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 $250 for each winning ticket, for a total bonus of $10,000. The winner redeemed all 40 tickets at Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin.
Another 24 winning tickets worth $10,000 to $57,808 were sold or redeemed in the past week.
Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid more than $31.1 million in prizes during the week of July 28-Aug. 3 including the 40 Pick 5 tickets and the 24 other tickets worth $10,000 or more that were sold or redeemed in that seven-day span.
Winners are encouraged to sign the backs of tickets and keep winning tickets in a safe location. Tickets for draw games expire 182 days after the drawing. FAST PLAY tickets expire 182 days after purchase. The last date to claim for scratch-offs is posted on the scratch-offs page.
Winners of prizes larger than $25,000 must redeem tickets at the Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center in Baltimore, which is open by appointment only. Prizes up to $25,000 can be claimed at the cashier window of any of the six casinos in Maryland. Prizes up to $5,000 can be claimed at any of more than 400 Expanded Cashing Authority Program (XCAP) locations. All Maryland Lottery retailers are authorized to redeem tickets worth up to and including $600. More information is available on the How to Claim page of the Lottery website.
Here’s the weekly roundup of big winners:
Scratch-off prizes claimed July 28-Aug. 3:
$57,777 Prize
- Lucky 7s Tripler, Ashland Café, 10810 York Road, Cockeysville
$50,000 Prize
- $50,000 Cash, Tony’s Liquors, 12637 Laurel – Bowie Road, Laurel
$30,000 Prizes
- Loteria, Keller’s Market, 15624 Livingston Road, Accokeek
- Loteria, Germantown Wine and Beer, 19590 Frederick Road, Germantown
$10,000 Prizes
- All About Cash, King Kong Restaurant, 2350 University Boulevard East, Adelphi
- All About Cash, Three Roads Liquor, 13704 Brandywine Road, Brandywine
FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings July 29 – Aug. 3:
- $50,000 ticket sold Aug. 1 at Giant, 4622 Wilkins Avenue, Catonsville
- $50,000 ticket sold July 31 at Byer’s Stop ’N’ Go, 152 North Burhans Boulevard, Hagerstown
- $15,000 ticket sold Aug. 1 at Royal Farms, 6100 Holabird Avenue, Dundalk (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- 40 tickets worth $25,000 each for a total of $1 million, all sold July 29 at Apple Drugs, 404 North Fruitland Boulevard, Salisbury (all claimed)
- $50,000 ticket sold July 22 at Brandywine Liquors, 14121 Brandywine Road, Brandywine (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 2 at Bowie Exxon, 1500 Crain Highway Northwest, Bowie (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold July 31 at Weis Market, 15300 McMullen Highway Southwest, Cumberland (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold July 31 at New Carrollton Liquors, 8433 Annapolis Road, Hyattsville (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $25,000 ticket sold July 29 at Pimlico Check Cashing, 3538 Brenbrook Drive, Randallstown (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 1 at NSR Mart gas station at 10195 Berry Road, Waldorf (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $57,808 ticket sold July 30 at 7-Eleven, 309 East Smallwood Drive, Waldorf (claimed)
- $19,522 ticket sold Aug. 2 at Martin Exxon, 2333 Eastern Boulevard, Middle River (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $17,441 ticket sold July 28 at Dash In, 1712 Russell Street, Baltimore (claimed)
- $16,446.20 ticket sold July 30 at Shoppers, 4720 Cherry Hill Road, College Park (claimed)
- $16,446.20 ticket sold July 30 at Sunoco, 6360 New Hampshire Avenue, Takoma Park (claimed)
- $13,513 ticket sold July 28 at Golden Dragon Inn, 8109 Liberty Road, Windsor Mill (claimed)
- $12,213.30 ticket sold Aug. 2 at Hyattsville Convenience Store, 2230 University Boulevard East, Hyattsville (claimed)
- $11,771 ticket sold Aug. 1 at 7-Eleven, 1204 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville (claimed)
- $10,910 ticket sold July 30 at Four Corners Exxon, 4400 Mill Bottom Road, Mount Airy (claimed)
