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Loving Germantown Grandmother Wins $50,000 Playing Powerball

March 6, 2023

A 78-year-old jackpot chaser from Montgomery County enjoyed her first visit to the Lottery Winner’s Circle last week. The player was finishing her grocery shopping about a week ago when she had a brush with good luck. The winning grandmother enjoys playing jackpot games and normally purchases both Powerball and Mega Millions tickets, playing her […]

Powerball Delivers Three $50,000 Winners in Feb. 27 Drawing

February 28, 2023
Lucky tickets sold in Germantown, Lutherville, Upper Marlboro Powerball closed out February with a deluge of winning tickets in Maryland, including two $50,000 third-tier winners in the Powerball drawing on Monday night and one $50,000 third-tier winner in the Double Play drawing. Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 8,482 Maryland winners in the [...]

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: Big Prizes in Cash4Life, Multi-Match Top Long List of Lottery Wins

February 13, 2023
Players across Maryland won more than $30.4 million during week ending Feb. 12 Two Maryland Lottery players won life-changing prizes in the past week: Someone bought a Cash4Life ticket in Windsor Mill that won the game’s top prize of $1,000 a day for life, while another player in Elkridge landed a $750,000 Multi-Match jackpot. The [...]

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 [...]

Half-Scratched Deluxe Crossword Game Stuns Player with $50,000 Prize

February 6, 2023

Confused Germantown man scratches entire game after scanner proclaims big win A dedicated scratch-off player of 30 years almost missed a winning combination on the 7th edition of the Deluxe Crossword game. The Montgomery County resident found four of eight winning words and only resumed scratching off the rest of the puzzles when a ticket […]

$50,000 Pick 5 Win a Record for Germantown Woman

January 20, 2023

Attributes good fortune to unusual ‘feeling’ She buys lottery tickets once or twice a week, a Montgomery County woman told Maryland Lottery officials, “but something was different about this one.” Her Pick 5 purchase turned out to be her luckiest one yet, netting a bigger prize than her previous high score of two $5,000 prizes. […]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Tickets and Powerball Deliver Six-Figure Prizes

January 17, 2023
Players across Maryland won more than $32.5 million during week ending Jan. 15 Mega Millions was the hot Lottery topic last week as the jackpot exceeded $1 billion, but the biggest wins in Maryland came on Powerball and scratch-off tickets. The top prize of the week came from a Lady Luck scratch-off ticket sold in [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Millionaires in Upper Marlboro, Waldorf and White Hall

January 9, 2023
Players across Maryland won nearly $38.1 million during week ending Jan. 8 Maryland has three new millionaires after a week when two people bought second-tier winning Mega Millions tickets in Upper Marlboro and White Hall, and a third person in Waldorf bought a FAST PLAY progressive jackpot ticket worth $1,540,419. As of Jan. 9, only [...]

Holiday Scratch-off Turns First-Time Player Into First-Time Winner

January 9, 2023

Claims $30,000 top prize on Peppermint Payout scratch-off An 18-year-old Germantown woman came to Maryland Lottery headquarters with her parents in tow, eager to share her exciting experience. The Lottery novice won big the first time she played a scratch-off and was claiming a $30,000 top prize on the Peppermint Payout game. For her first […]

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: $100,000 Scratch-Offs in Annapolis, Silver Spring are Week’s Top Wins

November 28, 2022
Two Maryland Lottery players claimed prizes of $100,000 each last week on tickets sold in Annapolis and Silver Spring. Meanwhile, another 11 tickets worth $50,000 each were sold last week in Baltimore, Bladensburg, Bowie (2), Dundalk (2), Fort Washington, Parkville and Suitland (3). In all, 29 tickets across Maryland delivered prizes of $10,000 or more [...]

The Week in Winners: Multi-Match Jackpot in Calvert County is the Week’s Top Prize

October 11, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $35.8 million in the seven days ending Oct. 9 A Maryland Lottery player who bought a Multi-Match ticket in Calvert County landed the game’s fourth jackpot hit of 2022 in the Oct. 3 drawing. The lucky winner hasn’t claimed the prize yet, but will have the choice of a [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Millionaire in Charlotte Hall is Lottery’s Biggest Win of the Week

August 15, 2022
Players across state won nearly $29.7 million during seven days ending Aug. 14 Maryland has a new millionaire thanks to a FAST PLAY ticket sold Aug. 9 in Charlotte Hall. Meanwhile, three scratch-off players — one each in Brandywine, Lexington Park and Odenton — claimed $100,000 prizes last week. In all, 58 winning tickets worth [...]

Germantown Truck Driver Scores $50,000 Prize Playing Pick 5

July 28, 2022

Montgomery County resident has practical plans for his windfall A Maryland Lottery player from Germantown said he has been waiting “probably all my life” for a win like the $50,000 Pick 5 prize he claimed on July 27. The Montgomery County man has played the same four-digit number, 7340, for many years on the Pick […]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Player in Baltimore Wins $170,908 FAST PLAY Jackpot

July 18, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $27.9 million during week ending July 17 A Maryland Lottery player in Baltimore City scored a $170,908 FAST PLAY progressive jackpot win on July 15, and three other players each won $100,000 last week, one on a FAST PLAY ticket purchased in Germantown and two on scratch-off tickets purchased in [...]

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 [...]