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31st Birthday a Lucky One for $25,000-Winning Hyattsville Mom

Pick 5 prize will go toward down payment on house With her 31st birthday fast approaching, a young mom from Hyattsville decided to play a Pick 5 combination reflecting her birthday and her age-to-be. On July 11, her inspiration resulted in a $25,000 payday. In June, thinking about her July 1 birthday, the Prince George’s […]

Fishing Enthusiast Reels in a $50,000 Powerball Prize

Pasadena man wins with $2 quick-pick ticket It was time to try something different, said the lucky player sitting in the Winner’s Circle at Maryland Lottery headquarters. After winning several small prizes playing his favorite scratch-off games, the fisherman from Pasadena decided to try his luck with a Powerball ticket. He purchased one $2 quick-pick […]

Frederick Man Wins Bonus Match 5 Top Prize Six Times

Identical combinations on multiple tickets deliver $302,656 prize An unusual Bonus Match 5 play strategy just gave a Frederick nurse a $302,656 windfall. Normally, when a player matches all of the winning numbers in a Bonus Match 5 drawing, that person takes home the game’s $50,000 top prize. Of course, these players usually have just […]

The Week in Winners: Four Racetrax Players Win Big as Long-Odds Horses Lead the Pack

Players across Maryland won more than $28.5 million during week ending July 10 Four fans of the Maryland Lottery’s computer-animated Racetrax horse racing simulation game defied the longest odds and each won $62,576 on July 9 on tickets sold in Baltimore, Germantown, Landover and Oxon Hill. Racetrax horses are numbered 1 through 12, and the [...]

Rockville Store Sells $50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket

Lucky ticket sold in Saturday’s drawing in Montgomery County Put down that cup of coffee and check your Powerball tickets from Saturday’s drawing. Although no one hit the jackpot, a lucky player won $50,000 on a ticket bought in Rockville and another 11,047 tickets sold in Maryland won prizes ranging from $4 to $100. The […]

February Birthday Pays Off in July for Woodlawn Man

$25,000 Pick 5 prize will deliver special 25th wedding anniversary celebration He buys a Pick 5 ticket every day, a Baltimore County man told Lottery officials this week. The day of the purchase changes and the time changes, he explained, but his numbers don’t. That Pick 5 combination that he plays every single time rewarded […]

Salisbury Player Still Wonders if $100,000 Scratch-off Prize is Real

Claims top prize win on Monopoly X50 scratch-off New to scratch-off games, a lucky Eastern Shore resident’s first time playing the MONOPOLY™ X50 instant ticket earned her the prize of a lifetime. The lucky Salisbury woman visited a select set of stores before coming across her $100,000 winning scratch-off. The 36-year-old visited Royal Farms #073 […]

$50,000 Powerball Prize Fuels Lanham Winner’s Excitement

Quick-pick ticket brings big win A Maryland Lottery player from Lanham won $50,000 playing Powerball in the first drawing following the one that saw a $366.7 million jackpot hit in Vermont. The 30-year-old player’s quick-pick ticket had the potential to win the starting-level prize of $20 million. The Prince George’s County resident was one of […]

$50,000 Lottery Winner Plans to Spread the Wealth

Baltimore man claims prize on $1 straight Pick 5 bet A lucky Baltimore resident who plays Lottery games from time to time is on a winning streak of sorts. The 68-year-old won a $2,500 prize on a Pick 4 game and, on July 2, won $50,000, which is his biggest prize to date. The lucky […]