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Pasadena Man Wins a $50,000 on Break the Bank Scratch-Off – While at the Bank

September 9, 2025
An Anne Arundel County man went to, as 1930s gangster Willie Sutton famously said, “where the money is” last week in pursuit of a Lottery prize. The house painter scratched a Break the Bank scratch-off while waiting in line - at a bank. Unsurprisingly, the $50,000 top prize he uncovered left him a bit flustered [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Makes a Millionaire, Delivers a Dozen More Big Wins in Maryland as Jackpot Roll Ends

September 8, 2025
Powerball was all the rage for the past week as the jackpot reached an annuity value of $1.787 billion for the Sept. 6 drawing, culminating with two winning tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. Though the jackpot was not hit in Maryland, Powerball players in the state won more than $13.4 million in prizes in [...]

30-Year Lottery Player From Gaithersburg Wins $77,000 on Scratch-Off

September 5, 2025
A Maryland Lottery player has finally scratched her way to a top prize after 30 years of playing. The Montgomery County woman stopped by Lottery headquarters Sept. 5 with her daughter to claim her prize and celebrate her win on the $10 Lucky 7s Multiplier scratch-off game. She bought the ticket at her go-to retailer, [...]

Cockeysville Friends Sharing $50,000 Powerball Prize, Despite Disbelief

September 5, 2025
A Baltimore County pair stopped by lottery headquarters Sept. 5 to claim a prize that they still don’t quite believe is real. The once-in-a-while lottery players purchased tickets with their eyes on the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, but had given not a thought to the game’s eight lower-tier prizes. No thought, that is, until they checked [...]

Powerball Makes Maryland Millionaire, Four $50K Winners as Jackpot Rolls to $1.7 Billion

September 4, 2025
As the Powerball jackpot grew to $1.7 billion because no one has matched all six numbers, the game continues making lower tier big winners in Maryland, including a $1 million prize on a ticket sold in Pikesville on the Wednesday (Sept. 3) drawing. The Wednesday drawing also produced four third-tier prizes of $50,000 each on [...]

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $1.4 Billion for Tonight’s Drawing

September 3, 2025
Powerball fever is in the air and Marylanders can purchase a ticket for tonight’s drawing until 9:59 p.m. This morning, the jackpot bumped up to an estimated annuity value of $1.4 billion with an estimated cash option of $634.3 million. This is the fourth-largest jackpot since the inception of Powerball in 1992, and the sixth-largest [...]

Birthday Numbers Pay Off Big For Baltimore Pick 5 Winner

September 2, 2025

A self-proclaimed cat enthusiast and devoted Maryland Lottery player from Baltimore is celebrating her biggest win to date: $50,000 from a $1 straight bet match on the Aug. 29 Pick 5 midday drawing. “It seems like a dream come true,” she said Sept. 2 when she claimed the windfall at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. Her […]