The Maryland Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle kicked off last week, and today the Lottery drew the first Early Bird winning number. The person holding Ticket Number 017000 has won a $10,000 prize.
The ticket was sold Nov. 7 at J & J Carryout & Grocery at 1015 Leeds Avenue in Baltimore, and was randomly selected from 21,738 numbers that had been purchased in time for today’s drawing. The drawing included tickets that had been sold from the start of the Millionaire Raffle on Nov. 2 through 1:55 a.m. on Nov. 9. The winner has 182 days from today to claim the $10,000 prize, and that ticket remains eligible for the Millionaire Raffle’s final drawing on Jan. 4, which features two $1 million prizes.
Millionaire Raffle sales launched on Nov. 2 with a maximum of 300,000 tickets available. Raffle tickets will be sold until all 300,000 have been purchased, or through 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 4, 2027, whichever comes first.
Today’s drawing was the first of eight weekly Early Bird Drawings that will each award one $10,000 prize. Each Early Bird Drawing has a one-week sales period, and the winning number is selected from the range of tickets that were sold during those seven days.
Each Millionaire Raffle ticket purchased before Dec. 28 is eligible for one Early Bird Drawing. And every Millionaire Raffle ticket is eligible for the Final Drawing on Jan. 4, which will award two top prizes of $1 million, plus 10 prizes of $50,000, 500 prizes of $500 and 1,700 prizes of $100.
Drawings will be held each Monday through Jan. 4. Tickets are $20 and are available at any Maryland Lottery retailer. There are no numbers to choose. Each ticket is sequentially numbered in the order it was sold, with the number printed on the ticket.
