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Bowie Woman Follows Dad in Keno Winning Ways with $100K Score

January 8, 2024

Super Bonus option adds two zeroes to what would have been $1,000 A woman from Bowie learned to play Keno from her dad, but winning $100,000 came naturally. Fittingly, her dad accompanied her Jan. 5 when she claimed her big prize. “I like to play the Lottery with my dad,” she said. The Keno game […]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Delivers $200,000 Prize as Jackpot Rolls Into New Year

January 2, 2024
Lottery players across the state won $40.7 million during week ending Dec. 31 With the Powerball jackpot surging past $800 million as 2024 began, the game delivered the Maryland Lottery’s biggest prize of the past week. On Dec. 30, in the final Powerball drawing of 2023, a lucky player in Prince George’s County won a [...]

The Week in Winners: Sykesville FAST PLAY Ticket Worth $100,000 Sold During Holiday Weekend

November 27, 2023
Lottery players across the state won nearly $25 million during the week ending Nov. 26 A FAST PLAY Mega Multiplier ticket worth $100,000 purchased over the Thanksgiving weekend in Sykesville was the top Maryland Lottery prize of the past week. The ticket remains unclaimed as of Nov. 27. Another three players, one each in Glen Burnie, Randallstown [...]

The Week in Winners: Two Win $50K on Powerball, While Multi-Match, Cash4Life Deliver Big Prizes

September 18, 2023
Players across the state won more than $26.3 million during week ending Sept. 17 No one hit the Powerball jackpot this weekend, which has ballooned to $638 million for the Sept. 18 drawing, but in the past week Maryland has seen two people hit for $50,000 on the multi-state game, one each in Lanham and [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Millionaire in Oxon Hill; $750K In Pick 5 Sold in Fort Washington

August 14, 2023
Players across the state won more than $32.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 13 A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Oxon Hill claimed a $1 million prize, a Multi-Match player in Waldorf who won $840,000 has not claimed the prize yet, and 15 winning $1 Pick 5 tickets worth a total of [...]

Casual Player from Hyattsville Wins $100,000 Playing Powerball

August 7, 2023
Prize from March 25 drawing went unclaimed for months because of disbelief  A casual Maryland Lottery player from Hyattsville won $100,000 on the March 25 Powerball drawing, but waited until Aug. 4 to claim the third-tier prize because it didn’t seem like it was real. Back on March 25, the estimated jackpot was at $112 [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Millionaires Minted in Baltimore, Catonsville, Clarksville, Greensboro

July 24, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $32.7 million during week ending July 23 While no one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot, which now stands at $820 million, and the billion-dollar-plus Powerball prize was won in California, the two games produced four new Maryland millionaires in the past week, one each in Baltimore, Catonsville, Clarksville [...]

Powerball Drawing Creates Two Maryland Millionaires

July 20, 2023
Jackpot roll that began in April contributes approximately $10.8 million to the state  While the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot was won last night on a ticket sold in California, the July 19 drawing produced two Maryland tickets worth $1 million each. In addition, one ticket sold in Maryland was a third-tier winner with the Power [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Pays Six Digits in Elkridge, Capitol Heights, Clinton, Glen Burnie, Perry Hall

July 10, 2023
Players across the state won more than $28.2 million during week ending July 9 A Maryland Lottery player in Elkridge won $550,000 playing Multi-Match, scratch-off tickets put $100,000 in pockets in Capitol Heights, Clinton, Glen Burnie and Perry Hall, and a Racetrax player in Clinton hit for $65,024.80, all in the past week. Meanwhile, the [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball, Scratch-Offs Deliver Big Wins in Salisbury, Berwyn Heights, Rawlings, Crownsville

July 3, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $29.9 million during week ending July 2 While no one hit the Powerball jackpot in the July 1 drawing, pushing the top prize well beyond half a billion dollars, a player in Salisbury won $50,000 on Saturday. The Powerball jackpot stands at an estimated annuity of $522 million for [...]

$10,000-Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold in Grantsville, Lanham

June 28, 2023
Jackpot rolls to estimated annuity of $368 million The Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots continue to soar, both rolling again this week while creating lots of big winners around the country. The Maryland Lottery is looking for two players who bought $10,000-winning Mega Millions tickets in the Tuesday night drawing at retailers in Grantsville and [...]

The Week in Winners: ‘Force’ of Good Luck Delivers Many Lottery Wins on Star Wars Day

May 8, 2023
Lottery players across Maryland won nearly $36.8 million during week ending May 7 The “force” of good luck was with a group of Maryland Lottery players on May 4, as the pun-inspired observance of Star Wars Day (May The Fourth Be With You) produced 34 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more. The driving “force” behind [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Multi-Millionaires in Bel Air and Lanham During Past Week

March 20, 2023
Players across Maryland won more than $42 million during week ending March 19 Maryland Lottery scratch-off players claimed multi-million dollar prizes in the past week on tickets purchased in Bel Air and Lanham. Meanwhile, a Multi-Match player in Elkridge hit a $680,000 jackpot, and three more players won six digit prizes on tickets purchased in [...]

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 [...]

Lucky Number 3 Gives Keno Player a $30,000 Surprise

January 10, 2023

Switches games after Racetrax horses deny him a win A Bowie resident who visited Lottery headquarters recently confessed that his game of choice is typically Racetrax. But his choices may be changing after he won a $30,000 prize on Jan. 3 playing Keno at Gem Liquors in Lanham. The retail site is one of his […]