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 [...]

Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $965 Million as Two in Maryland win $20,000

November 12, 2025
The Mega Millions jackpot continues to inch toward $1 billion as no one matched all five numbers drawn on Nov. 11, but two people in Maryland, one each in Elkridge and District Heights, matched five of the six numbers for $20,000 third-tier wins. Meanwhile, a Hagerstown Bonus Match 5 player won a $50,000 top prize [...]