Winners – Maryland Lottery

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Puts $141,462 in College Park Player’s Pocket for Week’s Top Win

March 9, 2026

Two FAST PLAY tickets, one in College Park for $141,462 and the other in Frederick for $83,201, gave Maryland Lottery players the biggest wins of the week. Eight other tickets worth $50,000 or more were sold in Baltimore, Bowie Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Lanham and Laurel. Statewide, the Lottery paid more than $31.1 million in prizes from [...]

License Plate Numbers Lead Fort Washington Man $100,000 Holiday Win on Pick 5

March 9, 2026

A Prince George’s County man who kept noticing the same numbers on license plates turned that observation into a $100,000 Lottery prize, thanks to tickets he purchased just days before Christmas. The Fort Washington resident, who was doing a little holiday shopping, bought two $1 Pick 5 tickets with the combination 25121 and ended up [...]

Westminster and Nottingham Players Winners as They “Go for the Green”

March 6, 2026

A “gift” of green and a chance to win even more? Westminster resident Ryan Baker and Patricia Themelis of Nottingham each won $3,500 and $600 worth of Gifts of Green scratch-off tickets.

Greenbelt Man Hopes to Put $50,000 Lottery Prize to Good Use

March 6, 2026

A longtime Maryland Lottery player from Greenbelt is celebrating a big win after scratching his way to a $50,000 prize. The winner visited Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore on March 3 to claim his prize and share the story behind his win. The winner has been playing Lottery games for about 10 years and says [...]

West Virginia Couple Claims Final $100,000 Lottery Holiday Raffle Prize

March 6, 2026

The last of the Maryland Lottery’s Holiday Raffle big prizes was claimed this week when a couple from West Virginia brought a ticket worth $100,000 to Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. And it wasn’t their only win on the game, as they scored prizes of $50 and $500 on the game. The two were in Bethesda [...]

Washington County Woman Plans Home Renovations After $50,000 Win

March 6, 2026

A relative newcomer to Lottery scratch-offs who lives in Washington County got a big surprise on a relatively new scratch-off game: a $50,000 prize. “I just started playing scratch-offs about a year ago,” the public safety employee said March 6 when she claimed the prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. “It’s just something fun to [...]

Baltimore Woman Wins $50,000 Top Prize on Gifted Scratch-Off

March 6, 2026

Elona Logan is all smiles after her daughter gave her a Lottery ticket that ended up being a $50,000 winner.

Frederick Woman Wins First Progressive Jackpot on new FAST PLAY Game

March 5, 2026

A Frederick woman stopped for gas on her way to work and bought a $5 FAST PLAY ticket and ended up with an $83,201 progressive jackpot prize. The player, who claimed the prize March 4 at Lottery headquarters, said the win came on the second FAST PLAY ticket she ever purchased. This win came on [...]

Westminster Player Scores Second Bonus Match 5 $50,000 Top Prize in a Year

March 4, 2026

November has become a remarkable month for a Carroll County woman who recently claimed her second $50,000 top prize on the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5 game in just one year. The Westminster player first experienced the excitement in November 2024 when she won $50,000 playing Bonus Match 5. One year later, in November 2025, [...]

Germantown Granddad Garners $100K Lottery Prize, His Second in 10 Years

March 4, 2026

A longtime Maryland Lottery player from Germantown is celebrating a return to the winner’s circle after two of his Bonus Match 5 tickets delivered prizes totaling $100,060. The Montgomery County grandfather claimed the prize March 3, but that wasn’t his first visit to Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, as he won a $50,000 Bonus Match 5 [...]

Frederick Store Sells $83,201-Winning FAST PLAY World Championship Poker Ticket

March 2, 2026

One Maryland Lottery player kicked off the workweek right thanks to a $83,201 win on the Maryland Lottery’s FAST PLAY World Championship Poker game. The ticket was sold Monday, March 2 at the Sheetz convenience store at 1300 East Patrick Street in Frederick. For selling the ticket, the Frederick County retailer picks up a 1% [...]

Baltimore Counselor Wins $50,000 Thanks to Powerball Double Play Option

March 2, 2026

A Baltimore man is glad he paid the extra $1 for the Double Play option on his Powerball ticket because that’s how he ended up winning $50,000. The counselor checked his Powerball tickets after the first drawing on Feb. 25 and saw he had no matched numbers. But the Double Play option gave him a [...]

The Week in Winners: Severn Player’s Million Dollar Scratch-Off Win Tops Lottery Prize List for Week

March 2, 2026

A scratch-off sold in Severn made a Maryland Lottery player a millionaire and another sold in Parkville turned out to be worth $100,000, topping this week’s list of big winners. Statewide, the Lottery paid more than $31.8 million in prizes from Feb. 23-March 1, including 36 tickets that were worth $10,000 or more. Winners are [...]

Silver Spring Retiree Wins $100,000 on Two Pick 5 Tickets

February 27, 2026

A Silver Spring retiree thought he had come up just short when checking his Pick 5 tickets early Tuesday morning (Feb. 24). Instead, he was moments away from discovering he was $100,000 richer. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, purchased several dozen tickets at Wheaton Winery in Silver Spring on the previous day, Feb. [...]

Grandmother’s Special Numbers Give Grandson $50,000 Lottery Win

February 27, 2026

A Prince George’s County man was on an outing with his grandmother on Feb. 21 and, at her urging, decided to play Pick 5. As luck would have it, he won $50,000. The grandmother and grandson were out and about on Saturday morning when the grandmother wanted to play her Lottery numbers. They stopped at [...]

Hagerstown Firefighters Split $50,000 Powerball Prize 16 Ways

February 26, 2026

Another matching number would have made for a massive firehouse celebration in Hagerstown, but, as one of the winners said, a $50,000 third-tier Powerball prize was “better than nothing at all!” Back in December when the Powerball jackpot was in the $1 billion range, the number of firefighters at the Hagerstown Regional Airport Station 35 [...]

Greenbelt Mom Takes Home $50,000 on New $5,000,000 LUXE Scratch-Off

February 26, 2026

The new $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off went on sale on Feb. 6 and the first big winner claimed a $50,000 third-tier prize a few days later on Feb. 23. The winner is a Greenbelt woman, who claimed the prize on the $50 game. "I liked it because it was a new game," the big winner said [...]

Severn Man a Millionaire Thanks to $1,000,000 Scratch-Off Win

February 26, 2026

Ryan is a $1 million winner thanks to a scratch-off gifted to him by a stranger who he allowed to go ahead of him in a checkout line.

$50,000 Powerball Double Play Winning Ticket Sold in Pikesville

February 26, 2026

If you made a Powerball purchase in Pikesville, check your ticket because a $50,000 winner was sold for the Feb. 25 Powerball Double Play drawing. The third-tier winner was sold at the 7-Eleven at 620 Reisterstown Road. The winning numbers for the Double Play drawing last night are: 11, 24, 47, 59, 63 and a [...]

Lunch Break Comes With Side of $50,000 for Middle River Lottery Player

February 26, 2026

“Wawa Winner,” of Middle River, plans to switch from playing scratch-offs to draw games after winning a $50,000 prize on the 200X the Cash scratch-off.