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 Upper Marlboro.
With the main Holiday Raffle drawing set for this Friday – when 10,011 winning numbers will be drawn including one for $1 million and 10 for $100,000 each – the third Early Bird winner, a man from Waldorf, claimed his $50,000 prize the day after Christmas.
Tickets for the main Holiday Raffle drawing remain on sale through New Year’s Day, and cost $20 each. In addition to the top prize of $1 million and the 10 second-tier $100,000 prizes there also will be 1,000 winning tickets worth $500 each, 3,000 worth $100 each and 6,000 worth $50 each. The winning numbers will be posted on the Maryland Lottery website.
The week of Dec. 22-28 saw 27 players statewide win prizes of $10,000 or more and total winnings for prizes at all levels came to nearly $30.2 million.
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 date. FAST PLAY tickets expire 182 days after purchase. The last dates to claim for scratch-off tickets are posted on the scratch-offs page at mdlottery.com.
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 Dec. 22-28:
$10,000 Prizes
- $5,000,000 Cash ticket sold at the 7-Eleven at 2701 West Franklin Street in Baltimore
- $5,000,000 Cash ticket sold at the Safeway grocery store at 5000 Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda
- Deluxe Crossword 10th Edition ticket sold at DK Mart at 77 Shipping Place in Dundalk
- Harlem Globetrotters® ticket sold at Discount Liquor at 401 Baltimore Pike in Bel Air
- Lucky 777 ticket sold at the Royal Farms at 2704 Washington Boulevard in Baltimore
- Lucky 777 ticket sold at GetGo at 1000 West Patrick Street in Frederick
- Red 5’s Doubler ticket sold at the Citgo at 7237 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie
- Silver Bell Bucks ticket sold at the Royal Farms at 8551 Fort Smallwood Road in Pasadena
- Snow Much Fun ticket sold at Chesapeake Liquors at 8853 Branch Avenue in Clinton
FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings Dec. 22-28:
- $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 22 at Compass Beer Pump at 3 Compass Road in Middle River (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $10,000 20X the Cash ticket sold Dec. 27 at Ingleside Liquors at 5648 Baltimore National Pike in Catonsville (claimed)
- $50,000 Early Bird winner sold Dec. 17 at Foods In at 12549 Mattawoman Drive in Waldorf (claimed)
- $32,080 ticket sold Dec. 28 Mike’s Bar ‘N’ Crabhouse at 3030 Old Riva Road in Riva (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $10,000 ticket sold Dec. 26 at Dong Phuong Market at 8545 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $640,000 ticket sold Dec. 22 at the Royal Farms at 105 Clay Drive in Queenstown (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 27 at Urban Market at 9502 Allentown Road in Fort Washington (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 27 at the Royal Farms at 9740 Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 26 at the 7-Eleven at 13880 Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 25 at Meyer’s Liquors at 3601 Old Silver Hill Road in Suitland (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $500,000 Double Play ticket sold Dec. 21 at the Wawa at 163 Crain Highway South East in Upper Marlboro (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $100,000 ticket sold Dec. 23 at the Dash In at 2575 Riva Road in Riva (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 23 at the Royal Farms at 8268 Lark Brown Drive in Elkridge (unclaimed a of Dec. 29)
- $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 23 at the 7-Eleven at 20510 Frederick Road in Germantown (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 23 at the Safeway grocery store at 815 East Main Street in Middletown (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 24 at the Safeway Grocery Store at 11201 Georgia Avenue in Wheaton (unclaimed as of Dec. 29)
- $18,888 ticket sold Dec. 28 at Aspen Hill Citgo at 13615 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring (claimed)
- $11,057 ticket sold Dec. 25 at Tony’s Liquors at 12637 Laurel – Bowie Road in Laurel (claimed)
