety of tickets. Three [...]

Historic Mega Millions Jackpot Roll Ends With Winner in Illinois

July 30, 2022

$1.28 billion jackpot is second-largest in Mega Millions history A Mega Millions jackpot roll that lasted more than three months came to an end as one jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Illinois for the July 29 drawing. With an estimated annuity value of $1.28 billion, it was the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the third-largest […]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Player in Baltimore Wins $170,908 FAST PLAY Jackpot

July 18, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $27.9 million during week ending July 17 A Maryland Lottery player in Baltimore City scored a $170,908 FAST PLAY progressive jackpot win on July 15, and three other players each won $100,000 last week, one on a FAST PLAY ticket purchased in Germantown and two on scratch-off tickets purchased in [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Luck Lands in Frederick With Bonus Match 5 Six-Pack, Scratch-off Millionaire

July 5, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $27.9 million during week ending July 3 A Frederick retailer sold six top-prize-winning Bonus Match 5 tickets totaling more than $300,000 in prize money in the July 3 drawing of the daily game. Meanwhile, a scratch-off ticket sold in Frederick delivered a $1 million prize last week. The Bonus Match [...]

The Week in Winners: $100,000 Prizes in Baltimore, Mardela Springs, Towson Highlight the Week

June 27, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $27.9 million during week ending June 26 Maryland Lottery players in Baltimore, Towson and the Eastern Shore community of Mardela Springs each began the first official week of summer with celebrations after redeeming scratch-off tickets worth $100,000 last week. Those three big wins were among 27 winning tickets worth [...]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life, Scratch-off Tickets Deliver Pair of $1 Million Prizes

June 21, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $35.1 million during week ending June 19 Two Maryland Lottery players are new millionaires courtesy of a Cash4Life ticket and a Money Explosion scratch-off. The Snider family from Gambrills is on the hunt for a bigger house after dad Gregory Snider claimed the second-tier Cash4Life prize. The 33-year-old heavy equipment [...]

The Week in Winners: Pick 5 Purchase in Capitol Heights Delivers $450,000 for Biggest Win of the Week

June 13, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $34.8 million during week ending June 12 Winning a $1 straight bet on Pick 5 pays a $50,000 prize, but buying multiple tickets quickly turns a big prize into a really big prize, as a Washington, D.C., resident recently found out. She bought $9 worth of tickets with the [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Players in Annapolis, Baltimore, Silver Spring Enjoy Week’s Biggest Wins

June 6, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $34.6 million during week ending June 5 Maryland Lottery players won an eye-popping 50 prizes of $10,000 or more last week, led by a Racetrax ticket worth $102,419 sold in Silver Spring, and two $100,000 scratch-offs sold in Baltimore City and Annapolis. During the seven days ending June 5, the [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Makes New Millionaires on Upper and Lower Eastern Shore

May 31, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $30.1 million during week ending May 29 Two Maryland Lottery players became millionaires last week, and one of them may not even know it yet. A scratch-off player in Wicomico County claimed one of the life-changing prizes last week, but the Lottery is still waiting to greet the Mega [...]

Boonsboro Man Lands $44,000 Mega Millions Prize

May 26, 2022

Washington County player quadruples prize with Megaplier feature Adding the Megaplier option to his Mega Millions ticket and playing the same four numbers on three lines of his $9 ticket gave a Boonsboro man a $44,000 prize in the May 17 drawing. The Washington County resident visited his local Lottery retailer, Martin’s #6104 located at […]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs, Pick 5, Mega Millions Deliver Big Prizes Across Maryland

May 23, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $32.5 million during week ending May 22 Maryland Lottery players in Crisfield and Upper Marlboro landed $100,000 prizes last week, while a lucky Lexington Park retailer sold two $50,000-winning Pick 5 tickets, and a Mega Millions player in Hagerstown bought a ticket for the May 17 drawing worth $44,000 [...]

Bowie Man Lands $20,000 Mega Millions Prize

May 2, 2022

Loyal player doubles prize with Megaplier feature Adding the Megaplier option to Mega Millions tickets is standard practice these days for a loyal Lottery player from Bowie. His decision to do so when he bought a Quick Pick ticket for the March 25 drawing wound up doubling his prize to $20,000. The Prince George’s County […]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs Deliver Six-Figure Prizes in Bladensburg, Brooklyn Park, Riverdale, Takoma Park

May 2, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $32.4 million during week ending May 1 A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Bladensburg landed a $500,000 prize last week, and three other scratch-off tickets purchased in Brooklyn Park, Riverdale and Takoma Park each paid $100,000. In all, 27 tickets worth $10,000 or more were either sold or redeemed in [...]