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

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Powerball Wins Top Big Ticket List as Jackpot Rolls to $1.3 Billion

As the Powerball jackpot approached the stratospheric level of $1.3 billion for the drawing on Sept. 3, more Maryland Lottery players bought tickets, leading to eight of the 24 big wins across the state this past week coming on the multi-state jackpot game, including a $500,000 winner in Middle River and a $150,000 winning ticket [...]

Gaithersburg Player Picks Up $50K Powerball Prize as Jackpot Grows to $950M

Powerball continues to roll along since there was no jackpot winner in last night’s drawing (Aug. 28). One player in Gaithersburg, however, was able to get in on the action and grabbed a $50,000 third-tier prize. The winning numbers for the Aug. 27 drawing are: 9, 12, 22, 41 and 61; the Powerball is 25. [...]

IT Professional from Aberdeen Wins $50,000 on Cash Scratch Fever Scratch-Off

An IT professional from Aberdeen just made a major update to his finances. The Harford County resident, who says he plays Lottery about twice a year, claimed a $50,000 top-prize Aug. 25 on the $5 Cash Scratch Fever game. He made a stop recently at Beards Hill Liquors at 951 Beards Hill Road in Aberdeen [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Pays $500,000 in Landover, Riverdale; $1 Million Scratch-Off in Sparrows Point

As the Powerball jackpot increased to three quarters of a billion dollars in the past week, Maryland saw two winners at the $500,000 level, one each in Landover and Riverdale, on the game’s Double Play drawing. Another player in Sparrows Point became a millionaire thanks to a scratch-off win. The estimated annuity jackpot for tonight’s [...]

Baltimore County Man Scratches Away to a $1 Million Prize

“Tank,” of Baltimore County, said he kept seeing zeros on his scratch-off that eventually added up to $1 million.

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Millionaire in Baltimore; Tickets in Rockville, Upper Marlboro Pay $100K

A Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket made a millionaire in Baltimore, and two other players in Rockville and Upper Marlboro each won $100,000, topping the big winners leaderboard for the past week. Meanwhile, a pair of Powerball players in Gaithersburg and Mechanicsville bought tickets that won $50,000 prizes in the Aug. 16 drawing. The Powerball jackpot [...]

Retired Educator from Silver Spring Claims $100,000 Lottery Prize

A Silver Spring woman who has been playing Maryland Lottery since its inception just landed her biggest lottery win. She bought a pair of $10 Double Your Money scratch-offs and one of them happened to contain a $100,000 top-prize. The Montgomery County resident bought her ticket at Food Stop Mini at 4820 Boiling Brook Parkway [...]

Easton Man Planning to Invest $50,000 from Lottery Win

A Maryland Lottery player from Easton plans on doing some investing after taking a chance on the $20 scratch-off game $50,000 Cash and winning the 101st top prize to be claimed on the ticket. A regular when it comes to playing the Lottery, the mood struck him recently, so he walked into the Sunoco gas [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Pays $100K in Oxon Hill, $50K in Baltimore as Jackpot Reaches $501 Million

Though no one matched all the Powerball numbers from the last drawing pushing the annuity jackpot over half a billion dollars, two players in Maryland hit for substantial amounts: $100,000 in Oxon Hill and $50,000 in Baltimore. The next Powerball drawing is tonight, Aug. 11, and the estimated annuity jackpot is $501 million, with an [...]

Retired Couple Finds a Lottery Fortune in Bel Air

A pair of Fallston residents spent a day this week running errands, one of which took them through Bel Air. Happily for them, the gas tank needed attention and the filling station they found doubles as a lottery retailer. Need one more lucky coincidence in this story? Today’s big winner had two winning tickets for […]

Hagerstown Man Goes Outside the Box for $50,000 Win on Cash Blast

A Hagerstown man purchased an extra Cash Blast scratch-off that fell out as the clerk was conducting the transaction, and that ticket ended up being a $50,000 winner. The player, who claimed the windfall Aug. 6 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, said he started by purchasing multiple scratch offs, and then returned to the counter buy […]

Longtime Calvert Player Scores $50,000 Win on Lottery’s Cash Blast

A Maryland Lottery regular from northern Calvert County is celebrating a $50,000 win on the new Cash Blast scratch-off game. Self-described as a dedicated player for over 10 years, the winner claimed his prize Aug. 5 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. He said he was first inspired to start playing after reading about other winners […]

Prince George’s Couple Celebrating $50,000 Birthday Scratch-Off Win

A Riverdale couple, who both have August birthdays, are celebrating a $50,000 win playing the $50,000 Cash scratch-off game – just in time for their special days. A few weeks ago, the husband went to his favorite spot to purchase Lottery games, Tony’s Liquors in Laurel. “Tony’s is the spot,” the Prince George’s County resident […]

The Week in Winners: 40 Pick 5 Tickets with Same Combination Make Salisbury Player a Millionaire

A Maryland Lottery player bought 40 identical Pick 5 tickets for 50 cents each at a store in Salisbury and ended up a millionaire when the numbers were drawn, marking the largest win of the past seven days. The tickets were all purchased at the Apple Drugs store in Salisbury, which receives a bonus of [...]

Coincidental Wins: Two Players Claim $30K Loteria Prizes at Same Time

Lottery headquarters saw an unlikely coincidence on Aug. 1 when two people who didn’t know each other, one from North Carolina and the other from Montgomery County, showed up to claim $30,000 top prizes on the same $3 game, Loteria. The game went on sale Dec. 28, 2023 and in the months since then, four […]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Player in Baltimore a Millionaire; 22 Others Across State Win $10K or More

A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Baltimore is now a millionaire, and two other people claimed scratch-off prizes of $100,000 each after buying tickets in Baltimore and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid more than $31.1 million in prizes during the week of July 21-28 including 23 tickets worth $10,000 [...]

Caroline County Woman Claims First $50,000 Gold Bar Bingo Lottery Prize

A Caroline County woman plays Maryland Lottery games quite frequently, and is particularly fond of new scratch-off games when they first hit the stores. Recently, she was drawn to the Gold Bar Bingo game, which was released July 18, and decided to try her luck. Consequently, she won the game’s first $50,000 top prize. The […]