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Numbers from Work Deliver Big Pick 5 Prize for Owings Mills Man
Charles and Andrea of Owings Mills are planning a vacation after Charles won a $50,000 prize in the May 19 Pick 5 evening drawing.
Powerball Delivers ‘Unexpected Blessing’ to Pikesville Mom
$100,000 win dedicated to college fund While visiting family members in Prince George’s County last week, a Pikesville woman followed along when her sister stopped at a Lottery retailer near the restaurant where they were dining. An “inkling” was how her sister described the feeling that compelled her to buy a Lottery game there and […]
Lucky Great-Grandpa Wins $25,000 with Free Pick 5 Ticket
Winning days are here for Kenneth Davis Sr. of Baltimore, who won $25,000 on a free Pick 5 ticket.
Scratching That Lottery Itch Makes Eastern Shore Player A Millionaire
Truck driver claims first of six top prizes on $20 Show Me $1,000,000! ticket A Maryland Lottery scratch-off enthusiast from the Eastern Shore is Maryland’s newest millionaire after buying a $20 Show Me $1,000,000! instant ticket at a shop in the crossroads community of Mardela Springs in Wicomico County. “He likes to scratch. I like […]
Boonsboro Man Lands $44,000 Mega Millions Prize
Washington County player quadruples prize with Megaplier feature Adding the Megaplier option to his Mega Millions ticket and playing the same four numbers on three lines of his $9 ticket gave a Boonsboro man a $44,000 prize in the May 17 drawing. The Washington County resident visited his local Lottery retailer, Martin’s #6104 located at […]
Intuition, Address Numbers Lead to $25,000 Pick 5 Win
Mechanicsville woman celebrating brush with Lottery luck A series of lucky numbers and a lucky feeling were all it took to win big, according to a retired healthcare worker from St. Mary’s County. She followed her lucky feelings all the way to a $25,000 prize playing the Lottery’s Pick 5 game. Since the game launched […]
Trio of Players Capture $25,000 Pick 5 Prizes
Winners hail from Gaithersburg, Gambrills, Lexington Park Three lucky Pick 5 players collected $25,000 prizes each this week in the days leading up to Memorial Day weekend. The winners are a 57-year-old woman from Lexington Park, a 66-year-old woman from Gaithersburg and a 69-year-old man from Gambrills. Their big wins came in the May 11, […]
Cecil County Retailer Sells $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket
Jackpot rolls to an estimated $157 million for Friday’s drawing Here are a million reasons to smile, Mega Millions players! If you bought a ticket in Rising Sun for the Tuesday, May 24 drawing, you may be Maryland’s newest millionaire. One player in Maryland matched five of the winning numbers in the drawing to capture […]
$50,000-Winning Scratch-off Forgotten in Jeans Pocket
Busy Somerset County man rediscovers lucky instant ticket days later Imagine buying a couple of scratch-offs, tucking them into a pocket of your jeans and forgetting about your purchase for a couple of days. When a Westover man fished a very worn Ca$h Bonus scratch-off from his jeans’ pocket and scanned it, he discovered he […]
Baltimore Retiree’s Free Pick 5 Ticket Yields $25,000 Top Prize
Playing terminal game produces the free winning ticket The Try Pick 5 promotion, which ends June 5, turned a free Pick 5 ticket into $25,000 for a Baltimore woman. “I didn’t even think about it when the ticket printed out,” said the anonymous player, who selected the nickname “Victorious” to tell her winning story. “It […]
Retiree Jumps with Joy over $100,000 Quick-Pick Powerball Win
Prince George’s County player planning home repairs, vacation with her prize Over the years, a Capitol Heights resident has tried just about every game that the Maryland Lottery has to offer. She’s played them, she’s enjoyed them, but she just had not experienced the kind of Lottery luck with them that she wanted until she […]
Baltimore Man Starts Weekend with $100,000 Scratch-off Win
Claims top prize on $100,000 Extreme Cash game on May 23 Last weekend kicked off just right for a 39-year-old Baltimore resident when he scratched off a top-prize winning $100,000 Extreme Cash instant ticket on Friday. The avid Lottery player primarily chooses scratch-offs, and said this was his biggest win ever. “I scratched the ticket […]
Baltimore Healthcare Worker Wins $25,000 on Free Pick 5 Ticket
Lucky player benefits from Try Pick 5 promotion When it comes to the Pick games, a 36-year-old Baltimore City woman is a huge fan who plays often. Her love for the games went up a notch after she won a $25,000 prize on a free Pick 5 ticket that she received as part of the […]
The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs, Pick 5, Mega Millions Deliver Big Prizes Across Maryland
$100,000-Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Upper Marlboro
Player bought lucky ticket for Saturday’s drawing Congratulations to our $100,000 Powerball winner! Someone bought a third-tier winning ticket with the Power Play multiplier for the Saturday, May 21 drawing, Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 14,288 winning tickets sold in our state for the drawing. The Maryland Lottery is looking for the […]
Germantown Trucker Hauls Away $25,000 Pick 5 Prize
Longtime player enjoys first-ever big win “I’ve been driving trucks for 50 years, and buying Lottery tickets for almost as long,” a 70-year-old Montgomery County man explained when he visited Lottery headquarters on Thursday. His prize, courtesy of a free Pick 5 ticket that accompanied a recent daily game purchase, is the biggest cash win […]
Racetrax Player from D.C. Who Plays Big, Wins Big $19,905 Prize
Federal government employee considers game a hobby A Maryland Lottery player who lives in Washington, D.C. sticks to one game, Racetrax, which he says has been very good to him. Most recently, the dedicated player won $19,905. His play style isn’t for the faint of heart. “I play big,” he said. Indeed, for his $19,905 […]
Boredom Leads Fort Washington Woman to a $25,000 Keno Win
Claims prize on a 9-spot Super Bonus wager “I was just bored,” a lucky Fort Washington woman said when asked how she came across a $25,000 winning Keno ticket. The 36-year-old plays every now and then, she said. On this particular day, boredom struck just in time to get her up and to a nearby […]
Bonus Pick 5 Ticket Gives $25,000 Win to Baltimore Bonus Match 5 Fan
Lottery’s free game promotion results in double dip of good luck Although he is a regular when it comes to playing the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5 game, a Baltimore man enjoyed two strokes of luck that gave him a $25,000 win in a completely different game. He won with a free Pick 5 ticket. […]
License Plate Numbers Give Randallstown Man a $50,000 Pick 5 Win
Scrambled plate numbers deliver big prize in May 17 midday drawing An avid Pick 3 and Pick 4 player from Baltimore County waited a few weeks before trying his luck with the Pick 5 game that started in February. Not long after he started playing, he selected a license plate number, scrambled the digits, and […]