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The Week in Winners: Pick 5 Purchase in Capitol Heights Delivers $450,000 for Biggest Win of the Week

June 13, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $34.8 million during week ending June 12 Winning a $1 straight bet on Pick 5 pays a $50,000 prize, but buying multiple tickets quickly turns a big prize into a really big prize, as a Washington, D.C., resident recently found out. She bought $9 worth of tickets with the [...]

The Week in Winners: Cash4Life, Scratch-off Tickets Deliver Pair of $1 Million Prizes

June 21, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $35.1 million during week ending June 19 Two Maryland Lottery players are new millionaires courtesy of a Cash4Life ticket and a Money Explosion scratch-off. The Snider family from Gambrills is on the hunt for a bigger house after dad Gregory Snider claimed the second-tier Cash4Life prize. The 33-year-old heavy equipment [...]

The Week in Winners: Mega Millions, FAST PLAY Winners Highlight the Week

August 1, 2022
Players across state won more than $29.6 million during week ending July 31 A historic Mega Millions jackpot was won in Illinois on July 29, and meanwhile, amid excitement about the $1.337 billion prize, 49 Maryland Lottery players across the state won prizes of $10,000 or more last week on a variety of tickets. Three [...]

Lucky 7s Lead to Evening of Big Wins for Pick 5 Players

August 10, 2022
77770 combination delivers 20 winning tickets each worth $10,000 or more When the Maryland Lottery’s evening Pick 5 drawing came up 77770 on Aug. 9, the result was an unusual number of big winners. A total of five $1 straight tickets each won $50,000, and five 50-cent straight tickets each won $25,000. Meanwhile, there were [...]

The Week in Winners: FAST PLAY Millionaire in Charlotte Hall is Lottery’s Biggest Win of the Week

August 15, 2022
Players across state won nearly $29.7 million during seven days ending Aug. 14 Maryland has a new millionaire thanks to a FAST PLAY ticket sold Aug. 9 in Charlotte Hall. Meanwhile, three scratch-off players — one each in Brandywine, Lexington Park and Odenton — claimed $100,000 prizes last week. In all, 58 winning tickets worth [...]

The Week in Winners: $1 Million Scratch-off Among 52 Big Lottery Prizes in the Past Week

August 29, 2022
Players across state won more than $32 million during seven days ending Aug. 28 A Maryland Lottery player in Silver Spring is a millionaire, and another eight players in Bel Air, Clear Spring, District Heights (two), Landover, Middle River, Upper Marlboro and Westminster won prizes of $100,000 in the past week. On top of that, [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Makes Millionaires in Frederick and Lanham

October 3, 2022
Players across the state won more than $29.6 million in the seven days ending Oct. 2 Players in Frederick and Lanham who became Maryland Lottery millionaires were the state’s biggest winners last week, while two other players in Parkton and Middle River each landed prizes of $100,000 or more. In all, 36 winning tickets worth [...]

The Week in Winners: Bowie Lottery Player Wins $229,744 Playing Racetrax; Five Others Score $100K Prizes

November 7, 2023
People across the state won nearly $28.9 million during week ending Nov. 5 A Racetrax player in Bowie hit for $229,744 prize, while five scratch-off players collected prizes of $100,000 each in Capitol Heights, Mount Airy, Olney and Frederick (two), for the Maryland Lottery’s top prizes of the week. In all, 27 Maryland Lottery tickets [...]

Double Play Option Delivers Retired Airman’s $50,000 Powerball Win

October 25, 2023

Washington, D.C. player claims third-tier prize Marcus Archibald had enjoyed more than his fair share of Lottery luck over the years, winning several big-money prizes and even appearing on a game show. One game, however, has consistently denied him a win. Even while describing it as his favorite, the Washington, D.C. resident could never seem […]

The Week in Winners: Six-Digit Lottery Hits in Hagerstown, Leonardtown, Glen Burnie Unclaimed

October 23, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $26.3 million during week ending Oct. 22 A $510,000 Multi-Match jackpot won on a ticket sold in Hagerstown, and two FAST PLAY tickets worth $124,754 and $121,527 sold in Leonardtown and Glen Burnie, respectively, were the biggest Maryland Lottery wins of last week. All three remained unclaimed as of [...]

$50,000-Winning Powerball Double Play Ticket Sold in Capitol Heights

October 19, 2023

Player bought lucky ticket in Oct. 18 drawing Congratulations to our new $50,000 Powerball Double Play winner! Even though no one hit the jackpot, there were 8,776 winning tickets sold in our state in the regular Oct. 18 drawing and 1,289 Double Play Maryland winners. The Maryland Lottery is looking for the lucky player who […]

The Week in Winners: Tickets in Brooklyn Park, College Park, Hagerstown, Landover Win $100,000

September 25, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $32.1 million during week ending Sept. 24 The Powerball top prize has surged to an estimated jackpot approaching $800 million for the Sept. 25 drawing, but it was scratch-off tickets that delivered the Maryland Lottery’s biggest prizes last week. Maryland Lottery players in Brooklyn Park, College Park, Hagerstown and [...]

Soda Run Leads Lucky Player to a Double Pick 5 Win

September 14, 2023

Washington D.C. woman claims $100,000 in prizes on two tickets A thirst for a cool beverage led a Washington, D.C. resident into a Capitol Heights convenience store, where she bought a soda and decided to take a chance on a couple of Pick 5 tickets. She wound up with a combined $100,000 in prizes. The […]

The Week in Winners: As Jackpot Grows, Powerball Tickets Worth $50,000 Sold in Bel Air, Hyattsville, Mechanicsville

September 5, 2023
Players across the state won more than $28.3 million during week ending Sept. 3 With no one having matched all six Powerball numbers lately, the jackpot has grown to $461 million for the Sept. 6 drawing. But three players in Maryland did match enough numbers last week to win $50,000 each. Similarly, the Mega Millions [...]

The Week in Winners: Six-Digit Lottery Prizes Won in Charlotte Hall, Dundalk, Frederick

August 22, 2023
Players across the state won nearly $28.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 20 Maryland Lottery players in Charlotte Hall, Dundalk and Frederick won six-digit prizes in the week that ended Aug. 20, and another four players won $50,000 each in Berlin, Silver Spring (two) and Upper Marlboro. In all, 39 Lottery tickets [...]