pick 5 – Maryland Lottery

Race Car Enthusiast Plays Motor Number and Wins $100,000 on Pick 5

November 24, 2025

A Prince George’s County racecar enthusiast is revving up the winnings after claiming two $50,000 Pick 5 prizes. His lottery luck was revealed in the Pick 5 evening drawing on Nov. 14 when the numbers 94242 came out straight. Those numbers came from a stock number on a motor the winner purchased for his racecar [...]

The Week in Winners: Pair of Scratch-Offs Deliver $100,000 Prizes in Adelphi, Port Deposit

November 24, 2025

The Powerball jackpot is still rolling, with the big prize sitting at an estimated annuity value of $654 million, with an estimated cash value of $303.2 million for Monday night’s drawing. Maryland saw a $50,000 Powerball winner last week, but the state’s two biggest prizes came on a pair of scratch-offs worth $100,000 each that [...]

Baltimore County Woman Plays Numbers from Dream and Wins $50,000

November 20, 2025

A Baltimore County woman literally followed her dreams and, after years of playing the Lottery, ended up with what she’d been hoping for all along: a big win. After seeing a set of numbers in a dream, she played the combination as a $1 straight bet on a Pick 5 ticket and came away with […]

New Technique Brings Baltimore Man $50,000 Worth of Pick 5 Luck

November 17, 2025

Using family birthdays as inspiration for lottery numbers wasn’t working out for a Baltimore resident, so he made a change. Two top-prize wins soon followed on consecutive days this week: $5,000 playing Pick 4 on Nov. 11 and $50,000 with Pick 5 on Nov. 12. “I do it while I’m driving,” the auto mechanic said […]

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 [...]

The Week in Winners: $5 Million Scratch-Off in Germantown, $770K Multi-Match in Silver Spring Top Wins

November 10, 2025

A scratch-off worth $5 million sold in Germantown was the biggest Maryland Lottery win of the past week, edging out a $770,000 Multi-Match jackpot win in Silver Spring and a FAST PLAY score of $125,985 in Annapolis on the hot ticket leaderboard. On all games, players won nearly $34.4 million across Maryland in the week [...]

Numeric Vision, Wife’s Advice Lead Upper Marlboro Man to $150K Win

November 5, 2025

A longtime Maryland Lottery player from Upper Marlboro is counting his blessings, and his money, after a Pick 5 purchase turned into a $150,000 payday. The winner, who has been playing for more than 35 years, stopped by Lottery headquarters Oct. 31 with his wife to claim his winnings and also took time to share [...]

The Week in Winners: Ten Pick 5 Tickets in Clarksburg Give $500K Prize; Two Scratch-Offs Pay $100K Each

November 3, 2025

Two brothers claimed $500,000 in prize money from 10 Pick 5 tickets for the midday drawing on Oct. 29 purchased in Clarksburg, while scratch-off players in Denton and Rockville collected $100,000 each, for the top Maryland Lottery wins of the past week. On all games, players won more than $29.8 million across Maryland in the [...]

Dream of Pick 5 Numbers Gives Western Maryland Brothers $500K Win

November 3, 2025

A half-million-dollar Lottery win would be a figurative dream come true for anyone, but for one of two Western Maryland brothers, an actual dream revealed the winning Pick 5 numbers for the Oct. 29 midday drawing. “I dreamed and we both played. That was a good dream,” the younger brother, a resident of Hagerstown, said [...]

Lucky Numbers Inspired by Neighbor’s Address Earn $50,000 Pick 5 Win

October 30, 2025

A longtime Maryland Lottery fan from Prince George’s County is celebrating his latest big win, a $50,000 score on the Pick 5 game. Accompanied by his son, the winner stopped by Lottery headquarters on Oct. 30 to claim his prize and share the story behind his winning number choice. The winner, who describes himself as [...]

Low-Key Kent County Man Quietly Celebrates $50,000 Pick 5 Win

October 30, 2025

A Kent County man was checking his Pick 5 tickets at a Maryland Lottery retailer and was amazed when he realized he had won $50,000. He didn't say anything to anyone and left the store. "I had to keep it to myself. I went home and told my wife,” the winner said Oct. 30 when [...]

Random Number Leads to $50,000 Pick 5 Win for Silver Spring Woman

October 30, 2025

Lottery luck shined on a Montgomery County woman Oct. 22 as she was out buying groceries. While out, she stopped at a Citgo Station to purchase some Lottery tickets, including a Pick 5 ticket that ended up being a $50,000 winner. In the midst of her errands, she used some extra change to play some [...]

The Week in Winners: Racetrax Horses with Long Odds Give Players Big Lottery Wins

October 27, 2025

Horses with long odds finished in the money in two Racetrax games, one each on Oct. 24 and Oct. 26, giving players in Baltimore, Fort Washington, Laurel, Suitland, Takoma Park, and Waldorf big paydays last week. On Oct. 24, the first four horses to finish were 12, 11, 10 and 1, resulting in four of [...]

A News Story Leads a Prince George’s County Man to a $50,000 Pick 5 Win

October 24, 2025

Many Lottery players win playing Pick 5 using special numbers derived from things like license plates and birthdays, but, for a Prince George’s County man, a news story delivered his winning digits. The casual Lottery player happened to be watching the news recently when he saw a series of numbers related to one of the [...]

License Plate and Phone Numbers Help Man Win $50K on Pick 5

October 22, 2025

John Murphy of Washington, D.C. was inspired to play certain numbers he saw on a license plate and won a $50,000 Pick 5 prize.

D.C. Woman Wins $250,000 on Pick 5 Number that Keeps Popping Up

October 21, 2025

By the time 29000 was drawn for Pick 5 on the evening of Oct. 15, a Maryland Lottery player from Washington, D.C. had already seen the combination twice, which is what prompted her to play it multiple times and win more than $250,000. In addition to playing the combination five times for $1 each, she [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Make Millionaires in Annapolis and Owings Mills

October 20, 2025

Maryland Lottery scratch-offs made millionaires in Annapolis and Owings Mills and two Powerball players who missed the jackpot by a single number still ended up with tickets worth $150,000 and $50,000 in Accokeek and Morningside, respectively. On all games, players won more than $30.1 million across Maryland in the week Oct. 13-19, including 28 tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Jackpot in Rockville, $100K Scratch-Off in Baltimore City are Week’s Top Prizes

October 14, 2025

For the second week in a row, a FAST PLAY progressive jackpot was the Maryland Lottery’s largest prize, as a Big Money Doubler ticket sold Oct. 12 in Rockville delivered more than $128,000 to a lucky player. And a Double Your Money scratch-off sold in Baltimore City paid a $100,000 top prize. Meanwhile, the Mega [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Ticket Pays $147,550 in Bowie as Players Statewide Win $30.1 Million

October 6, 2025

A winning FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Walk-Off Winnings ticket worth $147,550 sold in Bowie led the league as the Lottery’s largest prize of the past week, followed by two scratch-off wins of $100,000 on tickets sold in Linthicum and the Allegany County community of Corriganville. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid [...]

After 40 Years, Anne Arundel Man Celebrates $50,000 ‘Brag-Worthy’ Win

October 2, 2025

A longtime Maryland Lottery player from Anne Arundel County is celebrating a $50,000 Pick 5 win that came after decades of playing. The winner stopped by Maryland Lottery headquarters Sept. 30 to share his story and claim his money, calling the prize his first “brag-worthy” win since the 1990s. For more than 40 years, he has [...]