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The Week in Winners: Powerball Delivers Four Big Prizes Across Maryland

May 15, 2023
Maryland Lottery players won nearly $31.3 million during week ending May 14 No one has matched all six Powerball numbers since April, so the jackpot has rolled to an estimated annuity value of $135 million for the May 15 drawing. But four people in Maryland — one each in Catonsville, Temple Hills, Mount Rainier and [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Players Win Six-Digit Prizes in Capitol Heights, Cumberland, Laurel and Randallstown

April 17, 2023
People across Maryland won nearly $33 million during week ending April 16 Lottery luck was in the air across Maryland on April 10. On that day, a FAST PLAY ticket purchased in Randallstown delivered a $713,089 progressive jackpot, and a Multi-Match ticket purchased in Cumberland hit a jackpot worth an estimated annuity value of $570,000. [...]

Columbia Player’s Family Scratch-off Tradition Yields $50,000 Prize

April 17, 2023

Vacation, celebration dinner in the works She throws in with co-workers to buy Mega Millions and Powerball tickets, but a Columbia woman’s big win of $50,000 occurred thanks to her family’s monthly purchase of scratch-offs. “We like to go have some fun,” the winner said of her family’s scratch-off tradition. Over the years, they’ve hit […]

Longtime Powerball Player Scores First $50,000 Prize

March 28, 2023

Howard County dad bought lucky ticket in March 15 drawing A Columbia resident’s weekly Lottery routine involves buying tickets for upcoming Powerball or Mega Millions drawings, and then checking his tickets from previous purchases to see if he won. He’s followed this routine for decades, enjoying a few small wins of $50 and $100. And […]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Multi-Millionaires in Bel Air and Lanham During Past Week

March 20, 2023
Players across Maryland won more than $42 million during week ending March 19 Maryland Lottery scratch-off players claimed multi-million dollar prizes in the past week on tickets purchased in Bel Air and Lanham. Meanwhile, a Multi-Match player in Elkridge hit a $680,000 jackpot, and three more players won six digit prizes on tickets purchased in [...]

$50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Howard County

March 16, 2023

Player bought lucky third-tier winning ticket in March 15 drawing Wednesday’s Powerball drawing delivered a $50,000 win to a lucky player who bought a ticket at a Columbia grocery store. Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 8,181 winning tickets sold in our state in the March 15 Powerball drawing with prizes ranging from […]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Scratch-off Makes New Millionaire in Millersville

February 27, 2023
Players across Maryland won nearly $34.3 million during week ending Feb. 26 A scratch-off player in Millersville became a Lottery millionaire twice over, while another five people landed six-figure prizes last week on tickets sold in Belcamp, Glen Burnie, Nottingham, Salisbury and Silver Spring. In all, the seven days ending Feb. 26 produced 43 winning tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Ticket Delivers $1 Million Prize in Calvert County

February 7, 2023
Players across Maryland won nearly $30.2 million during week ending Feb. 5 A scratch-off ticket sold in the Calvert County community of Lusby made one person a Maryland Lottery millionaire last week. Meanwhile, another three players collected prizes of $100,000 on tickets sold in Boonsboro and Baltimore. In all, the seven days ending Feb. 5 produced [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-Off Win in Severn is Lottery’s Top Prize of the Week

January 3, 2023
Players across Maryland won more than $32.2 million during week ending Jan. 1 A $1 million scratch-off winner in Severn and a Multi-Match jackpot-winning ticket worth $690,000 sold in Landover were the biggest Maryland Lottery prizes of the week. Meanwhile, another five players landed prizes of $100,000 on tickets sold in Baltimore (two), Glen Burnie, [...]

The Week in Winners: Bingo Scratch-offs Deliver Prizes of $500,000 in Gaithersburg, $100,000 in Hanover

December 27, 2022
Players across the state more than $26.7million in the seven days ending Dec. 25 Bingo-style scratch-off tickets were the hot Lottery games as cold winter temperatures descended across Maryland last week. One player in Gaithersburg landed a $500,000 prize on the $20 game Bonus Bingo X20, and another player in Hanover won $100,000 on the [...]

The Week in Winners: Hyattsville Scratch-Off Player Lands $1 Million Lottery Prize

December 20, 2022
Players across the state more than $29 million in the seven days ending Dec. 18 A Maryland Lottery player from Hyattsville is a millionaire thanks to a scratch-off ticket redeemed last week, and three other players — one each in Essex, Frederick and Silver Spring — won six-digit prizes in the same timeframe. In all, [...]

Reluctant Pick 5 Player Wins $50,000 Prize

December 19, 2022

Howard County veteran finds lucky win in June drawing She buys Lottery tickets often enough, a U.S. Navy veteran told Lottery officials this week, that she was set in her ways and didn’t even try playing Pick 5 when it debuted in February. That’s changed, however, now that Pick 5 gave her 50,000 reasons to […]

The Week in Winners: Six Players Win Six-Digit Lottery Prizes From Havre de Grace to Waldorf

December 13, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $31.8 million in the seven days ending Dec. 11 A $250,000-winning scratch-off ticket sold in Baltimore led the list of the Maryland Lottery’s biggest winners in the past week, and another five players also landed six-digit prizes in Glen Burnie, Havre de Grace, Prince Frederick, Silver Spring and Waldorf. [...]

The Week in Winners: Multi-Match Jackpot in Hagerstown, Six Pick 5 Prizes in Bowie are Week’s Top Wins

November 22, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $26.7 million in the seven days ending Nov. 20 A Multi-Match jackpot worth an estimated annuity value of $765,000 was won last week on a ticket sold in Hagerstown. Meanwhile, a Pick 5 player in Bowie bought six tickets that each won $50,000 top prizes, and a Keno player [...]

Baltimore Woman’s Good Feeling Leads to $20,000 Scratch-off Win

November 16, 2022

Ravens X2 game’s top prize to help new home search    She plays “once in a blue moon,” a 21-year-old Baltimore woman told Lottery officials. Buying an instant ticket rarely occurs to her, she said, unless something unusual compels her. She credits the “good feeling” she experienced upon awakening one day last week for her […]

The Week in Winners: Record-Setting Powerball Jackpot Roll Makes Millionaires in Baltimore, Prince Frederick

November 7, 2022
Players across the state won more than $33.1 million in the seven days ending Nov. 6 The Powerball jackpot rolled to an all-time-record $1.9 billion in the past week, and while a jackpot-winning ticket remained elusive, Maryland Lottery retailers sold two tickets worth $1 million, one each in Baltimore and Prince Frederick. With the Powerball [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $1 Billion as Maryland Players Land Big Bucks

October 31, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $28.2 million in the seven days ending Oct. 31 The Powerball jackpot kept growing last week, hitting the $1 billion mark for the Monday, Oct. 31 drawing. But the two biggest Lottery wins in Maryland were second- and third-tier Powerball prizes of $1 million and $200,000, respectively, in Bowie [...]