germantown – Maryland Lottery

FAST PLAY Keno Game Brings $30,000 Win for Skeptical Germantown Man

September 19, 2025

A Montgomery County man who usually plays scratch-offs was urged to try FAST PLAY. He did and won $30,000, even though it took four confirmations to convince him. Last week, the Germantown resident was with his daughter at Wisteria Beer and Wine, about to purchase some of his favorite scratch-off games when he had a [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Millionaire Tops Lottery Leaderboard as Players Won $31.2 Million Last Week

September 15, 2025

The excitement of a massive Powerball jackpot had subsided by the beginning of last week after a $1.787 billion prize in the Sept. 6 drawing was shared by tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. But there is a chance for a substantial win in every drawing, as demonstrated by a Maryland Lottery player in Prince [...]

Big Jackpot Prompts Montgomery Man to Play and he Wins $50K on Powerball

September 10, 2025

A Montgomery County man decided to purchase a few Powerball tickets when the jackpot was at $1.4 billion for the Sept. 3 drawing, and, while he didn’t win all the marbles, he did hit for a $50,000 third-tier prize. "I'm an infrequent player, but I try to play once a month, or when the jackpot [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Makes a Millionaire, Delivers a Dozen More Big Wins in Maryland as Jackpot Roll Ends

September 8, 2025

Powerball was all the rage for the past week as the jackpot reached an annuity value of $1.787 billion for the Sept. 6 drawing, culminating with two winning tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. Though the jackpot was not hit in Maryland, Powerball players in the state won more than $13.4 million in prizes in [...]

Powerball Makes Maryland Millionaire, Four $50K Winners as Jackpot Rolls to $1.7 Billion

September 4, 2025

As the Powerball jackpot grew to $1.7 billion because no one has matched all six numbers, the game continues making lower tier big winners in Maryland, including a $1 million prize on a ticket sold in Pikesville on the Wednesday (Sept. 3) drawing. The Wednesday drawing also produced four third-tier prizes of $50,000 each on [...]

The Week in Winners: 40 Pick 5 Tickets with Same Combination Make Salisbury Player a Millionaire

August 4, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player bought 40 identical Pick 5 tickets for 50 cents each at a store in Salisbury and ended up a millionaire when the numbers were drawn, marking the largest win of the past seven days. The tickets were all purchased at the Apple Drugs store in Salisbury, which receives a bonus of [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Player in Baltimore a Millionaire; 22 Others Across State Win $10K or More

July 29, 2025

A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Baltimore is now a millionaire, and two other people claimed scratch-off prizes of $100,000 each after buying tickets in Baltimore and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid more than $31.1 million in prizes during the week of July 21-28 including 23 tickets worth $10,000 [...]

Upper Marlboro Player Wins a $40,000 Prize a Keno 8-Spot Bet

July 21, 2025

An Upper Marlboro man was on his way to visit a friend. While traveling, he made a stop at a liquor store and decided to add a Keno ticket to his purchase. By the time he arrived at his friend’s house, he had won $40,000. Though Keno is the winner’s usual Lottery game, his stop […]

The Week in Winners: Six Win $50,000 Maryland Lottery Prizes, Including Powerball Player in Elkridge

July 21, 2025

A third-tier Powerball win on a ticket sold in Elkridge was one of six $50,000 Maryland Lottery prizes won in the past week as the multi-state jackpot game inched toward a third of a billion dollars. For the Powerball drawing tonight (July 21), the estimated annuity jackpot is $308 million. The other $50,000 prizes in [...]

The Week in Winners: Players in Ocean City, Silver Spring Splitting $1.8 Million Among Big Lottery Hits

July 7, 2025

Maryland Lottery players in Ocean City and Silver Spring will be splitting a $1.8 million Multi-Match jackpot after the June 30 drawing and another seven players scored prizes of $50,000 to $100,000 in the past week in Bowie, College Park, Colmar Manor, Jessup, Lexington Park, Nottingham and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Players in Elkton, Essex and Indian Head Win $1 to $5 Million

June 30, 2025

Three Maryland Lottery players became millionaires last week: a scratch-off player in Essex who won $5 million, a FAST PLAY winner who bought a ticket worth $2,041,396, and a second scratch-off player in Elkton who hit for $1 million. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid nearly $35.8 million in prizes during the [...]

Germantown Mom Takes Home $50,000 Scratch-off Prize

June 27, 2025

A woman from Germantown visited the Maryland Lottery office in Baltimore on June 26 to claim the fourth out of eight $50,000 prizes on the Mosaic Money scratch-off game. which has been available for about three months. The $5 ticket has a distinctive design evocative of ancient Mediterranean floor mosaics in a turquoise, pale pink […]

The Week in Winners: Three Lottery Millionaires in Seven Days in Annapolis, Elkton and Silver Spring

June 2, 2025

Lottery paid nearly $33.7 million in prizes for the week, with 40 tickets worth $10,000 or more Scratch-offs made three Maryland Lottery players millionaires last week, one each in Annapolis, Elkton and Silver Spring, topping a long list of big winners. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid nearly $33.7 million in prizes [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off in Hanover Pays $2 Million; FAST PLAY Ticket in Dundalk Wins $685K

May 12, 2025

Lottery paid more than $34.1 million in prizes for the week, with 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Maryland Lottery scratch-off purchased in Hanover made a player a millionaire twice over, while a player in Dundalk bought a FAST PLAY ticket worth $685,656, and scratch-off players in Temple Hills and White Marsh claimed prizes [...]

Germantown Man Wins $6,500 as Orioles Hit First Grand Slam of 2025

April 18, 2025

Raymond Mitchell of Germantown told all of his friends to watch the Orioles game after he was selected Contestant of the Game. He was not disappointed as he won $6,500.

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Sold in Silver Spring Pays $500,000 Prize

April 7, 2025

Lottery paid nearly $32.7 million in prizes for the week, with 36 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket worth $500,000 sold in Silver Spring, two Pick 5 tickets sold at the same time at the same store in Baltimore worth a total of $100,000, and four tickets worth $50,000 each sold in Beltsville, [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Pays $392,970 in Lusby; Home and Garden Show Sprouts $50K win

March 10, 2025

Lottery wins last week totaled more than $36.5 million, with 62 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY progressive jackpot win of $392,970 on a ticket sold in the Calvert County community of Lusby topped a long list of Maryland Lottery big winners. Among the 61 other winners was a $50,000 third-tier Powerball ticket [...]

Germantown Restaurant Worker Wins $50,000 on Mega Money Game

March 4, 2025

Scratch-off’s four top prizes of $2 million are still unclaimed A Montgomery County woman couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw she won $50,000 on the Mega Money scratch-off. The restaurant worker scratched off her $30 instant ticket and saw she had multiple $5,000 prizes and $500 prizes, which added up to a second-tier prize […]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life Delivers Week’s Top Win on New Year’s Eve in Harford County

January 6, 2025

Lottery wins last week totaled more than $37.8 million, with 26 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Maryland Lottery player in Harford County rang in the new year in style with a big win in one of the last drawings of 2024. Edgewood Liquors, Grocery & Deli in Edgewood sold a second-tier winning ticket for [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Bel Air as Jackpot Rolls

December 16, 2024

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $31.3 million, with 19 tickets worth $10,000 or more As the Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to nearly three quarters of a billion dollars, a second-tier winning ticket sold last week made a Maryland Lottery player in Bel Air a millionaire. Meanwhile, a scratch-off player in Reisterstown won a [...]