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The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Players Become Millionaires in Frederick, Hyattsville

January 8, 2024
Wins of $100,000 or more scored in Easton, Grantsville and Lanham Two Maryland Lottery players are now millionaires thanks to a $2 million scratch-off win in Frederick and a $1 million Powerball hit in Hyattsville, and another three players in Easton, Grantsville and Lanham hit for $100K or more. In the seven days ending Jan. [...]

Prince George’s County Home to $1 Million, $50,000 Powerball Wins

January 2, 2024

$842.4 million jackpot-winning ticket sold in Michigan The first Powerball drawing of 2024 was a big winner as an $842.4 million jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Michigan and Prince George’s County produced its own $1 million second-tier winner and a $50,000 Double Play winner. The winning numbers for the Jan. 1 Powerball drawing were 12, […]

The Week in Winners: Hyattsville Player’s Half-Million Dollar Win is Week’s Top Lottery Prize

December 5, 2023
Lottery players across the state won nearly $28.7 million during week ending Dec. 3 A scratch-off worth half a million dollars sold in Hyattsville was the biggest of half a dozen six-digit Maryland Lottery prizes last week, with the other five being in Boonsboro, Cumberland, Gambrills, Hagerstown and Towson. In all, 32 Maryland Lottery tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Six-Figure Prizes and $50,000 Powerball Wins Highlight the Week

November 13, 2023
Lottery players across the state won nearly $26.7 million during week ending Nov. 12 A $500,000 scratch-off prize in Frederick County and a Racetrax ticket sold in Hagerstown that was worth more than $100,000 were the Maryland Lottery’s largest prizes of the past week. Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot has rolled to an estimated annuity value [...]

The Week in Winners: Bowie Lottery Player Wins $229,744 Playing Racetrax; Five Others Score $100K Prizes

November 7, 2023
People across the state won nearly $28.9 million during week ending Nov. 5 A Racetrax player in Bowie hit for $229,744 prize, while five scratch-off players collected prizes of $100,000 each in Capitol Heights, Mount Airy, Olney and Frederick (two), for the Maryland Lottery’s top prizes of the week. In all, 27 Maryland Lottery tickets [...]

With An Eye on Winning $1 Billion, Player Scores $100,008

October 17, 2023

Powerball gives up substantial sum for man in pursuit of massive prize A $100,008 Lottery prize is a lot of money, but a player from Upper Marlboro who won that amount generally doesn’t start paying attention to the national jackpot games until they have another three or four zeros in the mix. “I play when […]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Spreads Wealth with $100,000 Win in Bowie, Plus Seven $50,000 Prizes

October 16, 2023
Players across the state won more than $26.7 million during week ending Oct. 15 Although the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was hit last week on a ticket sold in California, a player in Bowie won $100,000 thanks to the multi-state jackpot game, and another seven players in Maryland hit for $50,000 each. The $50,000 wins [...]

Bowie Contractor Eyes Retirement after $150,000 Powerball Win

October 12, 2023

Power Play triples lucky man’s third-tier prize A Prince George’s County man has worked as a contractor for the past 50 years. Although physical labor is taking a toll on him, he hasn’t considered retirement, at least until now, because he enjoys what he does so much. After scoring a $150,000 Powerball prize, the idea […]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Delivers Pair of Six-Figure Prizes as Powerball Jackpot Rolls Into Record Territory

October 10, 2023
Players across the state won more than $34.9 million during week ending Oct. 8 FAST PLAY generated the Maryland Lottery’s two biggest prizes during the week of Oct. 2-8 with Powerball rolling into third place with a $150,000 third-tier winning ticket. Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot continued to roll and now has an estimated jackpot annuity [...]

$100,000, $50,000 Powerball Tickets Sold in Oct. 2 Drawing

October 3, 2023

Wednesday’s jackpot rolls to estimated annuity of $1.2 billion Check your Powerball tickets from last night’s drawing because you could be a big winner! Even though no one hit the estimated $1.04 billion jackpot on Monday, there was a $100,000 winning ticket sold in Howard County and a $50,000 winning ticket purchased in Prince George’s […]

The Week in Winners: As Jackpot Grows, Powerball Tickets Worth $50,000 Sold in Bel Air, Hyattsville, Mechanicsville

September 5, 2023
Players across the state won more than $28.3 million during week ending Sept. 3 With no one having matched all six Powerball numbers lately, the jackpot has grown to $461 million for the Sept. 6 drawing. But three players in Maryland did match enough numbers last week to win $50,000 each. Similarly, the Mega Millions [...]

The Week in Winners: Six-Digit Lottery Prizes Won in Charlotte Hall, Dundalk, Frederick

August 22, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $28.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 20 Maryland Lottery players in Charlotte Hall, Dundalk and Frederick won six-digit prizes in the week that ended Aug. 20, and another four players won $50,000 each in Berlin, Silver Spring (two) and Upper Marlboro. In all, 39 Lottery tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Millionaire in Oxon Hill; $750K In Pick 5 Sold in Fort Washington

August 14, 2023
Players across the state won more than $32.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 13 A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Oxon Hill claimed a $1 million prize, a Multi-Match player in Waldorf who won $840,000 has not claimed the prize yet, and 15 winning $1 Pick 5 tickets worth a total of [...]

The Week in Winners: Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches Historical $1.55 Billion as Six in Maryland Win $10,000

August 7, 2023
Players across the state won more than $31.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 6 No one hit the Mega Millions jackpot over the weekend, boosting the game’s top prize to $1.55 billion, but six players in Maryland won $10,000 each in the game in the past week, one each in Annapolis, Edgewater, [...]

Friend’s Advice Leads to Big Payday for Bowie Man

August 1, 2023
Wins first $50,000 top prize playing Gold Bar Bingo consistently “Pick a card and stay consistent,” suggested the friend of a Prince George’s County scratch-off player. The 43-year-old followed the kind advice and it paid off to the tune of $50,000! He consistently played the $5 Gold Bar Bingo scratch-off and, with Lady Luck’s help, [...]

The Week in Winners: Six Maryland Lottery Players Hit Powerball, Mega Millions for 5-Digit Prizes

July 17, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $28.5 million during week ending July 16 The Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots continue to climb. Since there were no jackpot winners, the Powerball jackpot grew over the weekend to $900 million and Mega Millions has reached $640 million. The combined total is more than $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, six [...]