Category Archives: Scratch-Offs

Maryland Lottery Selects Four Artists for Maryland Treasures Scratch-Off

September 16, 2025
The Maryland Lottery is proud to announce the selection of four winners in the Maryland Treasures Art Contest. The winning artwork was chosen from nearly 2,200 entries, and will be featured on the Maryland Treasures scratch-off ticket, which will go on sale in March 2026. The Lottery launched the contest on July 1, inviting Maryland [...]

District Heights Woman ‘Nearly Fell on the Floor’ After $50,000 Scratch-off Win

September 16, 2025
A longtime Maryland Lottery player from District Heights reports that she nearly fell on the floor when she realized she had won $50,000 on the $5 scratch-off Cash Blast. She bought the ticket at the Safeway store at 10276 Southern Maryland Boulevard in the Calvert County community of Dunkirk, she said Sept. 12 when she [...]

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 [...]

Lottery Enthusiast from Salisbury Scratches for a Second Big Win: $100,000

September 11, 2025
A passionate Maryland Lottery player from Salisbury made the trek to Baltimore Sept. 10 to claim a $100,000 top prize on the $100,000 Crossword 8th Edition scratch-off, marking her second big Lottery prize. She recalled after claiming her winnings that she won a $10,000 prize more than a decade ago. “I love the bingo and [...]

Bel Air Scratch-Off Novice Calls Sister for Advice and Wins $50K

September 9, 2025
A woman from Bel Air typically only plays Maryland Lottery games when there’s an eye-catching jackpot. That was exactly the case recently, but instead of just buying Powerball tickets last week, she also picked up a MONOPOLY™ X20 scratch-off and won a $50,000 top prize. “We didn’t believe it until right this second,” the winner said [...]

Retired Frederick Woman Wins $100,000 Playing $5,000,000 Fortune Scratch-Off

September 9, 2025
A Frederick County retiree is celebrating a $100,000 win on the $5,000,000 Fortune scratch-off, a $50 game. The winner, who has enjoyed playing Maryland Lottery games for the past 15 years, stopped by Lottery headquarters in Baltimore on Sept. 9 to claim her prize and share her story. While she’s played on and off for [...]

Pasadena Man Wins a $50,000 on Break the Bank Scratch-Off – While at the Bank

September 9, 2025
An Anne Arundel County man went to, as 1930s gangster Willie Sutton famously said, “where the money is” last week in pursuit of a Lottery prize. The house painter scratched a Break the Bank scratch-off while waiting in line - at a bank. Unsurprisingly, the $50,000 top prize he uncovered left him a bit flustered [...]

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 [...]

30-Year Lottery Player From Gaithersburg Wins $77,000 on Scratch-Off

September 5, 2025
A Maryland Lottery player has finally scratched her way to a top prize after 30 years of playing. The Montgomery County woman stopped by Lottery headquarters Sept. 5 with her daughter to claim her prize and celebrate her win on the $10 Lucky 7s Multiplier scratch-off game. She bought the ticket at her go-to retailer, [...]

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 [...]

From Words to Winning: Baltimore Woman Gets $30,000 Lottery Payday

August 25, 2025
A Baltimore woman’s busy weekend turned into an unforgettable celebration after she scratched her way to a $30,000 top prize playing the Maryland Lottery’s $3 Bonus Crossword 7th Edition scratch-off game. The winner visited Lottery headquarters Aug. 25 with her husband to claim the prize and share her story. Over the weekend, the couple purchased [...]

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 [...]

Ravens Scratch-offs Return; New Unlock the Cash Promotion Launches

August 22, 2025
The start of football season is always exciting, and for the 17th year in a row, the Maryland Lottery is offering Ravens scratch-offs and the chance to win Ravens-themed experiential prizes. Two Ravens scratch-offs hit Lottery retailers today. The $2 Ravens X2 ticket has five top prizes of $20,000. The $10 Ravens X10 instant ticket [...]