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Ticket Stays in Her Possession Three Weeks Before Top-Prize Win Revealed

Washington, D.C. woman claims $50,000 prize on $50,000 Cash instant ticket A frequent player of Maryland Lottery scratch-offs was sitting on a bigtime pay day for weeks, unaware she won a $50,000 top prize in the $50,000 Cash game. When the Washington, D.C. resident finally circled back to Maryland to check the instant ticket for […]

Lottery Location Change Leads to $50,000 Pick 5 Win

Buying tickets at different retailer pays off for Essex woman A Baltimore County woman and her husband won big playing the popular Pick 5 game last weekend. Their regular Lottery retailer is a Royal Farms store, but they decided to buy tickets at a 7-Eleven instead and wound up with a $50,000 winning ticket. The […]

Lottery Player Gets Real Life $75,000 Boost from THE GAME OF LIFE™

New Carrollton man purchased FAST PLAY ticket at Hyattsville business A 20-something Maryland Lottery player from Prince George’s County got a $75,000 start-of-life boost, thanks to a $75,000 win on a FAST PLAY THE GAME OF LIFE™ ticket. His top-prize winner was the first one claimed in the $5 game, which has been available since […]

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 […]