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Lucky Winner’s Heart Pounds after Top-Prize Scratch-Off Win

Washington County man claims $50,000 prize on Joker’s Wild instant ticket While out having lunch one afternoon, a Western Maryland resident decided to treat himself to two scratch-offs. Preferring $3 and $5 instant tickets, he ended up with two $5 Joker’s Wild scratch-offs and discovered one was a $50,000 top-prize winner. The anonymous player resides […]

Trio of $50,000-Winning Powerball Tickets Sold in Dec. 2 Drawing

Players bought lucky tickets in Pasadena, Landover, Takoma Park Happier holidays are here for the owners of three Powerball tickets from the Monday, Dec. 2 drawing. The tickets sold in Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are worth $50,000 each! Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 9,459 total Maryland winners of prizes [...]

The Week in Winners: District Heights Scratch-Off Worth $250,000 Biggest of 28 Large Lottery Wins

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $34.2 million, with 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more A $250,000 scratch-off win in District Heights, a $75,000 FAST PLAY score in Hyattsville and an assortment of $50,000 prizes on tickets sold in Germantown, Middle River and Sharpsburg topped the Lottery list of big winners last week. Across [...]

Washington, D.C. Man Wins Third Big Racetrax Prize in Maryland

Says $30,879 Racetrax prize going straight to his grandkids’ education He buys more tickets in the District than he does in Maryland, a retired railroad employee told Lottery officials last week, but whenever he has won big, it’s been north of the border. The D.C. resident’s most recent win, a $30,879 Racetrax prize, is the […]

2024 Scratch-off Fun Continues with $30 Game, Four Other Instant Tickets

MONOPOLY X200 starts a series of MONOPOLY games slated for 2025 The Maryland Lottery is closing out 2024 with five new scratch-offs — $1 Snowflake Cash, $2 MAGIC 8 BALL™, $5 Cash To Go, $10 Mega Bucks and $30 MONOPOLY™ X200. The $1 Snowflake Cash instant ticket is a late arrival to the Lottery’s holiday […]

A Little Switcheroo Leads to $50,000 Pick 5 Win

Odenton woman’s special technique pays off Since the Pick 5 game began in 2022, an Anne Arundel County woman has been playing and has been winning using a special technique she picked up along the way. She’ll buy a Quick Pick ticket, rearrange the numbers and use them for a $1 straight ticket. It’s been […]

Longtime Lottery Player Claims $27,148.50 Racetrax Prize

Glen Burnie resident has successful year filled with wins A Glen Burnie resident, who has had a streak of Lottery success recently, stopped by Maryland Lottery headquarters to claim her latest prize: a Racetrax win worth $27,148.50. The longtime player, who has chosen to remain anonymous, shared highlights of her 25-year Lottery journey, which has […]

$50,000-Winning Powerball Double Play Ticket Sold in Germantown

Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated annuity value of $196 million If you added the Double Play option on your Powerball tickets for last night’s drawing, check then closely: A $50,000-winning ticket was sold in Germantown. The Double Play third-tier winning ticket was purchased at the Shoppers Food store in Germantown, located at 18066 Mateny […]

Parkville Woman Gallops to $51,129 Racetrax Win

Places Superfecta bet for first time and wins big A Baltimore County resident is celebrating a big Racetrax win, just in time for the holidays. The winner turned a routine stop into a day to remember after scoring a $51,129 Superfecta win. Having played the Lottery for over 30 years, the winner and her husband […]

The Week in Winners: Aberdeen $1 Million Scratch Ticket Biggest of 33 Large Lottery Hauls

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $29.4 million, with 33 tickets worth $10,000 or more Aberdeen has a new millionaire thanks to a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket, while a Keno ticket worth more than $150,000 sold last week in Hyattsville is unclaimed, and another three scratch-off tickets yielded $100,000 prizes for players in Baltimore, [...]