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The Week in Winners: Powerball Delivers Four Big Prizes Across Maryland

Maryland Lottery players won nearly $31.3 million during week ending May 14 No one has matched all six Powerball numbers since April, so the jackpot has rolled to an estimated annuity value of $135 million for the May 15 drawing. But four people in Maryland — one each in Catonsville, Temple Hills, Mount Rainier and [...]

Baltimore Shopper Bags First Top Prize on Corvette® Cash

New $5 scratch-off game drew winner’s attention A Baltimore City woman who was grocery shopping at Safeway #1481 in Baltimore spotted the $5 Corvette® Cash* scratch-off and decided to try her luck. She took the instant ticket home to play, and faster than you can say Corvette Z06, she revealed a $50,000 top-prize win. It […]

Mt. Rainier Retailer Sells $50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket

Player bought third-tier winning ticket in Wednesday’s drawing Congratulations to the Maryland Lottery player holding a $50,000-winning Powerball ticket from last night’s drawing! The third-tier winner, who bought the lucky ticket at a Prince George’s County retailer, is one of 15 $50,000 winners nationwide in the May 10 drawing. Although no one hit the jackpot, […]

Silver Spring Man’s Routine Leads to $200,000 in Pick 5 Prizes

Same number combination on multiple tickets pays off A Montgomery County man told Lottery officials that he has played the same Pick 5 combination every day since the game began. In addition, he always buys multiple tickets with that same five-digit sequence. While his system might sound unwise to some daily numbers players, the 43-year-old […]

Fallston ZIP Code Wager Secures $100,000 in Pick 5 Prizes

Harford County resident bought two tickets for big win A Fallston man used his hometown’s ZIP code to help him win $50,000 twice in a May 5 Pick 5 drawing. The retired business owner, a loyal Pick 3 and Pick 4 player for years, would use street address numbers for those games. When Pick 5 started […]

St. Mary’s County Racetrax Rookie Wins $40,309

Novice credits her husband for her Lottery luck A Southern Maryland woman is sure glad she let her husband talk her into playing her first game of Racetrax. The rookie took home $40,309 on a $1 Superfecta wager. "He plays all the time and he was explaining how to play so I thought I would give it a [...]

The Week in Winners: ‘Force’ of Good Luck Delivers Many Lottery Wins on Star Wars Day

Lottery players across Maryland won nearly $36.8 million during week ending May 7 The “force” of good luck was with a group of Maryland Lottery players on May 4, as the pun-inspired observance of Star Wars Day (May The Fourth Be With You) produced 34 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more. The driving “force” behind [...]