FAST PLAY – Maryland Lottery

Southern Maryland Player Shocks Store with $100K Win on FAST PLAY Mega Multiplier

January 20, 2026

A St. Mary's County woman knew she had won at least $2,000 on a FAST PLAY Mega Multiplier ticket, but then she went to a store clerk for confirmation. She was in shock when she learned she had a $100,000 winning ticket. The store was surprised too. “When they looked at my ticket, their eyes [...]

The Week in Winners: Abingdon Millionaire, Biggest Racetrax Score Ever Top Lottery Prizes of Week

January 20, 2026

A scratch-off in Abingdon delivered a $1 million prize while a player in Edgewater won $660,414 on Racetrax, the biggest prize in the history of the game. In addition, nine Bonus Match 5 tickets purchased at the same time at the same store in Clarksburg ran up winnings totaling $450,000 this past week. During the [...]

Baltimore Man Almost Tosses $50,000 Ticket in the Trash

January 16, 2026

Baltimore educator plans to purchase a truck to help kickstart a painting business after claiming a $50,000 FAST PLAY Snowflake Ca$h prize.

The Family That Plays Together in Montgomery… Wins a Million Dollars!

January 9, 2026

A Montgomery County duo who have bought tickets together for years had their biggest day ever this past weekend. Connected by family and an enjoyment of Lottery games, they were in the car, moments away from leaving a Lottery retailer after an unsuccessful visit, when they returned to try one more ticket. A few minutes [...]

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 [...]

Western Howard County Student Wins $32,138 on SLINGO® FAST PLAY Ticket

December 23, 2025

A working parttime student from western Howard County is pondering buying a vehicle and moving into his own place after winning a $32,138 progressive jackpot on the Maryland Lottery’s $3 SLINGO® FAST PLAY game. That said, he hadn’t given much thought to his plans for the winnings because he was still a little in doubt [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bethesda Player Cracks Combination for $111,971 FAST PLAY Jackpot

December 11, 2025

It was late November when a Lottery player from Montgomery County was engaged in a favorite activity: playing Lottery games. Among the purchases to be checked was a $5 FAST PLAY Cash Combination progressive jackpot ticket, which turned out to be a $111,971 winner. The Bethesda resident, who plays all Lottery games aside from Racetrax, [...]

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 [...]

Coffee Run Leads Montgomery Woman to a $57,486 FAST PLAY Win

November 26, 2025

A Montgomery County woman went to the store for coffee, but it wasn’t the caffeine that gave her a boost. She heeded the suggestion of her son to try FAST PLAY instead of her usual Pick 3 and Pick 4. The result: a progressive jackpot jolt of $57,486 on the game 7-11-21. The winner bought [...]

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 [...]

$57,487-Winning FAST PLAY 7-11-21 Ticket Sold in Silver Spring

November 21, 2025

Fridays are hot for the Maryland Lottery’s FAST PLAY progressive jackpot games. Nov. 21 marked the third consecutive Friday when a progressive jackpot FAST PLAY ticket hit. This time it was a $57,487 win on the game 7-11-21 ticket was in Silver Spring. The ticket was purchased at the Safeway grocery store at 15411 New […]

St. Mary’s County Teacher Has Fat Wallet After $459,932 FAST PLAY Win

November 19, 2025

A St. Mary’s County man went to the store to buy a FAST PLAY Fat Wallet ticket. After the purchase, he is going to need a much fatter wallet because he won $459,932 on the game. “I was getting ready for a trip to gas up my car. I decided to go inside and take […]

Lottery Player in St. Mary’s Breaks Her Lottery Fast with $50,000 Win

November 19, 2025

A St. Mary’s County woman, and lottery enthusiast, had taken a break from playing but on a recent day while at a store buying soda, she decided to end her lottery hiatus and try her luck with a FAST PLAY ticket. She bought a few $10 Lucky Numbers games and was able to capture a […]

Final Unlock the Cash Live Game Delivers Prizes for Pair of Winners

November 18, 2025

Aarchi Patel and Garry Dixon participated in the final Unlock the Cash Live Game at Lottery headquarters, and both walked away with cash.

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 [...]

Annapolis Business Owner Wins $125,985 on FAST PLAY Lucky Numbers

November 14, 2025

An Annapolis man who likes to purchase Lottery tickets on a weekly schedule has a personal tradition of checking them days later. As a result, it was about a week between when he instantly won $125,985 on the FAST PLAY Lucky Numbers game and when he realized he had been keeping a valuable slip of […]

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 [...]