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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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Gaithersburg Retailer Sells Winning Pick 5 Tickets Worth $1 Million

October 17, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $28.1 million in the seven days ending Oct. 16 The midday Pick 5 drawing on Oct. 14 produced a big win for at least one customer of Shady Grove Beer & Wine in Gaithersburg. The Montgomery County retailer sold 20 $1 straight-bet Pick 5 tickets for the Oct. 14 [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Tickets Make Millionaires in Baltimore and Mount Airy

September 19, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $33.1 million during seven days ending Sept. 11 Two new Maryland Lottery millionaires were minted during the week ending Sept. 18, including a $2 million scratch-off winner in Mount Airy who claimed on Sept. 16 and a $1 million Powerball winner in Baltimore whose ticket remained unclaimed as of [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-off Among 52 Big Lottery Prizes in the Past Week

August 29, 2022
Players across state won more than $32 million during seven days ending Aug. 28 A Maryland Lottery player in Silver Spring is a millionaire, and another eight players in Bel Air, Clear Spring, District Heights (two), Landover, Middle River, Upper Marlboro and Westminster won prizes of $100,000 in the past week. On top of that, [...]

The Week in Winners $2.2 Million Multi-Match Jackpot in White Marsh is Top Win of the Week

August 22, 2022
Players across state won nearly $32 million during seven days ending Aug. 21 A Multi-Match jackpot win on Aug. 18 made a Maryland Lottery player in White Marsh a millionaire. Meanwhile a scratch-off player in Ocean City claimed a $250,000 prize, and players each won $100,000 on tickets sold in Berwyn Heights, Edgewood and Upper [...]

The Week in Winners: Mega Millions, FAST PLAY Winners Highlight the Week

August 1, 2022
Players across state won more than $29.6 million during week ending July 31 A historic Mega Millions jackpot was won in Illinois on July 29, and meanwhile, amid excitement about the $1.337 billion prize, 49 Maryland Lottery players across the state won prizes of $10,000 or more last week on a variety of tickets. Three [...]

The Week in Winners: Four Racetrax Players Win Big as Long-Odds Horses Lead the Pack

July 11, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $28.5 million during week ending July 10 Four fans of the Maryland Lottery’s computer-animated Racetrax horse racing simulation game defied the longest odds and each won $62,576 on July 9 on tickets sold in Baltimore, Germantown, Landover and Oxon Hill. Racetrax horses are numbered 1 through 12, and the [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Luck Lands in Frederick With Bonus Match 5 Six-Pack, Scratch-off Millionaire

July 5, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $27.9 million during week ending July 3 A Frederick retailer sold six top-prize-winning Bonus Match 5 tickets totaling more than $300,000 in prize money in the July 3 drawing of the daily game. Meanwhile, a scratch-off ticket sold in Frederick delivered a $1 million prize last week. The Bonus Match [...]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life, Scratch-off Tickets Deliver Pair of $1 Million Prizes

June 21, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $35.1 million during week ending June 19 Two Maryland Lottery players are new millionaires courtesy of a Cash4Life ticket and a Money Explosion scratch-off. The Snider family from Gambrills is on the hunt for a bigger house after dad Gregory Snider claimed the second-tier Cash4Life prize. The 33-year-old heavy equipment [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Makes New Millionaires on Upper and Lower Eastern Shore

May 31, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $30.1 million during week ending May 29 Two Maryland Lottery players became millionaires last week, and one of them may not even know it yet. A scratch-off player in Wicomico County claimed one of the life-changing prizes last week, but the Lottery is still waiting to greet the Mega [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs Deliver Six-Figure Prizes in Bladensburg, Brooklyn Park, Riverdale, Takoma Park

May 2, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $32.4 million during week ending May 1 A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Bladensburg landed a $500,000 prize last week, and three other scratch-off tickets purchased in Brooklyn Park, Riverdale and Takoma Park each paid $100,000. In all, 27 tickets worth $10,000 or more were either sold or redeemed in [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Players in Bel Alton, Elkridge, Salisbury, Temple Hills Win $100,000

February 7, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $28.2 million during week ending Feb. 6 Four Maryland Lottery scratch-off players claimed $100,000 prizes last week on tickets they bought in Bel Alton, Elkridge, Salisbury and Temple Hills. Another eight players landed prizes of $50,000 or more on a range of Lottery games purchased in Baltimore, Capitol Heights, Charlotte [...]