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Scratch-Off Diversion During Movie Brings $50K Win in Eldersburg

August 20, 2025
Finding something to do while watching a movie with two pre-school age kids resulted in a $50,000 Maryland Lottery win that will set the foundation for college savings accounts for an Eldersburg family. “That’s essentially where it’s going,” the dad said Aug. 19 after claiming the prize at Lottery headquarters, son and daughter at his [...]

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: Players in Ocean City, Silver Spring Splitting $1.8 Million Among Big Lottery Hits

July 7, 2025
Maryland Lottery players in Ocean City and Silver Spring will be splitting a $1.8 million Multi-Match jackpot after the June 30 drawing and another seven players scored prizes of $50,000 to $100,000 in the past week in Bowie, College Park, Colmar Manor, Jessup, Lexington Park, Nottingham and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, [...]

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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life Makes a Millionaire in Lanham; Mega Millions, Powerball Deliver Solid Wins

June 23, 2025
Players in Capitol Heights, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, Laurel, Severna Park score $50,000 or more A Maryland Lottery player in Lanham is holding a Cash4Life ticket worth $1,000 a week for life. Meanwhile, as the Powerball jackpot grew to $128 million a player in Riverdale won a $150,000 prize; and Mega Millions players in Catonsville and [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Prize in Prince George’s County Highlights Big Week for Scratch-off Players

June 16, 2025
Aberdeen, Baltimore, Eastern Shore, Frederick tickets are among 28 prizes of $10,000 or more Scratch-off tickets delivered most of the Maryland Lottery’s largest prize payouts of the past week, led by a $1 million winning ticket sold in the Prince George’s County community of Morningside. A scratch-off worth $100,000 was sold in Baltimore City; a [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Powerball Players Now Millionaires in Catonsville, Parkville

June 9, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $30.1 million in prizes for the week, with 37 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland has two new millionaires thanks to back-to-back second-tier Powerball wins, and, as the two prizes remain unclaimed as of June 9, it’s worth checking your tickets. The June 2 Powerball drawing produced a $1 million winner on [...]

The Week in Winners: Ravens Scratch-Offs Pay Lottery Players $200,000 Each in Baltimore, Hagerstown

May 27, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $30.6 million in prizes for the week, with 43 tickets worth $10,000 or more The Ravens X10 scratch-off ticket paid players in Baltimore and Hagerstown $200,000 each, while another 10 players across Maryland won Lottery prizes of $50,000 or more. Those $50,000-plus prizes came on tickets sold in Baltimore (two), Bethesda, Columbia, [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off in Hanover Pays $2 Million; FAST PLAY Ticket in Dundalk Wins $685K

May 12, 2025
Lottery paid more than $34.1 million in prizes for the week, with 28 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Maryland Lottery scratch-off purchased in Hanover made a player a millionaire twice over, while a player in Dundalk bought a FAST PLAY ticket worth $685,656, and scratch-off players in Temple Hills and White Marsh claimed prizes [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Scratch-Offs Make New Millionaires in Clarksville and Salisbury

May 5, 2025
Lottery paid more than $33.4 million in prizes for the week, with 29 tickets worth $10,000 or more Maryland Lottery scratch-off tickets made two players, one each in Clarksville and Salisbury, millionaires in the past week, while two other people won prizes of $150,000 and $100,000 each in Mechanicsville and Hyattsville, respectively. Across Maryland, and [...]

The Week in Winners: Fort Washington Has $75,000 Win, as Six Others Across State Hit for $50,000 Each

April 28, 2025
Lottery paid more than $31.3 million in prizes for the week, with 30 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY ticket worth $75,000 sold in Fort Washington topped the Maryland Lottery big prize list for the past week, and another six tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Dundalk, Gaithersburg (two), La Plata, Morningside [...]

The Week in Winners: Players Win $200K on Ravens Scratch-Off Tickets in Odenton, Reisterstown

April 21, 2025
Lottery paid more than $30.3 million in prizes for the week, with 18 tickets worth $10,000 or more The Raven’s 2025 schedule is weeks away from being announced, but two Maryland Lottery players, one in Odenton and one in Reisterstown, won $200,000 each on the Ravens X10 scratch-off to top last week’s list of big [...]

The Week in Winners: Baltimore Player Wins $5 Million, as $870K Multi-Match Ticket sold in Hagerstown

April 14, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $35.6 million in prizes for the week, with 41 tickets worth $10,000 or more Baltimore has a new multi-millionaire thanks to a $5 million Maryland Lottery scratch-off win, a player in Hagerstown hit the Multi-Match jackpot and picked up $870,000, and two FAST PLAY progressive jackpot games, one each in Fallston and [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Player in Aberdeen Wins $500,000 Prize

March 31, 2025
Lottery paid more than $30.5 million in prizes for the week, with 26 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Powerball ticket sold in Aberdeen and a FAST PLAY ticket sold in Gaithersburg delivered the two biggest Maryland Lottery prizes of the past week. An Aberdeen Powerball player purchased a ticket on March 24 and made [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Pays $392,970 in Lusby; Home and Garden Show Sprouts $50K win

March 10, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled more than $36.5 million, with 62 tickets worth $10,000 or more A FAST PLAY progressive jackpot win of $392,970 on a ticket sold in the Calvert County community of Lusby topped a long list of Maryland Lottery big winners. Among the 61 other winners was a $50,000 third-tier Powerball ticket [...]