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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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Players Win $100K in Lanham and Temple Hills, Topping Big Prize List

September 29, 2025
A Maryland Lottery player in Lanham picked up a sweet $100,000 win on the FAST PLAY WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ ticket over the weekend, and a Temple Hills player claimed $100,000 last week on a scratch-off, topping the Lottery’s big prizes of the week. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid [...]

The Week in Winners: 40 Pick 5 Tickets with Same Combination Make Salisbury Player a Millionaire

August 4, 2025
A Maryland Lottery player bought 40 identical Pick 5 tickets for 50 cents each at a store in Salisbury and ended up a millionaire when the numbers were drawn, marking the largest win of the past seven days. The tickets were all purchased at the Apple Drugs store in Salisbury, which receives a bonus of [...]

The Week in Winners: Baltimore Player Wins Bonus Match 5 Seven Times for $350,000 Lottery Score

July 14, 2025
A total of 15 tickets worth $50,000 each made the Maryland Lottery’s big win list last week, but one player in Baltimore bought seven of them for a Bonus Match 5 win totaling $350,000. A Pick 5 player in Capital Heights bought four 50-cent tickets and hit for a $100,000 payday. Across Maryland, and across [...]

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: Three Lottery Millionaires in Seven Days in Annapolis, Elkton and Silver Spring

June 2, 2025
Lottery paid nearly $33.7 million in prizes for the week, with 40 tickets worth $10,000 or more Scratch-offs made three Maryland Lottery players millionaires last week, one each in Annapolis, Elkton and Silver Spring, topping a long list of big winners. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid nearly $33.7 million in prizes [...]

The Week in Winners: Eleven Lottery Players Win $50,000 or More in Past Seven Days

January 13, 2025
Lottery wins last week totaled more than $25.7 million, with 35 tickets worth $10,000 or more A total of 11 Maryland Lottery players in Maryland won prizes of $50,000 or more in the past week, including a $100,000 winner in Reisterstown, a $57,777 winner in Cockeysville and $50,000 prizes in Aberdeen, Arnold, Baltimore (3), Bowie, [...]

Silver Spring Woman Stresses Over Big Powerball Win

December 19, 2024

Player stunned by $50,000 third-tier prize won in Dec. 2 drawing A longtime Lottery player was so shocked by her recent $50,000 third-tier Powerball win that she became ill from the excitement. The Montgomery County woman won the big prize in the Dec. 2 drawing. A certified nursing assistant, she was chasing a $224 million […]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Delivers three $50K Prizes, as Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls Past $600M

December 9, 2024
Lottery prizes last week totaled nearly $32.2 million, with 42 tickets worth $10,000 or more The latest Powerball jackpot of $256 million was won in Saturday night’s drawing on a ticket sold in Queens, New York, but in Maryland the rolling jackpot game generated three wins at the $50,000 level last week. While the New [...]

Trio of $50,000-Winning Powerball Tickets Sold in Dec. 2 Drawing

December 3, 2024
Players bought lucky tickets in Pasadena, Landover, Takoma Park Happier holidays are here for the owners of three Powerball tickets from the Monday, Dec. 2 drawing. The tickets sold in Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are worth $50,000 each! Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 9,459 total Maryland winners of prizes [...]

The Week in Winners: Takoma Park Ticket Wins $100,000, Big Spin Wheel Lands on $60,000

October 7, 2024
Lottery prizes last week totaled nearly $27.3 million, with 22 tickets worth $10,000 or more A Maryland Lottery player in Takoma Park won the week’s largest prize, claiming a  $100,000 win on a scratch-off ticket. Meanwhile, the latest winner to give The Big Spin Wheel a whirl landed $60,000, and other players in Catonsville, Hanover, [...]

The Week in Winners: Big Scratch-Off Wins in Upper Marlboro, Silver Spring as Mega Millions Jackpot Keeps Rolling

September 3, 2024
Maryland Lottery Prizes total more than $37.7 million, with 56 tickets worth $10,000 or more It was a big week for Maryland Lottery players across the board, as scratch-off tickets paid a pair of six-figure prizes in Upper Marlboro and Silver Spring; a FAST PLAY progressive jackpot delivered nearly $100,000 on a ticket sold in [...]

The Week in Winners: $250,000 Frederick Scratch-Off Tops Long List of Big Lottery Prizes

May 21, 2024
Across Maryland, prizes total more than $31 million, with 44 tickets worth $10,000 or more A scratch-off ticket worth $250,000 purchased in Frederick was the biggest Maryland Lottery prize of the week, but in an unusual turn of events, 17 tickets worth $50,000 each, and of different varieties, were sold or claimed in that same [...]

Scratch-Off Fan in Hyattsville Wins $50,000 Playing Pick 5

February 15, 2024

Lottery fun comes from anticipation of matching the winning numbers Her preferred Maryland Lottery games are scratch-offs, but a Hyattsville player’s big win came on a Pick 5 ticket worth $50,000. “Scratch-offs, those are my favorites,” she said on Feb. 15 when she claimed her winnings from the Feb. 5 Pick 5 evening drawing. She […]

The Week in Winners: $1,000 A Week for Life Prize Sold in Silver Spring; Eastern Shore Scratch-Off Pays $5 Million

February 13, 2024
Nearly $33 million in prizes are claimed in the past week throughout Maryland A Maryland Lottery player in Silver Spring won $1,000 a week for life from the Feb. 8 Cash4Life drawing, and an Eastern Shore winner claimed a $5 million top prize on a scratch-off purchased in the Wicomico County town of Willards. As [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-Offs Turn Lottery Players into Millionaires in Clarksville, Pasadena

October 30, 2023
People across the state won nearly $31.7 million during week ending Oct. 29 Maryland has two new millionaires thanks to Maryland Lottery scratch-off tickets sold in Clarksville and Pasadena, and a player in Seabrook hit Multi-Match for a half-million-dollar annuity prize. The Multi-Match prize was unclaimed as of Oct. 30. In all, 44 Maryland Lottery [...]

The Week in Winners: Six-Digit Lottery Hits in Hagerstown, Leonardtown, Glen Burnie Unclaimed

October 23, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $26.3 million during week ending Oct. 22 A $510,000 Multi-Match jackpot won on a ticket sold in Hagerstown, and two FAST PLAY tickets worth $124,754 and $121,527 sold in Leonardtown and Glen Burnie, respectively, were the biggest Maryland Lottery wins of last week. All three remained unclaimed as of [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Makes Two New Millionaires in Rosedale, Snow Hill as Jackpot Surpasses $1 Billion

October 2, 2023
Players across the state won more than $28.8 million during week ending Oct. 1 As the Powerball jackpot increased to $1.04 billion for the Oct. 2 drawing because no one matched all six numbers, but two Maryland players -- one in Rosedale and the other in Snow Hill -- matched five of six to win [...]