festive fortune – Maryland Lottery

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-Off Prize on Eastern Shore is Week’s Top Win

February 17, 2026

A $1 million scratch-off prize on the Eastern Shore was the biggest Maryland Lottery win last week. Scratch-off games also delivered a $250,000 prize in Hyattsville and a $100,000 win in Jessup. Lottery scratch-offs and draw games also produced eight $50,000 prizes last week in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. All told, [...]

California Visitor Wins $50,000 Lottery Prize While Visiting Family in Maryland

February 13, 2026

At home in California, he’s a frequent flier when it comes to playing the Lottery, so it only made sense that he would play while visiting his daughter in Maryland. The surprise came when he won $50,000 on the $5 holiday-themed Festive Fortune scratch-off. Accompanied by his granddaughter when he claimed the prize Feb. 13 [...]

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 [...]

Rosedale Man Wins $50,000 Festive Fortune Scratch-off Top Prize

December 30, 2025

It was two days before Christmas when an occasional Lottery player decided to purchase a five $5 Festive Fortune scratch-offs. The Rosedale man took the tickets home to scratch and soon realized he was going to kick the new year off with some extra cash. While claiming the $50,000 prize at Lottery headquarters on Dec. [...]

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 [...]

Worchester Woman Wins $50,000 Top-Prize on Scratch-Off Ticket

November 14, 2025

It was a Sunday morning when a Worchester County woman made a trip to the store in Berlin and bought two scratch-off tickets. One of the store’s regular patrons made a recommendation for her to stay away from the $5 scratch-off tickets because they supposedly don’t pay out. The advice turned out to be bogus. […]

The Week in Winners: Racetrax Horses with Long Odds Give Players Big Lottery Wins

October 27, 2025

Horses with long odds finished in the money in two Racetrax games, one each on Oct. 24 and Oct. 26, giving players in Baltimore, Fort Washington, Laurel, Suitland, Takoma Park, and Waldorf big paydays last week. On Oct. 24, the first four horses to finish were 12, 11, 10 and 1, resulting in four of [...]

Woman Credits ‘Something’ for her $50,000 Scratch Prize

October 24, 2025

A Carroll County woman has no idea what caused her to spend $20 on Maryland Lottery tickets, but she certainly felt “Something,” and she is certain the action will set up her family for a happier holiday season than she expected. Among the tickets she purchased was a $5 Festive Fortune scratch-off game that ended [...]

Holiday Scratch-offs Return with Popular Cash and Dash Shopping Spree Prize

October 17, 2025

The holiday season will be here before you know it, and the Maryland Lottery is celebrating today with the launch of six new scratch-offs and the return of our Holiday second-chance promotion. For the first time since 2020, the second-chance promotion offers the chance to win a Cash and Dash Shopping Spree in Chicago. Six [...]