Archive – Maryland Lottery

Racetrax Superfecta Quick Pick Gives Capitol Heights Man a $49,592 Win

January 12, 2026

A longtime Racetrax player from Capitol Heights recently switched from picking his own horses to using the Quick Pick function, and the result on Jan. 7 was a $49,592 Superfecta win on a $1 bet. “I like the excitement of watching the horses run,” he said Jan. 12 when he claimed the prize at Lottery [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Deliver $200,000 in Accokeek and $100,000 in Laurel, Topping Wins List

January 12, 2026

A scratch-off ticket in Accokeek worth $200,000 and another in Laurel worth $100,000 topped the list of big winners for the past week as Maryland Lottery players received prizes totaling $34.6 million. During the week of Jan. 5-11, a total of 28 players statewide won Lottery prizes of $10,000 or more. Winners are encouraged to [...]

Late Husband’s ZIP Code Yields $50K Pick 5 Win for Germantown Woman

January 12, 2026

A Germantown woman said her late husband must have been smiling after she won $50,000 playing the Maryland Lottery’s Pick 5 game using his old postal code. The retired federal worker purchased a $1 straight bet ticket and won on the Jan. 8 midday drawing with the number 20871. "That was my husband's ZIP code," [...]

Prince George’s County Farmer Harvests a $150,000 Powerball Prize

January 9, 2026

James Cooke Jr., of Prince George’s County, is a Lottery loyalist and now has a hefty lottery prize to show for it. He’s been playing the same combination since before Powerball began in Maryland, going with numbers that represent significant events in his career as a firefighter years ago. In the drawing on Dec. 10, [...]

D.C. Area Ravens Fan Wins $200,000 on Ravens X10 Scratch-Off

January 9, 2026

She’s a fan of Maryland Lottery scratch-off games, and, despite her suburban D.C. address, the Baltimore Ravens. Even though the team’s season has ended, she was all smiles while claiming a $200,000 Ravens X10 scratch-off prize. “No Commanders,” the District Heights woman said, declining to elaborate, but affirming she’s a staunch supporter of the purple [...]

Retired Amtrak Employee from Middle River Wins Train-Load of Raffle Cash

January 9, 2026

A Baltimore County man told Lottery officials he’s a daily games player who generally has no interest in other tickets. But it wasn’t Pick 3 or Pick 5 that brought him to lottery headquarters on Jan. 7 to collect a $100,000 prize; it was the Holiday Raffle. “I’ve been a Pick games player for a [...]

The Family That Plays Together in Montgomery… Wins a Million Dollars!

January 9, 2026

A Montgomery County duo who have bought tickets together for years had their biggest day ever this past weekend. Connected by family and an enjoyment of Lottery games, they were in the car, moments away from leaving a Lottery retailer after an unsuccessful visit, when they returned to try one more ticket. A few minutes [...]

Aberdeen Bride-to-Be Claims $100,000 Holiday Raffle Prize, Expands Wedding Plan

January 8, 2026

Marcia Cooper, of Aberdeen, claims one of the ten $100,000 winning Holiday Raffle prizes and is planning a wedding.

Stevensville Man Wins Lottery Trip to Hawaii and Shot at $1 Million

January 8, 2026

Stevensville resident John Hudson is the winner of a trip to Hawaii thanks to the Maryland Lottery’s JURASSIC PARK second-chance promotion.

Rosedale Woman Takes Home $1 Million Prize in Holiday Raffle

January 7, 2026

Karen L., of Rosedale, credits her late mother for her $1 million Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle win, as the drawing was held on her mom’s birthday.

Queen Anne’s Woman Surprised by $50,000 Powerball Double Play Win

January 7, 2026

A Queen Anne’s County woman has been consistently playing the same Powerball numbers since November of 2024. Lately, she doubled down, adding the Powerball Double Play option and increasing her chance of winning by a factor of 2. The change worked on Jan. 5 when she completely missed winning in the main Powerball drawing but [...]

Dundalk Player Looking for ‘Something New’ Finds $100,000 Holiday Raffle Prize

January 7, 2026

A Dundalk couple left Lottery headquarters with smiles on their faces Dec. 6, having become the latest to claim a big-money prize from the recently concluded Holiday Raffle. Fans of the lottery’s jackpot games, they saw the raffle as an opportunity to try something different. Their $100,000 second-tier win was clear evidence they had achieved [...]

Baltimore Woman Finds $50K Powerball Winner in a Stack of Tickets

January 7, 2026

A Baltimore woman got behind on checking her tickets, but when she got around to it, she discovered a gem: a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket in a pile that accumulated over the span of a month. "I had a bunch of Powerball tickets that I needed to check," she said Jan. 6 when she claimed [...]

Baltimore Man’s Bonus Match 5 Routine Leads to $50,000 Top Prize

January 7, 2026

A Baltimore man with a Lottery plan for playing Bonus Match 5 saw his numbers come up in the Jan. 2 drawing, giving him a payday of $53,200. His method: The first four numbers are always the same, 01,03,06, and 07. He plays that combination nine times, but with a different fifth number on each [...]

Linthicum Couple’s Eighth Holiday Raffle Ticket Purchase Delivers $100,000 Prize

January 7, 2026

A husband and wife from Linthicum who are casual Keno players but also buy Mega Millions and Powerball tickets when jackpots are high were the winners of one of 10 $100,000 prizes in the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle. “I looked at the odds. There were only 325,000 tickets. This is our best chance at a [...]

Prince George’s Double Winner Returns to Claim Second $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

January 7, 2026

A novice Lottery player from Prince George’s County returned to the Winner’s Circle room at Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore on Jan. 6 to claim the second installment of a double $50,000 Pick 5 win from the evening of Oct. 15 when the winning number was 29000. He had two tickets with that combination for the [...]

A Shooting Star Wish Brings $640,000 Win to Queen Anne’s County Woman

January 6, 2026

Margaret Coursey, of Centreville, made a wish on a shooting star to win Powerball, but ended up with a $640,000 Multi-Match jackpot instead. Husband John was at her side when she claimed her winnings. “I didn’t see it coming,” said Margaret Coursey of her recent brush with good fortune. She won $640,000 playing Multi-Match in [...]

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

January 6, 2026

That Powerball is starting to bounce higher again after a billion-dollar-plus jackpot hit on Christmas Eve, and, with the jackpot now past $100 million, an Eastern Shore player hit for a $50,000 Double Play win in the Jan. 6 drawing. The winning ticket was purchased at the Sunoco Truck Stop at 400 Thompson Creek Road, [...]

Snack With a Side of Keno Gives $40,016 Surprise to Baltimore Waitress

January 5, 2026

On her way home from a visit with family in early December, a Baltimore woman stopped at a store for a snack. It’s the only scenario that leads to her buying Lottery tickets, and this time was no exception, she said. The main difference: this snack stop with a side of Keno gave her a [...]

Laurel Man Starts 2026 With $100K Win on Red 5’s Doubler Scratch-Off

January 5, 2026

A Laurel man is already enjoying 2026 after becoming a $100,000 winner on the Maryland Lottery’s Red 5's Doubler scratch-off. "Let's start off the New Year right," he said with a smile Jan. 5 after claiming his prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. After purchasing the ticket, he used a strategy of scratching off all the numbers, [...]