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The Week in Winners: Lottery Scratch-offs Pay $250,000 in Baltimore, $100,000 in Mechanicsville

April 25, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $33.2 million during week ending April 24 Two scratch-off tickets, one sold in Baltimore City worth $250,000 and another sold in Mechanicsville worth $100,000, were the Maryland Lottery’s top prizes of the past week. In all, 33 tickets worth $10,000 or more were either sold or redeemed in the seven [...]

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 [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Players in Annapolis, Baltimore, Silver Spring Enjoy Week’s Biggest Wins

June 6, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $34.6 million during week ending June 5 Maryland Lottery players won an eye-popping 50 prizes of $10,000 or more last week, led by a Racetrax ticket worth $102,419 sold in Silver Spring, and two $100,000 scratch-offs sold in Baltimore City and Annapolis. During the seven days ending June 5, the [...]

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: $100,000 Prizes in Baltimore, Mardela Springs, Towson Highlight the Week

June 27, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $27.9 million during week ending June 26 Maryland Lottery players in Baltimore, Towson and the Eastern Shore community of Mardela Springs each began the first official week of summer with celebrations after redeeming scratch-off tickets worth $100,000 last week. Those three big wins were among 27 winning tickets worth [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Luck Lands in Frederick With Bonus Match 5 Six-Pack, Scratch-off Millionaire

July 5, 2022
Players across Maryland won nearly $27.9 million during week ending July 3 A Frederick retailer sold six top-prize-winning Bonus Match 5 tickets totaling more than $300,000 in prize money in the July 3 drawing of the daily game. Meanwhile, a scratch-off ticket sold in Frederick delivered a $1 million prize last week. The Bonus Match [...]

The Week in Winners: Four Racetrax Players Win Big as Long-Odds Horses Lead the Pack

July 11, 2022
Players across Maryland won more than $28.5 million during week ending July 10 Four fans of the Maryland Lottery’s computer-animated Racetrax horse racing simulation game defied the longest odds and each won $62,576 on July 9 on tickets sold in Baltimore, Germantown, Landover and Oxon Hill. Racetrax horses are numbered 1 through 12, and the [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Players Win Life-Changing Prizes in Chesapeake City, Windsor Mill

September 7, 2022
Players across state won nearly $37.5 million during seven days ending Sept. 4 It was a big week for big-money wins, with a Maryland Lottery player in Chesapeake City winning $1,000 a day for life, another in Windsor Mill winning $1 million playing Powerball, and a Multi-Match player in Silver Spring hitting the game’s jackpot [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Winners In Gwynn Oak and Parkville Claim $100,000 Prizes

September 26, 2022
Players across the state won more than $28.7 million in the seven days ending Sept. 25 Maryland Lottery players in Gwynn Oak and Parkville each won $100,000 in the past week, while another eight winning tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Berwyn Heights, Hanover, North East, Parkville (2), Towson, Upper Marlboro, and Waldorf. In [...]

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: Powerball Player’s $150,000 Win in Mount Rainier is Week’s Top Prize

October 24, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $28.2 million in the seven days ending Oct. 23 As the jackpot continues to roll, a player who purchased a Powerball ticket last week in Mount Rainier landed a third-tier win of $150,000, the largest Maryland Lottery prize of the past week. The multi-line ticket also won an additional [...]

The Week in Winners: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $1 Billion as Maryland Players Land Big Bucks

October 31, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $28.2 million in the seven days ending Oct. 31 The Powerball jackpot kept growing last week, hitting the $1 billion mark for the Monday, Oct. 31 drawing. But the two biggest Lottery wins in Maryland were second- and third-tier Powerball prizes of $1 million and $200,000, respectively, in Bowie [...]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Powerball Players Win Big Prizes as Historic Jackpot Roll Ends

November 15, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $29.7 million in the seven days ending Nov. 13 As Powerball fever gripped the nation with the jackpot reaching $2.04 billion, Lottery players across Maryland landed 14 Powerball prizes last week ranging from $50,000 to $1 million. In the Nov. 7 Powerball drawing, after a jackpot roll that lasted [...]

The Week in Winners: Multi-Match Jackpot in Hagerstown, Six Pick 5 Prizes in Bowie are Week’s Top Wins

November 22, 2022
Players across the state won nearly $26.7 million in the seven days ending Nov. 20 A Multi-Match jackpot worth an estimated annuity value of $765,000 was won last week on a ticket sold in Hagerstown. Meanwhile, a Pick 5 player in Bowie bought six tickets that each won $50,000 top prizes, and a Keno player [...]

The Week in Winners: Scratch-off Wins Make Millionaires in Upper Marlboro, Westminster

December 5, 2022
Players across the state won more than $35 million in the seven days ending Dec.4 Two Maryland Lottery scratch-off players, one each in Upper Marlboro and Westminster, redeemed winning tickets that made them millionaires last week, and another six players landed prizes of $100,000 each in Fort Washington, Hagerstown, Langley Park, Laurel, Middle River and [...]

Hyattsville Player a Millionaire after Scratching $20 Instant Ticket

December 12, 2022

Win leaves single top prize unclaimed in Money Explosion game An enthusiastic player from Hyattsville scored a $1 million top-prize win on the  Money Explosion scratch-off, claiming his prize Dec. 9 at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. He bought the winning scratch-off at Lewisdale Market in Hyattsville. His lucky score leaves only a single top prize […]