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Advice From Stranger Leads Hyattsville Man to $100,000 Scratch-Off Prize

March 11, 2026
A Hyattsville man’s decision to follow advice from a fellow customer at a convenience store turned into a $100,000 Maryland Lottery prize. The player regularly purchases bingo-style scratch-offs, but decided to try something different during a late February visit to the 7-Eleven at 13880 Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring. He was checking out when [...]

$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: FAST PLAY Puts $141,462 in College Park Player’s Pocket for Week’s Top Win

March 9, 2026
Two FAST PLAY tickets, one in College Park for $141,462 and the other in Frederick for $83,201, gave Maryland Lottery players the biggest wins of the week. Eight other tickets worth $50,000 or more were sold in Baltimore, Bowie Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Lanham and Laurel. Statewide, the Lottery paid more than $31.1 million in prizes from [...]

The Week in Winners: Severn Player’s Million Dollar Scratch-Off Win Tops Lottery Prize List for Week

March 2, 2026
A scratch-off sold in Severn made a Maryland Lottery player a millionaire and another sold in Parkville turned out to be worth $100,000, topping this week’s list of big winners. Statewide, the Lottery paid more than $31.8 million in prizes from Feb. 23-March 1, including 36 tickets that were worth $10,000 or more. Winners are [...]

Silver Spring Retiree Wins $100,000 on Two Pick 5 Tickets

February 27, 2026
A Silver Spring retiree thought he had come up just short when checking his Pick 5 tickets early Tuesday morning (Feb. 24). Instead, he was moments away from discovering he was $100,000 richer. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, purchased several dozen tickets at Wheaton Winery in Silver Spring on the previous day, Feb. [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-Off Prize on Eastern Shore is Week’s Top Win

February 17, 2026
A $1 million scratch-off prize on the Eastern Shore was the biggest Maryland Lottery win last week. Scratch-off games also delivered a $250,000 prize in Hyattsville and a $100,000 win in Jessup. Lottery scratch-offs and draw games also produced eight $50,000 prizes last week in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. All told, [...]

The Week in Winners: $100,000 Scratch-off Gives Lottery Player in Laurel Largest Win of the Week

February 9, 2026
A $100,000 winning Maryland Lottery ticket sold in Laurel was the hottest win of the past very cold week, and four other tickets warmed things up in Rosedale, Annapolis, Germantown and Windsor Mill with prizes of $50,000 or more. During the week of Feb. 3-8, a total of 24 tickets statewide delivered Lottery prizes of [...]

The Week in Winners: North Bethesda Player Wins $1,000 a Week for Life; Two Hit for $100K Each

February 2, 2026
A Lottery player in North Bethesda won $1,000 a week for life on the Cash4Life game, but has yet to claim, and scratch-off players in Cambridge and Edgewood claimed prizes of $100,000 each, topping the list of big winners in the past week. During the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 2, a total of 13 tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Scratch-Offs Deliver Six-Figure Prizes in Annapolis, Catonsville, Linthicum

January 26, 2026
Scratch-off tickets delivered the biggest Lottery prizes of the past week in Maryland, including one worth $150,000 sold in Catonsville and two worth $100,000 each sold in Annapolis and Linthicum. During the week of Jan. 19-25, a total of 16 tickets statewide delivered Lottery prizes of $10,000 or more, and across all games players won [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Deliver $200,000 in Accokeek and $100,000 in Laurel, Topping Wins List

January 12, 2026
A scratch-off ticket in Accokeek worth $200,000 and another in Laurel worth $100,000 topped the list of big winners for the past week as Maryland Lottery players received prizes totaling $34.6 million. During the week of Jan. 5-11, a total of 28 players statewide won Lottery prizes of $10,000 or more. Winners are encouraged to [...]

The Week in Winners: Waldorf Man Wins on $50K Raffle as Queenstown Player Hits Multi-Match for $640,000

December 29, 2025
The final full week of 2025 brought monster prizes to Lottery players across Maryland including a Holiday Raffle Early Bird winner who claimed a $50,000 prize, clearing the way for the big $1 million drawing on Jan. 2, a $640,000 Multi-Match jackpot win on the Eastern Shore, and a $500,000 Powerball Double Play win in [...]

Five Big Prizes in Maryland as Powerball Jackpot is Won in Arkansas

December 26, 2025

From Sept. 7-Dec. 24, Powerball produced $11.3 million in Maryland prizes, $15.4 million in state contributions.

The Week in Winners: Four in Maryland Win $50,000 on Powerball as Jackpot Balloons to $1.6 Billion

December 22, 2025
As the Powerball jackpot swelled to an annuity value of $1.6 billion, four players in Maryland were off by one in the past week for $50,000 third-tier wins. The four big wins – one each in Bowie, Gwynn Oak, Hagerstown and Stevensville – were among 26 Maryland Lottery scores of $10,000 or more in the [...]

The Week in Winners: Six in Maryland Miss Powerball Jackpot by One, Winning $50,000 to $1 Million

December 15, 2025
No one has matched all six Powerball numbers since early September, pushing the jackpot to more than $1 billion. But in last week’s three drawings, six Powerball players in Maryland were off by one, matching five of six winning numbers for prizes ranging from $50,000 to $1 million. The six big Powerball tickets were among [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Off Pays $500,000 in Havre de Grace; Powerball Rolls to $740 Million

December 1, 2025
A half-million-dollar scratch-off sold in Havre de Grace and a $111,971 FAST PLAY ticket in Bethesda topped the Maryland Lottery list of big winners for the week. As the Powerball jackpot inched toward three quarters of a billion dollars, two Maryland players won $50,000 third-tier prizes. Tonight’s Powerball jackpot (Dec. 1) has an estimated annuity [...]