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Fourth Scratch-off Does the Trick for Lucky Baltimore County Woman

Player claims $50,000 prize on Gold X50 instant ticket A Reisterstown resident completely changed how she goes about playing Lottery games and wound up in the Lottery Winner’s Circle. After upgrading from $1 and $2 instant tickets to a $10 scratch-off, she bought three non-winners in a row but remained optimistic and persistent. Her fourth […]

Generous Powerball Fan Brings Home a $50,000 Third-tier Win

Rockville man plans to help a friend in need using winnings A Montgomery County Lottery fan who exclusively plays Powerball is now reaping the benefits of testing his Lottery luck. The grateful 56-year-old won $50,000 with a quick-pick ticket in the Jan. 30 drawing. On Jan. 30, the Rockville man stopped at Courthouse Exxon in […]

Powerball Jackpot Rolls, Gives Maryland a $50,000 Winner

Player bought lucky ticket in Upper Marlboro The Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $700 million after Wednesday’s drawing. And in the process, the game delivered a $50,000 prize on a ticket sold in Prince George’s County and 28,272 other Maryland prizes. No one hit the jackpot, which is now the sixth-largest […]

Multi-Match Drawings Moving to Earlier Time Starting March 2

Maryland’s in-state jackpot game switching to Evening Drawings timeslot The Maryland Lottery’s twice-weekly drawings of Multi-Match are shifting to a new time: Beginning on Thursday, March 2, Multi-Match drawings will be held at approximately 7:56 p.m., the same time that the Lottery conducts the Evening Drawings of Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 and Bonus […]

Laurel Player Plans to Help Daughter Using $50,000 Scratch-Off Prize

Winner sticks to instant games because ‘they’re easy to play’ A scratch-off enthusiast from Laurel has won a lot of three-digit prizes over the years, but got a pleasant surprise recently when he won $50,000 on the $20 $50,000 Cash game. “I only play scratch-offs,” he proclaimed Jan. 30 at Maryland Lottery headquarters while claiming his […]

Calvert County Man is Lottery’s Newest Scratch-off Millionaire

Wins top prize playing THE GAME OF LIFE™ game It’s become his habit, a 56-year-old husband, father and grandfather from Calvert County told Lottery officials, to always check the Maryland Lottery website before purchasing a scratch-off. A review to determine which instant games have a good selection of big cash prizes available helps him identify […]

Three Maryland Retailers Sell $50,000-Winning Powerball Tickets

Players buy lucky tickets in Baltimore, Hanover, Rockville as jackpot keeps rolling After giving one Marylander a $50,000 prize in the Monday, Jan. 30 drawing, Powerball delivered two more $50,000 prizes to Maryland players who added the Double Play option to their tickets. Congratulations to all three winners and the 22,565 other players in our [...]

Baltimore Retirees Score $100,000 Win on Ravens X5 Scratch-off

Lottery luck gives wife the top-prize winning instant ticket A Baltimore-area husband-and-wife scratch-off team found a touchdown-worthy $100,000 top-prize win earlier this month on the Ravens X5 scratch-off. They scored on one of five instant tickets the husband bought at a Baltimore grocery. His strategy for selecting scratch-offs to play is simple, the husband said. […]