baltimore – Maryland Lottery

Convenience Store Run Leads to $50,000 Scratch-off Win

November 6, 2026

A Baltimore mother of five, who occasionally asks her family to pick up a lottery ticket during convenience store runs, is celebrating a $50,000 win on the Extreme Green scratch-off. The retired corrections officer considers herself a casual Maryland Lottery player who rarely makes purchases but enjoys the fun of scratch-off games. “I like the [...]

New Lottery Player Turns Favorite Scratch-Off Games Into $50,000 Win

November 4, 2026

A Baltimore woman who has been playing the Lottery for less than a year is already celebrating a major win. The rookie recently scratched her way to a $50,000 top prize on the Multiply Your Money scratch-off. The winner, who considers herself relatively new to Lottery play, shared with officials that she has enjoyed plenty [...]

The Week in Winners: Three Scratch-Off Players Claim $100,000 Prizes as Powerball Jackpot Keeps Rising

November 2, 2026

Three Maryland Lottery players are starting November with plenty of reasons to celebrate after landing the biggest wins of the final week of October. Three scratch-off players are each celebrating $100,000 prizes on a $100,000 Ca$h ticket sold in Hyattsville; a $100,000 Crossword 10th Edition ticket sold in Landover; and a Winter Multiplier ticket sold [...]

The Week in Winners: $50,000 Prizes, Big Powerball Jackpot, and Halloween Masks Highlight the Week

October 26, 2026

Last week Maryland Lottery players scored $50,000 prizes on a Pick 5 ticket in Callaway, a Powerball ticket in Silver Spring, two scratch-off tickets sold in Hyattsville and another scratch-off sold in Nottingham. The scratch-off wins kept coming on the 30X Cash ticket, as six of the game’s $30,000 top prizes were claimed. One of [...]

Baltimore Man Wins $100,000 Prize on a Powerball Quick Pick with Power Play

October 20, 2026

A retired construction worker from Baltimore City came across a $100,000 payday, thanks to his purchase of a Powerball quick pick ticket with the Power Play and Double Play options selected. He played five sets of numbers for the Oct. 3 drawing, paying the extra $2 per number set for the two options, bringing his [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Delivers $1 Million Winner in Middle River as Jackpot Rolls Past $600 Million

October 19, 2026

With the Powerball jackpot rolling past the $600 million mark, a ticket sold in Middle River for Saturday night’s drawing landed a $1 million prize. But that wasn’t the Maryland Lottery’s biggest win of the week. The largest prize across the state in the last seven days came on Oct. 15 when a FAST PLAY [...]

Retired Police Officer Couldn’t Believe Eyes After Winning $30K on 30X Cash

October 15, 2026

A Baltimore City woman didn't believe her eyes when she scratched off a 30X Cash Lottery ticket and saw she was a $30,000 winner. "I scratched it off and I looked at it. I couldn't believe I won. I had never won this much money," she said Oct. 13 after claiming her prize at Lottery [...]

Baltimore Woman Thought She Won $5,000, But It Was Actually $50,000

October 8, 2026

A Baltimore City woman was drawn to a new convenience store she just happened to be walking past and decided to look inside. While there, she walked up to one of the Lottery terminals and selected a Deluxe Crossword scratch-off ticket on a whim. The $5 Deluxe Crossword 11th Edition ticket turned out to be [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Produces Big Wins in College Park, Baltimore as Jackpot Rolls to $467 Million

October 5, 2026

As the Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $467 million in advance of the Oct. 5 drawing, the game generated two of the Maryland Lottery’s biggest wins last week. A Lottery player in College Park landed the week’s biggest prize, scoring $200,000 in the Sept. 30 Powerball drawing. A Powerball player in [...]

The Week in Winners: Pick 5 Packs a Punch with Slew of $50,000 Prizes

September 28, 2026

A slew of $50,000 wins made the daily Pick 5 game the Maryland Lottery’s hottest ticket of the past week. The midday Pick 5 drawing on Sept. 22 produced five winning tickets that each won $50,000 prizes for matching the numbers in the exact order they were drawn: 88768. All five of those tickets were [...]

The Week in Winners: $540,000 Multi-Match Jackpot is Week’s Biggest Lottery Prize

September 21, 2026

A ticket sold in Towson hit the Multi-Match jackpot on Thursday night, and was the Maryland Lottery’s biggest win of the week. The Multi-Match jackpot winner has 182 days from the drawing date to claim the prize, and can choose between the estimated $540,000 annuity paid in 25 yearly installments, or a one-time payment of [...]

The Week in Winners: $210,745 FAST PLAY Prize in West Friendship is Biggest Win of the Week

September 14, 2026

A $210,745 winning FAST PLAY ticket sold on Sept. 12 in West Friendship (Howard County) was the Maryland Lottery’s biggest prize of the past week. Scratch-offs, Bonus Match 5 and Powerball produced four $50,000 wins in Baltimore, Bel Air, California and Severna Park. The FAST PLAY Platinum Payout ticket sold in West Friendship delivered the [...]

Maryland Veteran Takes Home $50,000 on $50 LUXE Scratch-Off

September 10, 2026

An Army veteran from Baltimore picked up a $50,000 third-tier prize on the $50 scratch-off game $5,000,000 LUXE, collecting his prize Sept. 8 at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. "I liked it because it was a new game, and there were still top prizes remaining,” the winner said. The game has been in sale since [...]

The Week in Winners: $4.2M Jackpot in Riverdale, $1M Scratch-Off Prizes in Randallstown, Marydel Highlight the Week

September 8, 2026

A $4.2 million Multi-Match ticket sold in Riverdale delivered Maryland’s biggest win of last week. It was the fourth-largest prize in the history of Maryland’s in-state jackpot game. Meanwhile, there were also a pair of $1 million scratch-off prizes, as a 100X the Cash ticket sold in Marydel and an Extreme Green ticket sold in [...]

Numbers Dream Comes True in Form of Baltimore Mailman’s $50K Pick 5 Win

September 4, 2026

It’s happened to him before, a Baltimore City resident reported this week when visiting Lottery headquarters to claim the biggest prize of his life. He emerged from a dream on Aug.25 with a five-digit number locked into his memory. It was 12 hours and a Pick 5 ticket purchase later when he’d won $50,000 playing [...]

Traffic Jam Leads Baltimore Cat Lover to $100,000 FAST PLAY Win

September 4, 2026

Being detained in heavy traffic led Baltimore City’s “Cat Granny” to a $100,000 FAST PLAY Cash Tree win.

Grandmother Eyes Vacation with Grandchildren after $50K Pick 5 Win

September 3, 2026

Playing Pick 5 using numbers associated with relatives’ birthdates resulted in a $50,000 win, giving a grandmother from Baltimore the resources she needs to do something she’s long wanted to do: take a vacation with all of her grandchildren. The public safety employee plays regularly, though not every day, and typically plays a combination associated [...]

Baltimore Social Worker Tackles $50K Prize on Ravens X10 Scratch-Off

September 1, 2026

A Baltimore social worker who enjoys playing Maryland Lottery games found herself in a state of shock when a Ravens X10 scratch-off delivered a $50,000 prize. The winner claimed her prize Aug. 31 at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. The winner is a fan of several Maryland Lottery games, including Racetrax, Pick 3, Pick 4 [...]

Grandchildren in for Surprises Thanks to Grandmother’s $50K Lottery Win

September 1, 2026

A scratch-off dabbler from White Marsh got a jolt of happiness recently when she scratched a $20 Triple Red 777s ticket and won a $50,000 prize. Accompanied by family members when she claimed the prize Aug. 31 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, the grandmother said she’d won smaller prizes of a few dollars here and [...]

The Week in Winners: A Dozen Players Hit Pick 5 for Big Wins as a $100K Scratch-off is Sold in Baltimore

August 31, 2026

A $100,000 scratch-off ticket sold in Baltimore may be this past week’s biggest Maryland Lottery prize but Pick 5 steals the excitement with 12 tickets worth $25,000 or more sold across the state. Winning Pick 5 tickets were sold in Baltimore, Capitol Heights, Columbia, Forestville, Fort Washington, Landover and Pikesville. During the week of Aug. [...]