lanham – Maryland Lottery

The Week in Winners: $100,000 Scratch-off Gives Lottery Player in Laurel Largest Win of the Week

February 9, 2026

A $100,000 winning Maryland Lottery ticket sold in Laurel was the hottest win of the past very cold week, and four other tickets warmed things up in Rosedale, Annapolis, Germantown and Windsor Mill with prizes of $50,000 or more. During the week of Feb. 3-8, a total of 24 tickets statewide delivered Lottery prizes of [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Deliver $200,000 in Accokeek and $100,000 in Laurel, Topping Wins List

January 12, 2026

A scratch-off ticket in Accokeek worth $200,000 and another in Laurel worth $100,000 topped the list of big winners for the past week as Maryland Lottery players received prizes totaling $34.6 million. During the week of Jan. 5-11, a total of 28 players statewide won Lottery prizes of $10,000 or more. Winners are encouraged to [...]

Prince George’s Double Winner Returns to Claim Second $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

January 7, 2026

A novice Lottery player from Prince George’s County returned to the Winner’s Circle room at Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore on Jan. 6 to claim the second installment of a double $50,000 Pick 5 win from the evening of Oct. 15 when the winning number was 29000. He had two tickets with that combination for the [...]

Five Big Prizes in Maryland as Powerball Jackpot is Won in Arkansas

December 26, 2025

From Sept. 7-Dec. 24, Powerball produced $11.3 million in Maryland prizes, $15.4 million in state contributions.

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 [...]

$1 Million Powerball Prize Leaves Lanham Winner Too Shaken to Drive

December 12, 2025

“Nina Anonymous” was shaking so much when she realized she had won $1 million in the Dec. 10 Powerball drawing that she needed her husband to drive her to work.

$1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in Lanham as Jackpot Soars to $1 Billion

December 11, 2025

Three Powerball players in Maryland missed the jackpot by one number in the drawing last night (Dec. 10), including one in Lanham whose ticket is worth $1 million. No one matched all six numbers, so the jackpot rolled to an annuity value of $1 billion with a cash option of $461.3 million. The $1 million [...]

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 [...]

Bowie Man’s Multi-Match Quick Pick Does Trick for $1.9 Million Jackpot

October 29, 2025

A Bowie man is taking home the lottery prize of a lifetime thanks to his purchase of five $2 tickets for the Maryland-only jackpot game Multi-Match. When he matched all six numbers in the Sept. 18 drawing, he hit the jackpot to the tune of $1.9 million, but waited a little more than a month [...]

A News Story Leads a Prince George’s County Man to a $50,000 Pick 5 Win

October 24, 2025

Many Lottery players win playing Pick 5 using special numbers derived from things like license plates and birthdays, but, for a Prince George’s County man, a news story delivered his winning digits. The casual Lottery player happened to be watching the news recently when he saw a series of numbers related to one of the [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Make Millionaires in Annapolis and Owings Mills

October 20, 2025

Maryland Lottery scratch-offs made millionaires in Annapolis and Owings Mills and two Powerball players who missed the jackpot by a single number still ended up with tickets worth $150,000 and $50,000 in Accokeek and Morningside, respectively. On all games, players won more than $30.1 million across Maryland in the week Oct. 13-19, including 28 tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Ticket Pays $147,550 in Bowie as Players Statewide Win $30.1 Million

October 6, 2025

A winning FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings ticket worth $147,550 sold in Bowie led the league as the Lottery’s largest prize of the past week, followed by two scratch-off wins of $100,000 on tickets sold in Linthicum and the Allegany County community of Corriganville. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid [...]

Laurel Woman’s Second Choice Leads to $100,000 FAST PLAY First Prize

October 2, 2025

It took a visit with family to finally put a Prince George’s County woman in the right place to find her lottery fortune. It also took a WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ FAST PLAY ticket and a bit of patience. On Sept. 28, this combo delivered a $100,000 top prize win to the grocery store [...]

The Week in Winners: Players Win $100K in Lanham and Temple Hills, Topping Big Prize List

September 29, 2025

A Maryland Lottery player in Lanham picked up a sweet $100,000 win on the FAST PLAY WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ ticket over the weekend, and a Temple Hills player claimed $100,000 last week on a scratch-off, topping the Lottery’s big prizes of the week. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid [...]

The Week in Winners: $1.9 Million Multi-Match Win in Lanham Biggest of Week’s Lottery Hauls

September 22, 2025

The Powerball frenzy may have subsided, but Maryland’s in-state jackpot game, Multi-Match, made someone a millionaire in Lanham this past week while a $200,000 scratch-off was sold in Baltimore. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid more than $28.5 million in prizes during the week of Sept. 15-21, including 32 tickets worth $10,000 [...]

$1.9 Million-Winning Multi-Match Ticket Sold in Lanham

September 19, 2025

Check your tickets if you purchased a Multi-Match ticket in Lanham for last night’s drawing as someone hit the $1.9 million jackpot in the area. The winning ticket was sold at the BP station at 9701 Annapolis Road. The winning numbers for the Sept. 18 drawing were: 6, 14, 16, 24, 38 and 40. The [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Pays $100K in Oxon Hill, $50K in Baltimore as Jackpot Reaches $501 Million

August 11, 2025

Though no one matched all the Powerball numbers from the last drawing pushing the annuity jackpot over half a billion dollars, two players in Maryland hit for substantial amounts: $100,000 in Oxon Hill and $50,000 in Baltimore. The next Powerball drawing is tonight, Aug. 11, and the estimated annuity jackpot is $501 million, with an [...]

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 [...]

Prince George’s County Woman Strikes Big with $50,000 Scratch-off Win

June 24, 2025

A Prince George’s County Lottery player is celebrating a $50,000 win after scratching her way to a top prize on a Big Money ticket. The lucky winner, who chose to go by the name Candy for this story, has been playing the Lottery since its inception. She stopped by the Shell station at 8555 Martin […]

Upper Marlboro Man Wins Big Cash4Life Prize

June 24, 2025

A huge Lottery fan from Prince George’s County is basking in the glow of a second-tier Cash4Life prize of $1,000 a week for life. The lucky man won the big prize with a Quick Pick ticket for the drawing held on June 18. The Upper Marlboro resident had stopped at his local Wegmans store to […]