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Potomac Powerball Player Lands $50,000 Quick-Pick Win

February 1, 2022

Claims prize in Jan. 5 drawing A Montgomery County man is $50,000 richer after trying his luck in the Jan. 5 Powerball drawing. The Potomac resident only missed winning a $632.6 million jackpot that night by one number. Tickets sold in Wisconsin and California shared the jackpot prize. The 78-year-old was one of 90 players […]

Winning Powerball Tickets worth $150,000, $50,000 Sold in March 7 Drawing

March 8, 2022

Players bought lucky tickets in Montgomery, Worcester counties Check your Powerball tickets from Monday night’s drawing, Maryland! Even though no one hit the jackpot, there was one $150,000-winning ticket and one $50,000-winning ticket sold in our state, along with 6,609 other winning tickets ranging from $4 to $100 and 1,379 tickets with Power Play added. […]

$150,000 Powerball Win Helps Chef Keep Cooking

March 11, 2022

March 7 drawing yields hefty prize on ticket purchased in Bethesda A chef in Washington, D.C. who has been cooking professionally since he was 17 got an extra special menu item in the March 7 Powerball drawing: a $150,000 third-tier win. The 66-year-old lives in Virginia and works in the District, buying lottery tickets in […]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Delivers Big Wins in Baltimore, Berlin, Bethesda and Westminster

March 14, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $29.4 million during week ending March 13. Maryland Lottery players in Baltimore, Berlin, Bethesda and Westminster landed prizes of $50,000 or more in the past week. The two biggest wins were a $150,000 third-tier Powerball prize in Bethesda and a single ticket with the same Bonus Match 5 combination [...]

Recuperating Potomac Player Adds Scratch-Offs to Routine, Wins $100,000

April 5, 2022

Instant tickets given instead of get well cards expands his Lottery play A Potomac man who has played Lottery jackpot games regularly since 1993 added scratch-offs to his routine following a hospital stay, where friends gave him scratch-offs instead of get well cards. While recovering from his surgery, the 77-year-old discovered he enjoyed playing the […]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Makes New Millionaires in Bel Air and Owings Mills

April 12, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $38.1 million during week ending April 3 Maryland has two new millionaires — one in each in Bel Air and Owings Mills — thanks to Maryland Lottery scratch-off wins, and another eight Lottery players landed $100,000 prizes last week in Baltimore City, Bethesda, Denton, District Heights, Oakland, Rosedale, Temple [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs Deliver Six-Figure Prizes in Bladensburg, Brooklyn Park, Riverdale, Takoma Park

May 2, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $32.4 million during week ending May 1 A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Bladensburg landed a $500,000 prize last week, and three other scratch-off tickets purchased in Brooklyn Park, Riverdale and Takoma Park each paid $100,000. In all, 27 tickets worth $10,000 or more were either sold or redeemed in [...]

Keno Fan Wins $64,000 on 10-spot Wager

May 3, 2022

Super Bonus addition to ticket gives Washington, D.C., resident big prize A Washington, D.C., man who is a Maryland Lottery fan landed a $64,000 Keno win on May 2 at a Bethesda retailer. The 49-year-old visited Talbert’s Ice & Beverage Service to place a 10-spot wager for three drawings using the numbers 71, 72, 73, […]

Financial Planner’s Keno Fun Yields $64,000 Prize

May 4, 2022

Virginia man placed same 10-spot bet as friend, both win! Meeting up with friends to play Keno together at bars, restaurants and other Lottery retailers is a common practice for many loyal players. Two friends who did so enjoyed unexpected results on May 2 when they each won $64,000 on a 10-spot wager on the […]

The Week in Winners: Eastern Shore Triple Play On Bonus Match 5 Pays $150,000

May 9, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $32.1 million during week ending May 8 One Maryland Lottery player on the Eastern Shore played the same Bonus Match 5 combination three times on May 7, and those lucky numbers delivered a total of $150,000 in prizes. Meanwhile, four other players landed prizes of $100,000 each last week [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-offs, Pick 5, Mega Millions Deliver Big Prizes Across Maryland

May 23, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $32.5 million during week ending May 22 Maryland Lottery players in Crisfield and Upper Marlboro landed $100,000 prizes last week, while a lucky Lexington Park retailer sold two $50,000-winning Pick 5 tickets, and a Mega Millions player in Hagerstown bought a ticket for the May 17 drawing worth $44,000 [...]

The Week in Winners: $100,000 Scratch-off, Three $50,000 Prizes are Top Wins of the Week

August 8, 2022
Players across state won more than $28.5 million during week ending Aug. 7 A scratch-off ticket worth $100,000 sold in Baltimore, and three tickets each worth $50,000 sold in Elkton, Essex and Rockville were the Maryland Lottery’s biggest prizes of the past week. In all, 31 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more were sold or [...]

The Week in Winners: Multi-Match Jackpot in Calvert County is the Week’s Top Prize

October 11, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $35.8 million in the seven days ending Oct. 9 A Maryland Lottery player who bought a Multi-Match ticket in Calvert County landed the game’s fourth jackpot hit of 2022 in the Oct. 3 drawing. The lucky winner hasn’t claimed the prize yet, but will have the choice of a [...]

The Week in Winners: Gaithersburg Retailer Sells Winning Pick 5 Tickets Worth $1 Million

October 17, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $28.1 million in the seven days ending Oct. 16 The midday Pick 5 drawing on Oct. 14 produced a big win for at least one customer of Shady Grove Beer & Wine in Gaithersburg. The Montgomery County retailer sold 20 $1 straight-bet Pick 5 tickets for the Oct. 14 [...]

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: Lottery Millionaires Minted in Baltimore, Catonsville, Clarksville, Greensboro

July 24, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $32.7 million during week ending July 23 While no one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot, which now stands at $820 million, and the billion-dollar-plus Powerball prize was won in California, the two games produced four new Maryland millionaires in the past week, one each in Baltimore, Catonsville, Clarksville [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball, Scratch-Offs Deliver Big Wins in Salisbury, Berwyn Heights, Rawlings, Crownsville

July 3, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $29.9 million during week ending July 2 While no one hit the Powerball jackpot in the July 1 drawing, pushing the top prize well beyond half a billion dollars, a player in Salisbury won $50,000 on Saturday. The Powerball jackpot stands at an estimated annuity of $522 million for [...]

The Week in Winners: Home Run Riches Blasts $132,989 Progressive Jackpot for Lottery’s Top Win of the Week

June 12, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $28.8 million during week ending June 11 A Home Run Riches FAST PLAY progressive jackpot ticket sold in St. Mary’s County worth $132,989 led the Maryland Lottery lineup of big prizes last week, while two scratch-off players in Waldorf and Dundalk each landed $100,000 wins. In all, 37 tickets [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Players Win Six-Digit Prizes in Capitol Heights, Cumberland, Laurel and Randallstown

April 17, 2023
People across Maryland won nearly $33 million during week ending April 16 Lottery luck was in the air across Maryland on April 10. On that day, a FAST PLAY ticket purchased in Randallstown delivered a $713,089 progressive jackpot, and a Multi-Match ticket purchased in Cumberland hit a jackpot worth an estimated annuity value of $570,000. [...]