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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 […]

Silver Spring Artist Creates $50,000 Pick 5 Masterpiece

Prize from June drawing will put winner back in the driver’s seat The car trouble that had a Montgomery County artist cooling his heels also inspired his recent $50,000-winning Pick 5 experience. His temperamental vehicle has suffered one problem after another, he explained to Lottery officials last week, making travel increasingly difficult. One particular Uber […]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Luck Lands in Frederick With Bonus Match 5 Six-Pack, Scratch-off Millionaire

Players across Maryland won nearly $27.9 million during week ending July 3 A Frederick retailer sold six top-prize-winning Bonus Match 5 tickets totaling more than $300,000 in prize money in the July 3 drawing of the daily game. Meanwhile, a scratch-off ticket sold in Frederick delivered a $1 million prize last week. The Bonus Match [...]

Frederick Cancer Survivor, Husband Win $1 Million Scratch-Off Prize

Playing the Lottery during treatment helped take their minds off their worries A husband and wife claimed a $1 million Maryland Lottery scratch-off prize on June 28, but they were already celebrating something even bigger. Upon claiming the prize, the husband explained, “She just survived cancer, so it’s a blessing!” During her treatment, and in […]

Free Pick 5 Ticket Gives White Marsh Resident a $25,000 Surprise

Ticket awarded through recently concluded ‘Try Pick 5’ promotion A Baltimore County resident just experienced a $25,000 payday for patronizing a Baltimore Lottery retailer and being in the right place at the right time to win a free Pick 5 ticket. The lucky 42-year-old received the free 50-cent straight-bet quick-pick ticket through the Lottery’s Try […]