Category Archives: Powerball

The Week in Winners: As Jackpot Nears $1 Billion, Maryland Players Win Mega Millions Prizes

Lottery wins last week totaled more than $31.7 million, with 34 tickets worth $10,000 or more With the Mega Millions jackpot closing in on a billion dollars, player attention is focused on the multi-state jackpot games, resulting in five Mega Millions wins of $10,000 or more across Maryland in the past week, and two big [...]

Silver Spring Woman Stresses Over Big Powerball Win

Player stunned by $50,000 third-tier prize won in Dec. 2 drawing A longtime Lottery player was so shocked by her recent $50,000 third-tier Powerball win that she became ill from the excitement. The Montgomery County woman won the big prize in the Dec. 2 drawing. A certified nursing assistant, she was chasing a $224 million […]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Delivers three $50K Prizes, as Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls Past $600M

Lottery prizes last week totaled nearly $32.2 million, with 42 tickets worth $10,000 or more The latest Powerball jackpot of $256 million was won in Saturday night’s drawing on a ticket sold in Queens, New York, but in Maryland the rolling jackpot game generated three wins at the $50,000 level last week. While the New [...]

Family Birthdays Deliver Powerball Surprise

Prince George’s County man wins $50,000 in Dec. 2 drawing He made the switch a month ago, a Lanham resident told Lottery officials this week. He stopped relying on the quick-pick option to select his Powerball numbers, after having done so for years. He has instead used family birthdates and years for his numbers these […]

Trio of $50,000-Winning Powerball Tickets Sold in Dec. 2 Drawing

Players bought lucky tickets in Pasadena, Landover, Takoma Park Happier holidays are here for the owners of three Powerball tickets from the Monday, Dec. 2 drawing. The tickets sold in Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are worth $50,000 each! Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 9,459 total Maryland winners of prizes [...]

The Week in Winners: District Heights Scratch-Off Worth $250,000 Biggest of 28 Large Lottery Wins

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $34.2 million, with 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more A $250,000 scratch-off win in District Heights, a $75,000 FAST PLAY score in Hyattsville and an assortment of $50,000 prizes on tickets sold in Germantown, Middle River and Sharpsburg topped the Lottery list of big winners last week. Across [...]

The Week in Winners: Aberdeen $1 Million Scratch Ticket Biggest of 33 Large Lottery Hauls

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $29.4 million, with 33 tickets worth $10,000 or more Aberdeen has a new millionaire thanks to a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket, while a Keno ticket worth more than $150,000 sold last week in Hyattsville is unclaimed, and another three scratch-off tickets yielded $100,000 prizes for players in Baltimore, [...]

$50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Allegany County

Third-tier winning ticket purchased in town of Cresaptown The chilly storm that brought snow overnight to the mountaintops of Western Maryland left a heart-warming surprise for the Powerball player who bought a winning $50,000 ticket in Allegany County for the Nov. 20 drawing. The ticket was purchased at Lashbaugh’s Bar & Grill, located at 13144 […]

The Week in Winners: $2.9 Million FAST PLAY Ticket, $500,000 Scratch-Off are Week’s Top Wins

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $34.4 million, with 27 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY ticket sold in Randallstown on Nov. 14 delivered the Maryland Lottery’s largest prize of the past week and the biggest win in the nearly five-year history of FAST PLAY games. A $30 VIP Club ticket sold [...]

Vintage Car Aficionado Takes Home Third Big Lottery Win

Waldorf man claims $150,000 prize on Powerball quick-pick ticket with Power Play About three times a week, a Charles County man makes a trip to his favorite Lottery retailer and plays either Mega Millions or Powerball. He’s no stranger to big Lottery wins, having scored prizes twice on back-to-back $30 Pick 4 bets. This time, […]

The Week in Winners: Salisbury $100K Prize Tops List as Nine $50K Tickets Also Won this Past Week

Lottery prizes last week totaled nearly $27.9 million, with 32 tickets worth $10,000 or more Winter came early for a player in Salisbury who claimed a $100,000 Snowflake Tripler scratch-off top prize. Another nine tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Church Hill, Easton, Germantown, Glen Burnie, Mount Rainier, Odenton (two), New Market and Westminster [...]

Weekend Brings $200,000 in Combined Winnings in Two Draw Games

$150,000-winning Powerball ticket, $50,000-winning Bonus Match 5 ticket sold What a winner of a weekend! Lucky Powerball and Bonus Match 5 players won $150,000 and $50,000, respectively, in drawings on Sunday, Nov. 10 and Monday, Nov. 11. Charles County is becoming a lucky location for Powerball players as a second $150,000 third-tier winning ticket was […]

Financial Advisor Humbled by $150,000 Powerball Prize

Charles County woman still can’t believe her luck  A Southern Maryland woman told Lottery officials last week that she deals with six-digit even seven-digit dollar amounts nearly every day. One would think, then, that the $150,000 Powerball prize she had just claimed wouldn’t phase her a bit. One would be wrong. “It’s one thing when […]

The Week in Winners: Multi-Match Millionaire, $150,000 Powerball Win Lead Top Prize List

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $28.9 million, with 24 tickets worth $10,000 or more Rolling jackpot games were the source of the biggest Maryland Lottery wins in the past week, making a Multi-Match player in Glenn Dale a millionaire and giving a $150,000 prize to a Powerball player in Waldorf. Across the state, [...]