Tag Archives: Mega Millions

Silver Spring Mother and Daughter-in-Law Collect on Second $50K Lottery Win

October 6, 2026
For the second time in two years, a woman from Silver Spring and her Lottery partner/daughter-in-law traveled to Baltimore to claim a Mega Millions $50,000 prize. “We win because we play the same numbers!” the daughter-in-law said after claiming the winnings Oct. 5 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. Although it doesn’t matter what number is [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Produces Big Wins in College Park, Baltimore as Jackpot Rolls to $467 Million

October 5, 2026
As the Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $467 million in advance of the Oct. 5 drawing, the game generated two of the Maryland Lottery’s biggest wins last week. A Lottery player in College Park landed the week’s biggest prize, scoring $200,000 in the Sept. 30 Powerball drawing. A Powerball player in [...]

The Week in Winners: $540,000 Multi-Match Jackpot is Week’s Biggest Lottery Prize

September 21, 2026
A ticket sold in Towson hit the Multi-Match jackpot on Thursday night, and was the Maryland Lottery’s biggest win of the week. The Multi-Match jackpot winner has 182 days from the drawing date to claim the prize, and can choose between the estimated $540,000 annuity paid in 25 yearly installments, or a one-time payment of [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 Prize in Dundalk as Powerball, Mega Millions Jackpots Keep Climbing

July 20, 2026
As the jackpots for Mega Millions and Powerball continued to rise, Maryland Lottery players had a successful week, led by a $500,000 prize on a Gifts of Green scratch-off ticket sold in Dundalk. Meanwhile, as the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated annuity value of $707 million ($307.7 million estimated cash value) for the [...]

The Week in Winners: Trio of $100,000 Scratch-Off Prizes Lead Maryland Lottery’s Biggest Wins

June 29, 2026
A trio of $100,000 scratch-off prizes topped the list of the Maryland Lottery’s biggest wins last week. Winning tickets for 50X the Cash and two Scratch & Match top prizes were sold in District Heights, Gaithersburg and Hyattsville, each worth $100,000. Meanwhile, Racetrax continued its streak of producing big prizes with a $76,522 winning ticket [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 in Silver Spring as Racetrax Players Have Big Week

June 22, 2026
A $500,000 scratch-off prize on a ticket sold in Silver Spring was the Maryland Lottery’s biggest win last week. Meanwhile, the computer-animated horse racing simulation game Racetrax delivered a slew of big wins, including a $305,776.50 prize in Severn — one of 17 Racetrax tickets that paid prizes of $10,500 or more last week. Racetrax [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs and FAST PLAY Games Deliver the Week’s Biggest Prizes

June 15, 2026
A pair of $100,000 prizes were the Maryland Lottery’s top wins last week, with a Baltimore scratch-off player and a Cumberland FAST PLAY player each claiming six-figure prizes. Other notable wins included a $57,777 Lucky 7s Tripler scratch-off prize in Baltimore and eight $50,000 prizes won on a variety of tickets sold in Bethesda, Bowie [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-Off in Hyattsville Tops Largest Lottery Prizes of the Week

June 8, 2026
A Maryland Lottery scratch-off sold in Hyattsville delivered a $1 million prize last week, while another ticket in Leonardtown produced a $100,000 win. In addition, one lucky Pick 5 player purchased three $50,000 winning tickets in Charles County. During the week of June 1-7, a total of 23 tickets statewide delivered prizes of $10,000 or [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-Off in Prince George’s County is Week’s Biggest Win

March 30, 2026
A $1 million-winning scratch-off sold in Upper Marlboro topped the Maryland Lottery’s biggest wins of the past week, joined by two FAST PLAY progressive jackpot prizes. One FAST PLAY jackpot ticket worth $828,616 was sold in Bel Air, while another valued at $289,415 was won in Temple Hills. Statewide, the Lottery paid nearly $31.3 million [...]

The Week in Winners: $4 Million Prize in Montgomery County is Biggest Lottery Win of the Week

March 16, 2026
A Mega Millions ticket sold in Silver Spring delivered a $4 million prize, while scratch-off games in Ocean City and Silver Spring yielded prizes of $500,000 and $100,000, respectively, for the biggest Maryland Lottery wins last week. The $4 million prize was claimed by an anonymous Montgomery County couple who said they are thinking about [...]

$4 Million-Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Colesville as Jackpot Hits in Illinois

March 11, 2026
A Maryland Lottery player in the Silver Spring area is holding a ticket worth $4 million after last night’s Mega Millions drawing, and a player in Illinois hit the game’s $533 million jackpot. The $4 million winner was purchased at the Giant Foods store at 13490 New Hampshire Avenue in Colesville. The Montgomery County retailer [...]

The Week in Winners: Five Mega Millions Players Win Five-Digit Prizes as Mega Millions Jackpot Roll Ends

November 17, 2025
While a player in Georgia won the $980 Million Mega Millions jackpot on Nov. 14, the game’s two drawings last week delivered five big prizes for players in Maryland: two wins of $30,000 each in Bryans Road and Towson, and three $20,000 prizes on tickets sold in District Heights, Elkridge and Temple Hills. Meanwhile, as [...]