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The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs Deliver Pair of $250,000 Prizes in Aberdeen, Bethesda

June 17, 2024
Across Maryland, prizes total nearly $37 million, with 35 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland Lottery scratch-off players in Aberdeen and Bethesda landed the largest prizes of the past week, as each visited the Lottery office in Baltimore to claim $250,000. Scratch-offs, Powerball, Bonus Match 5 and Pick 5 combined to deliver another five wins [...]

The Week in Winners: $250,000 Frederick Scratch-Off Tops Long List of Big Lottery Prizes

May 21, 2024
Across Maryland, prizes total more than $31 million, with 44 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket worth $250,000 purchased in Frederick was the biggest Maryland Lottery prize of the week, but in an unusual turn of events, 17 tickets worth $50,000 each, and of different varieties, were sold or claimed in that same [...]

Mom’s Insistence Leads to Daughter’s Big Pick 5 Win

May 17, 2024

Lucky Bowie lady wins $50,000 in May 14 drawing A Prince George’s County resident is $50,000 richer, thanks to her mother. The two often play Lottery games together, with the mother giving the daughter numbers to play. However, on a recent gloomy day, the daughter didn’t feel up to going out for their Lottery purchases […]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Prize in Columbia, $100,000 Big Spin Win Highlight the Week

May 13, 2024
Statewide prizes total more than $31 million as 29 tickets with $10,000 or more The biggest Maryland Lottery prize of the past week was a $1 million scratch-off win on a ticket sold in Columbia. But perhaps the Lottery’s highlight of the week came on the morning of May 6, when a lucky lady from [...]

The Week in Winners: Baltimore Winner Becomes a Scratch-Off Millionaire; FAST PLAY Ticket Yields $229,680

April 29, 2024
Statewide prizes total more than $33.8 million as 24 tickets deliver $10,000 or more each A Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket sold in Baltimore resulted in a new millionaire, while a FAST PLAY ticket sold in Annapolis awarded a $229,680 progressive jackpot prize, and a scratch-off ticket sold in Gaithersburg produced a $100,000 win. In all, [...]

Three Jackpot Chasers Catch $50,000 Powerball Prize

April 15, 2024

Retail workers team up to win third-tier prize in April 6 drawing When a group of retail co-workers saw the Powerball jackpot roll past the $1 billion mark, they pooled their cash to buy several tickets together for the April 6 drawing. The three workers all enjoy the thrill of playing Lottery games. The Prince […]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Drawings Make Millionaires in Annapolis, Jessup

April 8, 2024
Statewide prizes for past week total nearly $35 million as 43 tickets deliver prizes of $10,000 or more A $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot was hit in Oregon in the April 6 drawing, but the game made two Maryland Lottery millionaires in Maryland last week. A Powerball player in Annapolis bought two tickets each worth $1 [...]

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 [...]