holiday raffle – Maryland Lottery

Holiday Raffle Gives Middle River Woman a $100,000 Shock

January 14, 2026

A Middle River woman, typically a fan of playing bingo and the occasional scratch-off, was at Baker’s Tavern on New Year’s Day when she purchased a Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle ticket. The last opportunity to buy Holiday Raffle tickets was that day. The purchase gave her a fortuitous start to 2026 as it put her [...]

The Tale of the $100,000 Raffle Ticket That Almost Got Away in Temple Hills

January 14, 2026

A Prince George’s County hotel employee who buys Lottery tickets twice a week was doing just that in November when he noticed the Holiday Raffle option on the vending machine at Marlow Wings in Temple Hills. He bought one of the $20 tickets, tucked in his wallet and didn’t think about it again for almost [...]

Worcester County Retiree Wins $100,000 on Holiday Raffle

January 14, 2026

A Worcester County man likes to play a variety of Lottery games so he was excited when he heard about the Holiday Raffle. "I liked the odds of winning," he said, referring to the 1 in 237,206 chance of winning $1 million, not to mention even better odds on 10 prizes at the $100,000 level [...]

Retired Amtrak Employee from Middle River Wins Train-Load of Raffle Cash

January 9, 2026

A Baltimore County man told Lottery officials he’s a daily games player who generally has no interest in other tickets. But it wasn’t Pick 3 or Pick 5 that brought him to lottery headquarters on Jan. 7 to collect a $100,000 prize; it was the Holiday Raffle. “I’ve been a Pick games player for a [...]

Aberdeen Bride-to-Be Claims $100,000 Holiday Raffle Prize, Expands Wedding Plan

January 8, 2026

Marcia Cooper, of Aberdeen, claims one of the ten $100,000 winning Holiday Raffle prizes and is planning a wedding.

Rosedale Woman Takes Home $1 Million Prize in Holiday Raffle

January 7, 2026

Karen L., of Rosedale, credits her late mother for her $1 million Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle win, as the drawing was held on her mom’s birthday.

Dundalk Player Looking for ‘Something New’ Finds $100,000 Holiday Raffle Prize

January 7, 2026

A Dundalk couple left Lottery headquarters with smiles on their faces Dec. 6, having become the latest to claim a big-money prize from the recently concluded Holiday Raffle. Fans of the lottery’s jackpot games, they saw the raffle as an opportunity to try something different. Their $100,000 second-tier win was clear evidence they had achieved [...]

Linthicum Couple’s Eighth Holiday Raffle Ticket Purchase Delivers $100,000 Prize

January 7, 2026

A husband and wife from Linthicum who are casual Keno players but also buy Mega Millions and Powerball tickets when jackpots are high were the winners of one of 10 $100,000 prizes in the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle. “I looked at the odds. There were only 325,000 tickets. This is our best chance at a [...]

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 [...]

Holiday Raffle Concludes With $1 Million Winning Ticket Sold in Pikesville

January 2, 2026

Thousands of Maryland Lottery players are kicking off the new year with some extra money in their pockets, and one of them is a new millionaire. More than 10,000 winning numbers were drawn today in the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle. The $1 million winner is Ticket Number 136188, which was sold Dec. 8 at the [...]

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 [...]

Waldorf Man Claims Third $50K Holiday Raffle Early Bird Prize

December 29, 2025

“Foods In Winner” was shopping at his favorite Lottery retailer when he learned the a $50,000 Early Bird Holiday Raffle winning ticket was sold there. He had the winner!

Powerball Double Play Delivers $500,000 in Upper Marlboro; Jackpot at $1.7 Billion

December 23, 2025

Big prize in Prince George’s County tops a day of big wins for Maryland Lottery players The Powerball jackpot continued on a historic roll Monday night. No one matched all six numbers for a jackpot win, so the next drawing, on Christmas Eve, will have an estimated annuity prize of $1.7 billion. The estimated cash option [...]

Holiday Raffle $50,000 Early Bird Winning Ticket Sold in Waldorf

December 22, 2025

Final drawing to take place Jan. 2 with more than 10,000 winners including $1 million prize Lottery players in Waldorf who purchased a Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle should check their tickets. The third Early Bird drawing took place today awarding one lucky winner a $50,000 prize. The Early Bird winner is Ticket Number 166251, which [...]

Baltimore Woman’s Festive December Continues with $50K Holiday Raffle Win

December 18, 2025

Baltimore’s “Birthday Queen” began to suspect she was the second Holiday Raffle Early Bird winner she realized the winning ticket was sold at her favorite store.

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 [...]

Holiday Raffle Delivers $50,000 Early Bird Winning Ticket in Baltimore

December 8, 2025

Two more raffle drawings remaining, with $1 million prize awarded on Jan. 2 There’s been a chill in the air, but the Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle is heating things up for someone who bought their ticket in Baltimore City. The winner in the second Early Bird Drawing is ticket number 029641, which was sold Nov. [...]

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 [...]

Girlfriend’s Reminder and Coffee Stop Lead to $50K Holiday Raffle Win

November 26, 2025

A Lottery enthusiast plans to use some of his $50,000 Early Bird Holiday Raffle prize to pay off his car.

Holiday Raffle’s First $50,000 Early Bird Winner Sold in Rockville

November 24, 2025

Three more raffle drawings still to come with $1 million prize awarded on Jan. 2 The result of the first Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle Early Bird Drawing is in: The winner of the first $50,000 prize is Ticket Number 037656. The ticket with that number was sold at the 7-Eleven store at 700 Gaither Road [...]