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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 […]

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 […]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs, Pick 5, Mega Millions Deliver Big Prizes Across Maryland

Players across Maryland won more than $32.5 million during week ending May 22 Maryland Lottery players in Crisfield and Upper Marlboro landed $100,000 prizes last week, while a lucky Lexington Park retailer sold two $50,000-winning Pick 5 tickets, and a Mega Millions player in Hagerstown bought a ticket for the May 17 drawing worth $44,000 [...]

$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 […]

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 […]

$50,000 Powerball Win a Relief for Washington County Man

Third- tier prize is plenty for Western Maryland jackpot hunter Although he had long dreamed of a prize with a few more zeros, a Washington County man told Maryland Lottery officials that the $50,000 he won in the May 9 Powerball drawing has changed his life. The 63-year-old contractor has purchased at least one ticket […]

Mount Rainier Racetrax Regular Scores $43,036.70 Prize

Serious player wins serious money with Superfecta Box bet A Racetrax regular from Mount Rainier takes the game pretty seriously. Speaking May 16 after claiming a prize of $43,036.70, he said he enjoys the challenge of the game because “there are chances to win big.” His $43,036.70 prize is his biggest to date. This serious […]