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Powerball Drawing Creates a Maryland Millionaire

Big winner bought ticket in Baltimore County; ticket sold in Harford County worth $100,004 A lucky Maryland Powerball player has a million reasons to celebrate after the Wednesday, Aug. 31 drawing. The player became the state’s newest millionaire, only missing the right to claim the jackpot by one ball! Check your tickets closely because even […]

Hyattsville Man’s Mood Brightens after Finding $50,000 Prize

Discovers second-tier prize on Million Dollar Mega Multiplier game A $50,000 winner from Prince George’s County experienced only a brief moment of disappointment recently when he scratched off five of the six Million Dollar Mega Multiplier instant tickets he bought. Nary a prize appeared. His mood improved quickly, however, when the Hyattsville resident scratched off […]

Ellicott City Woman Ramps up the Fun with $30,000 SKEE-BALL® Win

Claims top prize on $3 scratch-off        “I refused to believe it,” a Howard County woman told Lottery officials when asked how she reacted after uncovering a $30,000 scratch-off prize. The top-prize win, which is the fourth of eight that the popular SKEE-BALL® instant ticket has offered since its debut in March, turned her life […]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-off Among 52 Big Lottery Prizes in the Past Week

Players across state won more than $32 million during seven days ending Aug. 28 A Maryland Lottery player in Silver Spring is a millionaire, and another eight players in Bel Air, Clear Spring, District Heights (two), Landover, Middle River, Upper Marlboro and Westminster won prizes of $100,000 in the past week. On top of that, [...]

$1 Million FAST PLAY Win Makes Player’s Heart Race

Lottery luck finds Air Force veteran in St. Mary’s County      A Southern Maryland man became the state’s newest Lottery millionaire this month, finding his fortune fast playing the $20 FAST PLAY MONOPOLY™ Properties game. The 30-year U.S. Air Force veteran plays several different games fairly often, he told Lottery officials, but he enjoys FAST […]

Bingo X10 Scratch-off Adds $100,000 to College Fund

Grandma’s advice leads to top-prize win     An 18-year-old university student remembered a conversation he’d had with his grandmother when he stopped at a convenience store in District Heights for a snack. They had spoken about her favorite hobby – playing scratch-offs – and her favorite game – Bingo X10. Happily, Royal Farms #269 is […]

8-Spot Keno Bet Makes Silver Spring Man $60,000 Richer

Lucky player added Super Bonus multiplier feature to June 16 ticket An early-summer Keno bet put a Montgomery County man on the road to riches, leading him to Lottery headquarters in Baltimore on Aug. 26 to claim a $60,000 prize. The anonymous winner added the Super Bonus feature to his 8-spot wager on numbers 1, […]

Cumberland Man In Disbelief After $50,000 Pick 5 Win

After checking multiple times, he was finally convinced of his big prize A Maryland Lottery player from Cumberland initially refused to believe that his Pick 5 ticket was a big winner. But no matter how hard he tried to deny it, he won the game’s largest possible prize — $50,000. “First I tried to check […]

Laurel Lottery Player Scores $36,490 Win Playing Racetrax

Superfecta quick-pick ticket does the trick A Lottery player from Laurel who enjoys a variety of games and switching up his approach picked up a $36,490 win on the computer-animated simulated horseracing game Racetrax. While he has a set of numbers he sometimes uses to play Racetrax, when he placed his bet on Aug. 23, […]

‘Family’ Numbers Add Up to $50,000 Pick 5 win

Montgomery County man thrilled by lucky score He plays two or three times a week “and always the same numbers,” said the Silver Spring resident visiting Lottery headquarters on Wednesday. Those numbers – a combination of his kids’ birthdays – proved very lucky in the Aug. 22 midday Pick 5 drawing, coming out just as […]