baltimore – Maryland Lottery

Baltimore Couple Plays Pick 5 Together, Wins $50,000 Together

January 15, 2026

A husband and wife from Baltimore claimed their biggest prize ever Jan. 14 at Lottery headquarters: a $50,000 Pick 5 win. Although she was the one claiming the prize from the Jan. 8 drawing, the wife said, “He’s the one who won.” Without missing a beat, he continued: “Since we’re married, I just gave it [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Deliver $200,000 in Accokeek and $100,000 in Laurel, Topping Wins List

January 12, 2026

A scratch-off ticket in Accokeek worth $200,000 and another in Laurel worth $100,000 topped the list of big winners for the past week as Maryland Lottery players received prizes totaling $34.6 million. During the week of Jan. 5-11, a total of 28 players statewide won Lottery prizes of $10,000 or more. Winners are encouraged to [...]

Baltimore Man’s Bonus Match 5 Routine Leads to $50,000 Top Prize

January 7, 2026

A Baltimore man with a Lottery plan for playing Bonus Match 5 saw his numbers come up in the Jan. 2 drawing, giving him a payday of $53,200. His method: The first four numbers are always the same, 01,03,06, and 07. He plays that combination nine times, but with a different fifth number on each [...]

The Week in Winners: Pikesville Holiday Raffle Ticket Makes One of Three Lottery Millionaires in Seven Days

January 5, 2026

The Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle final drawing turned a player in Pikesville into a millionaire, while a FAST PLAY ticket in Gaithersburg is also a million-dollar winner and a scratch-off worth $2 million was claimed by an Eastern Shore player, all in the past week. The Holiday Raffle also accounted for 10 of the next [...]

The Week in Winners: Waldorf Man Wins on $50K Raffle as Queenstown Player Hits Multi-Match for $640,000

December 29, 2025

The final full week of 2025 brought monster prizes to Lottery players across Maryland including a Holiday Raffle Early Bird winner who claimed a $50,000 prize, clearing the way for the big $1 million drawing on Jan. 2, a $640,000 Multi-Match jackpot win on the Eastern Shore, and a $500,000 Powerball Double Play win in [...]

Five Big Prizes in Maryland as Powerball Jackpot is Won in Arkansas

December 26, 2025

From Sept. 7-Dec. 24, Powerball produced $11.3 million in Maryland prizes, $15.4 million in state contributions.

The Week in Winners: Four in Maryland Win $50,000 on Powerball as Jackpot Balloons to $1.6 Billion

December 22, 2025

As the Powerball jackpot swelled to an annuity value of $1.6 billion, four players in Maryland were off by one in the past week for $50,000 third-tier wins. The four big wins – one each in Bowie, Gwynn Oak, Hagerstown and Stevensville – were among 26 Maryland Lottery scores of $10,000 or more in the [...]

Baltimore Pick 5 $50,000 Winner Ponders ‘Renting’ a Little Happiness

December 22, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player from Baltimore knows that real happiness comes from love, companionship and family, not money from winning the Lottery. “You can’t buy happiness, but you can rent it!” he said Dec. 19 when he claimed a $50,000 prize he won on the evening Pick 5 drawing on Dec. 16. Single, living in [...]

Baltimore Woman’s Festive December Continues with $50K Holiday Raffle Win

December 18, 2025

Baltimore’s “Birthday Queen” began to suspect she was the second Holiday Raffle Early Bird winner she realized the winning ticket was sold at her favorite store.

The Week in Winners: Six in Maryland Miss Powerball Jackpot by One, Winning $50,000 to $1 Million

December 15, 2025

No one has matched all six Powerball numbers since early September, pushing the jackpot to more than $1 billion. But in last week’s three drawings, six Powerball players in Maryland were off by one, matching five of six winning numbers for prizes ranging from $50,000 to $1 million. The six big Powerball tickets were among [...]

Baltimore Man Stunned After Usual Numbers Give Him $50K Pick 5 Win

December 12, 2025

Bernard Blair Jr., of Baltimore is all smiles after his lucky number 36078 was picked in the Dec. 9 evening Pick 5 drawing.

Holiday Raffle Delivers $50,000 Early Bird Winning Ticket in Baltimore

December 8, 2025

Two more raffle drawings remaining, with $1 million prize awarded on Jan. 2 There’s been a chill in the air, but the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle is heating things up for someone who bought their ticket in Baltimore City. The winner in the second Early Bird Drawing is ticket number 029641, which was sold Nov. [...]

The Week in Winners: Reisterstown Powerball Ticket Narrowly Misses Jackpot as Lottery Players Win $31.4M

December 8, 2025

Maryland Lottery scratch-off players in Manchester and Whiteford each won $100,000 in the past week, while a Powerball player in Reisterstown missed winning a jackpot that’s approaching $1 billion by one number. The Reisterstown Powerball player matched four of the first five numbers drawn plus the Powerball number, delivering a $50,000 prize in the Dec. [...]

$50,000 Lottery Scratch-Off Win Changes Player’s View on Luck

December 4, 2025

A Baltimore man says he feels like he struck gold after uncovering a $50,000 top prize on the Deluxe Crossword scratch-off game. A proud Baltimore native, the winner said Dec. 3 when he claimed his prize at Lottery headquarters that he never considered himself lucky -- until now. He purchased the winning ticket on a [...]

Baltimore IT Professional Claims $50,000 Powerball Prize

December 2, 2025

It was at the urging of a sibling that a Baltimore man decided to try his luck playing Powerball. Previously, he didn’t play the numbers at all, but his sister insisted, so the information technology professional bought five quick pick tickets and won $50,000. He bought the tickets at the Harris Teeter grocery store at [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 in Havre de Grace; Powerball Rolls to $740 Million

December 1, 2025

A half-million-dollar scratch-off sold in Havre de Grace and a $111,971 FAST PLAY ticket in Bethesda topped the Maryland Lottery list of big winners for the week. As the Powerball jackpot inched toward three quarters of a billion dollars, two Maryland players won $50,000 third-tier prizes. Tonight’s Powerball jackpot (Dec. 1) has an estimated annuity [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Scratch-Offs Deliver $100,000 Prizes in Adelphi, Port Deposit

November 24, 2025

The Powerball jackpot is still rolling, with the big prize sitting at an estimated annuity value of $654 million, with an estimated cash value of $303.2 million for Monday night’s drawing. Maryland saw a $50,000 Powerball winner last week, but the state’s two biggest prizes came on a pair of scratch-offs worth $100,000 each that [...]

The Week in Winners: Five Mega Millions Players Win Five-Digit Prizes as Mega Millions Jackpot Roll Ends

November 17, 2025

While a player in Georgia won the $980 Million Mega Millions jackpot on Nov. 14, the game’s two drawings last week delivered five big prizes for players in Maryland: two wins of $30,000 each in Bryans Road and Towson, and three $20,000 prizes on tickets sold in District Heights, Elkridge and Temple Hills. Meanwhile, as [...]

Family That Scratches Together Wins Together on Bingo X10 in Baltimore

November 14, 2025

A mother and daughter team in Baltimore is enjoying its biggest win ever, thanks to having played their favorite kind of game. The pair started the day Nov. 6 as big fans of bingo-style scratch-off tickets and ended it with that affection having been multiplied 100,000 times. “When I heard her scream, I thought something […]

The Week in Winners: $5 Million Scratch-Off in Germantown, $770K Multi-Match in Silver Spring Top Wins

November 10, 2025

A scratch-off worth $5 million sold in Germantown was the biggest Maryland Lottery win of the past week, edging out a $770,000 Multi-Match jackpot win in Silver Spring and a FAST PLAY score of $125,985 in Annapolis on the hot ticket leaderboard. On all games, players won nearly $34.4 million across Maryland in the week [...]