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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 Pays $500,000 in Landover, Riverdale; $1 Million Scratch-Off in Sparrows Point

August 25, 2025
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 [...]

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

August 18, 2025
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 [...]

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

August 11, 2025
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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Players in Ocean City, Silver Spring Splitting $1.8 Million Among Big Lottery Hits

July 7, 2025
Maryland Lottery players in Ocean City and Silver Spring will be splitting a $1.8 million Multi-Match jackpot after the June 30 drawing and another seven players scored prizes of $50,000 to $100,000 in the past week in Bowie, College Park, Colmar Manor, Jessup, Lexington Park, Nottingham and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, [...]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life Makes a Millionaire in Lanham; Mega Millions, Powerball Deliver Solid Wins

June 23, 2025
Players in Capitol Heights, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, Laurel, Severna Park score $50,000 or more A Maryland Lottery player in Lanham is holding a Cash4Life ticket worth $1,000 a week for life. Meanwhile, as the Powerball jackpot grew to $128 million a player in Riverdale won a $150,000 prize; and Mega Millions players in Catonsville and [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Powerball Players Now Millionaires in Catonsville, Parkville

June 9, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $30.1 million in prizes for the week, with 37 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland has two new millionaires thanks to back-to-back second-tier Powerball wins, and, as the two prizes remain unclaimed as of June 9, it’s worth checking your tickets. The June 2 Powerball drawing produced a $1 million winner on [...]

The Week in Winners: Three Lottery Millionaires in Seven Days in Annapolis, Elkton and Silver Spring

June 2, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $33.7 million in prizes for the week, with 40 tickets worth $10,000 or more Scratch-offs made three Maryland Lottery players millionaires last week, one each in Annapolis, Elkton and Silver Spring, topping a long list of big winners. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid nearly $33.7 million in prizes [...]

Family Tradition Turns to Fortune: Randallstown Woman Wins $1 Million

May 30, 2025

A Baltimore County Lottery player is celebrating the win of a lifetime after a spur-of-the-moment stop at a gas station in Annapolis led to her becoming Maryland’s newest millionaire. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, claimed her $1 million Lucky 777 scratch-off top prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters. The winner said playing the Lottery […]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Ticket Pays $500K in College Park While Pick 5 Strategy Yields Big Prizes

May 19, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $31.2 million in prizes for the week, with 34 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket paid a Maryland Lottery player in College Park $500,000 while multiple purchases of the same Pick 5 combinations paid off big for players in Baltimore, Frederick and Lexington Park. Across Maryland, and across all games, [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Scratch-Offs Make New Millionaires in Clarksville and Salisbury

May 5, 2025
Lottery paid more than $33.4 million in prizes for the week, with 29 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland Lottery scratch-off tickets made two players, one each in Clarksville and Salisbury, millionaires in the past week, while two other people won prizes of $150,000 and $100,000 each in Mechanicsville and Hyattsville, respectively. Across Maryland, and [...]

The Week in Winners: Fort Washington Has $75,000 Win, as Six Others Across State Hit for $50,000 Each

April 28, 2025
Lottery paid more than $31.3 million in prizes for the week, with 30 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY ticket worth $75,000 sold in Fort Washington topped the Maryland Lottery big prize list for the past week, and another six tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Dundalk, Gaithersburg (two), La Plata, Morningside [...]

The Week in Winners: Eastern Shore Player Wins $100,000 Powerball Prize as Jackpot Hits $461 Million

March 24, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled nearly $30.3 million, with 26 tickets worth $10,000 or more The Powerball jackpot climbed to $461 million for tonight’s drawing, and an Eastern Shore player matched four white balls plus the Powerball number last week, with a bonus, and now has a ticket worth $100,000. That was one of three [...]

Ravens Fan Wins Big Keno Prize Using Players’ Numbers

March 19, 2025

Longtime Keno player takes home $37,515 A long time Keno player switched things up to play the jersey numbers of some former and current Baltimore Ravens players, and won $37,515 in a drawing earlier this month. The Annapolis man wanted to change his numbers after years of playing family birthdays and important dates. Being a […]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Pays $392,970 in Lusby; Home and Garden Show Sprouts $50K win

March 10, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled more than $36.5 million, with 62 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY progressive jackpot win of $392,970 on a ticket sold in the Calvert County community of Lusby topped a long list of Maryland Lottery big winners. Among the 61 other winners was a $50,000 third-tier Powerball ticket [...]

The Week in Winners: Waldorf Scratch-Off pays $100K; District Heights Racetrax Yields $61,690 Prize

January 27, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled more than $25.8 million, with 22 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket worth $100,000 in Waldorf and a $61,690 Racetrax ticket sold in District Heights topped the leaderboard for Maryland Lottery wins in the past week, even as another five players hit for $50,000 in Berlin, Milford Mill, [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Bel Air as Jackpot Rolls

December 16, 2024
Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $31.3 million, with 19 tickets worth $10,000 or more As the Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to nearly three quarters of a billion dollars, a second-tier winning ticket sold last week made a Maryland Lottery player in Bel Air a millionaire. Meanwhile, a scratch-off player in Reisterstown won a [...]

The Week in Winners: Aberdeen $1 Million Scratch Ticket Biggest of 33 Large Lottery Hauls

November 25, 2024
Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $29.4 million, with 33 tickets worth $10,000 or more Aberdeen has a new millionaire thanks to a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket, while a Keno ticket worth more than $150,000 sold last week in Hyattsville is unclaimed, and another three scratch-off tickets yielded $100,000 prizes for players in Baltimore, [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Players in Annapolis, Gaithersburg, Lanham, Oxon Hill Win Big

October 28, 2024
Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $30.6 million, with 27 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland Lottery scratch-off players in Annapolis, Gaithersburg, Lanham and Oxon Hill all claimed prizes ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 in the past week — the Lottery’s four biggest wins of the past seven days. Across the state, the Lottery [...]

Young Annapolis Man Begins Adulthood with $250,000 Lottery ‘Jumpstart’

October 25, 2024

Describes top-prize scratch-off win as a ‘life-changing amount’ A casual but consistent Maryland Lottery player from Annapolis in his mid-20s got a big financial boost by winning a $250,000 top prize on the $10 $250,000 Cash Winfall scratch-off. “This is a life-changing amount,” he said this week after claiming his prize at Lottery headquarters in […]