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The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Players in Annapolis, Gaithersburg, Lanham, Oxon Hill Win Big

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $30.6 million, with 27 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland Lottery scratch-off players in Annapolis, Gaithersburg, Lanham and Oxon Hill all claimed prizes ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 in the past week — the Lottery’s four biggest wins of the past seven days. Across the state, the Lottery [...]

Young Annapolis Man Begins Adulthood with $250,000 Lottery ‘Jumpstart’

Describes top-prize scratch-off win as a ‘life-changing amount’ A casual but consistent Maryland Lottery player from Annapolis in his mid-20s got a big financial boost by winning a $250,000 top prize on the $10 $250,000 Cash Winfall scratch-off. “This is a life-changing amount,” he said this week after claiming his prize at Lottery headquarters in […]

$50,000 Third-Tier Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Laurel

$478.2 million Powerball jackpot hit in Georgia A Georgia player won the $478.2 million Powerball jackpot last night but Maryland players can celebrate, too. A $50,000 third-tier winning ticket was sold in Laurel in the Oct. 23 drawing and 13,949 players won prizes of $4 to $100. Another 1,554 Maryland players who added Power Play […]

Retired Truck Driver Hits the Road to Claim $100,000 Scratch-off Prize

Gaithersburg man wins Gold Rush 7s Multiplier game’s top prize He has slowed down his Lottery play now that he’s no longer on the road every day, a recently retired Montgomery County man told Lottery officials. When working, he used to buy an instant ticket whenever he fueled up the truck. The Gaithersburg resident reports […]

$50,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Oakland

Western Maryland third-tier winner is sixth of the past week The Powerball jackpot continues to roll as there was no winner in last night’s drawing, but Marylanders scored their sixth third-tier win in a week – this time in Garrett County. The $50,000 winning ticket was sold at Luke’s Convenience, trading as Luke’s Liquors, located […]

The Week in Winners: Mega Millions Millionaire Leads Prize List as Jackpots Continue to Grow

Lottery prizes last week totaled nearly $27.7 million, with 31 tickets worth $10,000 or more As the jackpots for the national games Mega Millions and Powerball continued rolling, seven players in Maryland won prizes ranging from $10,000 to $1 million in those games last week. The largest of the wins in the jackpot games was [...]

October Brings Six Holiday Scratch-offs to Stores

Second-chance promotion returns with 62 prizes; two chances to win $100,000 The Maryland Lottery kicks off the holiday season today with six new scratch-offs and a Holiday Second-Chance Promotion that includes three holiday-themed FAST PLAY games arriving in November. Visit your Lottery retailer this week to try your luck with the six fun holiday-themed scratch-offs: […]

Severna Park Man Wins $50K on Powerball During Work Call

Avid fisherman wants new fishing rod A Severna Park resident took a boring work call and quickly turned it into fun as he won $50,000 on Powerball. The big winner stopped for gas after work and decided to purchase two Powerball tickets in Anne Arundel County at the Pasadena 7-Eleven at 8301 Ritchie Highway, but […]

Good Luck Charm Delivers $50,000 Win

Money Rush scratch-off stuns Baltimore delivery driver A Baltimore woman explained to Lottery officials that her mother is not just the luckiest person she has ever met, but the luckiest she’s ever heard of. Games, contests or raffles, she’s won them all – and now she can add the Lottery to that list. A $50,000 […]