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 […]
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 […]
Columbia woman finds second-tier prize on $10 game A casual Maryland Lottery player from Columbia whose husband is a good deal more involved got the better end of the deal when he purchased a $10 Six Figures scratch-off for her enjoyment. She won $50,000. “It’s a pure fluke. He usually buys tickets,” the winner said […]
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. […]
Claims top prize on $50,000 Cash game A regular visit to the grocery store this past Tuesday turned into a $50,000 windfall for a Carroll County woman. While at the Safeway, the retiree decided to purchase a $50,000 Cash scratch-off and left the store $50,000 richer. “I usually scratch the whole ticket, but I decided […]
Wins $50,000 in Jan. 14 Pick 5 drawing She doesn’t know where it came from, a Prince George’s County retiree told Lottery officials on Thursday, but it’s a number she’ll never forget. Those five digits, when used as a Pick 5 combination a couple of weeks ago, produced a $50,000 prize. “It must have been […]
Cecil County man wins $50,000 in December drawing The holidays came and went while a Cecil County resident held onto a $50,000 third-tier winning Powerball ticket he bought for the Dec. 10 drawing. A morning grocery store trip led to his brush with good luck. The occasional Lottery player, who claimed his prize this week, […]
Hagerstown man claims $50,000 prize on $50,000 Cash instant ticket A man from Hagerstown who plays Lottery games occasionally has spent the past year playing only instant ticket games. He won a small prize back in 2019 and was able to regain that wonderful feeling of winning after finding a $50,000 top prize on a […]
Prince George’s County man optimistic about winning a future jackpot He’s won big twice before, so a player from Bowie kept it low key when claiming a $100,000 scratch-off prize on Jan. 27 at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. Still, the prize was double the amount of his previous best win, a $50,000 score that […]
Claims top prize on $50,000 Cash game A Prince George’s County man is the latest to win a top prize scratching the popular $50,000 Cash instant ticket. He’s a longtime player who has always dreamed (but never really expected) that a big prize would come his way. “This is it,” the restaurant employee told Lottery […]
Lucky Gaithersburg woman takes home $50,000 prize Another $50,000 top prize on the $50,000 Cash scratch-off game is claimed, this time by a lucky Montgomery County woman. The 40-year-old purchased just one instant ticket last week and scratched her way to the big prize. The restaurant employee said she was out running errands when she […]
Hyattsville player wins $100,000 after collecting $50,000 in 2019 The last time he won a big Maryland Lottery prize, the Hyattsville resident used the $50,000 to renovate his house. While unsure what his new $100,000 scratch-off prize will finance, the winner does know he and his wife will have a celebratory evening out, “dinner at […]
Acting on a superstition put a $50,000-winning scratch-off in Amber Marshall’s path.
Lucky tickets sold in Baltimore, Bowie Congratulations to the Maryland Powerball players who bought two $50,000-winning tickets in the Wednesday, Jan. 25 drawing. While no one hit the jackpot, there were 33 $50,000 third-tier winning tickets sold across the nation. Maryland had 21,852 total winning tickets in the Jan. 25 drawing, ranging from $4 to […]
Wins $50,000 top prize, smaller prizes at same retailer A Frederick man who said he enjoys playing a variety of Lottery games took a liking to the recently launched $50,000 Cash scratch-off. The $20 game returned the favor, delivering five small prizes one day and a $50,000 top prize several days later. The lucky winner […]
Scratch-off fan plans to take a vacation to visit his grandchildren Winning $100,000 on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket was a new experience for a Prince George’s County grandfather, who became so excited his adult son urged him to “calm down.” “I just couldn’t stop talking,” the winner said with a smile, adding that he […]
Lucky Reisterstown man takes home $50,000 prize The Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center is overflowing with players winning the $50,000 top prize on the $20 $50,000 Cash scratch-off game that went on sale in December. The game began with 160 $50,000 top prizes and a Baltimore County man nabbed one of them. The 72-year-old found […]
Prince George’s County couple claim $50,000 prize from November drawing A husband and wife from Prince George’s County scored a $50,007 third-tier win in the Nov. 23, 2022 Powerball drawing, but didn’t find out about it until weeks later. “I was cleaning and I checked his tickets,” the wife said. “I was shocked!” Her husband […]
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