The last of the Maryland Lottery’s Holiday Raffle big prizes was claimed this week when a couple from West Virginia brought a ticket worth $100,000 to Lottery headquarters in Baltimore.
And it wasn’t their only win on the game, as they scored prizes of $50 and $500 on the game.
The two were in Bethesda on Dec. 7 and made a post office stop. After that, they decided to go across the parking lot to Westlake Wine & Beer at 10442 Autopark Avenue, where they bought their Holiday Raffle tickets.
Back at home after the holidays, they checked their tickets after the Jan. 2 Raffle drawing and realized they had a big winner on their hands. They ended up traveling back to Maryland on March 5 to claim the prize.
High on the list of things to do with the money, the pair said, is taking a cruise vacation.
Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle tickets were on sale Nov. 3 through Jan. 1, with most big winners being drawn on Jan. 2. A total of 325,000 tickets were available, of which 237,206 were sold. On Jan. 2, a single $1 million winner, along with 10 winners of $100,000 each, were drawn from the tickets between 000001 and 237,206, being the ones that were sold. Tickets were sold sequentially starting with 000001.
In addition to the winning ticket sold in Bethesda, the last of the big wins to be claimed, the other big winners from the Jan. 2 drawing are:
- The $1 million winner sold Dec. 8 at the 7-Eleven store at 1801 Reisterstown Road in Baltimore and claimed on Jan. 7.
- A $100,000 winner sold Jan. 1 at the Royal Farms store at 11073 Cathell Road in Berlin and claimed on Jan. 5.
- A $100,000 winner sold Nov. 11 at the North Point Diner at 2701 North Point Road in Dundalk and claimed Jan. 6.
- A $100,000 winner sold Nov. 16 at the Riverside Sunoco Plus at 1319 Riverside Parkway in Belcamp and claimed on Jan. 7.
- A $100,000 winner sold Nov. 28 at Eddie Be’s Market at 1006 Wilson Point Road in Baltimore and claimed on Jan. 7.
- A $100,000 winner sold Jan. 1 at Baker’s Tavern at 2233 Old Eastern Avenue in Essex and claimed on 12.
- A $100,000 winner sold Nov. 20 at Marlow Wings at 4147 Branch Avenue in Temple Hills and claimed on Jan. 12.
- A $100,000 winner sold Dec. 23 at Coney Market and Deli at 15915 Lower George’s Creek Road in Lonaconing and claimed on Jan. 12.
- A $100,000 winner sold Dec. 22 at Food Lion at 9936 Stephen Decatur Highway in Ocean City and claimed on Jan. 13.
- A $100,000 winner sold Dec. 16 at Roundabout Fine Wine & Spirits at 8305 Ice Crystal Drive in Laurel and claimed on Feb. 17.
The Lottery also held three early bird drawings in November and December for prizes of $50,000 each. The winning tickets were sold:
- 13 at the 7-Eleven store at 700 Gaither Road in Rockville and claimed on Nov. 25
- 10 at Moravia Shell gas station at 5920 Moravia Road in Baltimore and claimed on Dec. 17.
- 17 at Foods In at 12549 Mattawoman Drive in Waldorf and claimed on Jan. 2.
Another 10,000 winners of prizes ranging from $50 to $500 were also drawn and these can be claimed at any Lottery retailer through July 2. Tickets can be checked at the Holiday Raffle page at mdlottery.com, and the page also has a search tool that can be used to check specific numbers to see if they are winners. Holiday Raffle tickets can also be checked by scanning them with the Maryland Lottery app, or at any Lottery retailer. Winners have 182 days from Jan. 2 to claim their prizes.
