The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Ticket Pays $500K in College Park While Pick 5 Strategy Yields Big Prizes

Lottery paid nearly $31.2 million in prizes for the week, with 34 tickets worth $10,000 or more

A scratch-off ticket paid a Maryland Lottery player in College Park $500,000 while multiple purchases of the same Pick 5 combinations paid off big for players in Baltimore, Frederick and Lexington Park.

Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid nearly $31.2 million in prizes during the week of May 12-18, including 34 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 May 12-18:

$500,000 Prize

$50,000 Prize

$10,000 Prizes

FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings May 12-18:

MEGA MILLIONS

  • $20,000 ticket sold May 13 at 7-Eleven, 11575 Berry Road, Waldorf (unclaimed as of May 19)

PICK 5

  • Four $50,000 tickets and one $25,000 ticket worth a total of $225,000 all sold May 14 at EZ Convenience, 4419 York Road, Baltimore (all unclaimed as of May 19)
  • Two $50,000 tickets worth a total of $100,000, both sold May 15 at Royal Farms, 6201 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore (neither claimed as of May 19)
  • Four $25,000 tickets worth a total of $100,000 all sold May 16 at Sheetz, 23 Thomas Johnson Drive, Frederick (all unclaimed as of May 19)
  • Three $25,000 tickets worth a total of $75,000 all sold May 16 at Speedy Mart, 7501 Harford Road, Baltimore (all unclaimed as of May 19)
  • Two $25,000 tickets worth a total of $50,000, both sold May 13 at Pegg Road Shell, 22141 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park (one unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $25,000 ticket sold May 14 at Main Street Mini Mart, 222 Main Street, Annapolis (unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $25,000 ticket sold May 13 at Park Lane Cut Rate, 4416 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore (claimed)
  • $25,000 ticket sold May 12 at Cook Liquors, 25765 Three Notch Road, Hollywood (claimed)
  • $25,000 ticket sold May 15 at 7-Eleven, 13900 Coastal Highway, Ocean City (unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $25,000 ticket sold May 14 at Bottle & Cork Liquors, 6867 Loch Raven Boulevard, Towson (claimed)
  • $25,000 ticket sold May 8 at Bud Liquors, 2539 Old Washington Road, Waldorf (unclaimed as of May 12)

RACETRAX

  • $22,516.50 ticket sold May 18 at Quincy’s, 616 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg (unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $22,516.50 ticket sold May 18 at Walmart, 8107 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena (unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $15,473 ticket sold May 18 at Cross Keys Exxon, 4434 Falls Road, Baltimore (unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $15,210 ticket sold May 16 at Fisherman’s Catch Restaurant, 1 Maurice Drive, Forest Hill (unclaimed as of May 19)
  • $12,944 ticket sold May 16 at Landover Hills Exxon, 6579 Annapolis Road, Landover (claimed)
  • $10,410 ticket sold May 17 at Lake Forest Exxon, 448 North Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg (claimed)