lightning cash – Maryland Lottery

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 [...]

Lanham Resident Wins Big FAST PLAY Prize

April 8, 2025

Takes home $50,000 Lightning Cash top prize A FAST PLAY fan can now count himself among the top-prize winners of the $5 Lightning Cash game. A quick stop after work last Friday led to a $50,000 win. The Prince George’s County resident was getting off work when he stopped at a 7-Eleven store in Beltsville […]

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, [...]

Retired Maintenance Worker Retooling Finances after FAST PLAY Win

December 18, 2024

Claims $50,000 prize on Lightning Cash ticket A lucky Baltimore woman experienced a flash of excitement after winning a $50,000 FAST PLAY top prize on a Lightning Cash ticket. She visits a local retailer in Baltimore several times a week to buy Lottery tickets and recently found her electrifying win waiting in the $5 game. […]

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 [...]

Essex Player’s Dream of Winning Lottery Prize Becomes Reality

October 22, 2024

Plans to use $50,000 windfall to buy new family car, boost savings An electrifying stroke of luck gave a Baltimore County woman a $50,000 top-prize win in the FAST PLAY Lightning Cash game. The anonymous winner, who selected the nickname “Mary” to share the story of her good fortune, is a Lottery fan. “Mary” has […]

The Week in Winners: Owings Mills Woman Wins $2 Million, Olney Player Gets $1,000 a Week

October 15, 2024

Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $30.7 million, with 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland Lottery players saw extra large prizes in the past week, with a scratch-off winner in Owings Mills hitting for $2 million and a Cash4Life player in Olney winning $1,000 a week for life. Across the state, the Lottery [...]

Gaithersburg Dad Puts Toddler to Bed, Wins $50,000 Lottery Prize

May 23, 2024

“Mr. Jackpots” of Gaithersburg got a charge out of being the first person to win a $50,000 top prize on the $5 FAST PLAY game Lightning Cash.

The Week in Winners: $250,000 Frederick Scratch-Off Tops Long List of Big Lottery Prizes

May 21, 2024

Across Maryland, prizes total more than $31 million, with 44 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket worth $250,000 purchased in Frederick was the biggest Maryland Lottery prize of the week, but in an unusual turn of events, 17 tickets worth $50,000 each, and of different varieties, were sold or claimed in that same [...]