BALTIMORE, MD—With the Mega Millions jackpot closing in on a billion dollars, player attention is focused on the multi-state jackpot games, resulting in five Mega Millions wins of $10,000 or more across Maryland in the past week, and two big Powerball wins, one for $150,000 in Dunkirk and one for $50,000 in Perry Hall.

The big Mega Millions wins came in Abingdon, Baltimore, District Heights, Prince Frederick, and Fort Washington.

The Mega Millions annuity jackpot stands at $944 million for the Christmas Eve drawing. The next Powerball drawing is Monday night, December 23, and has an annuity jackpot of $103 million.

Across the state, and across all games, the Maryland Lottery paid more than $31.7 million in prizes during the week of December 16-22, including 34 tickets worth $10,000 or more that were sold or redeemed in that seven-day span.

Meanwhile, a $1 million Mega Millions prize on a ticket sold December 10 at the Wawa store at 709 Belair Road in Bel Air remains unclaimed. In addition to some of the big prizes in the past week, there are eight Mega Millions and Powerball prizes of $10,000 or more that remain unclaimed.

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.

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.

MEGA MILLIONS WINNERS:

• $20,000 ticket sold Dec. 18 at Weis Market, 750 Prince Frederick Boulevard, Prince Frederick (unclaimed as of Dec. 23)
• $10,000 ticket sold Dec. 20 at Beverage Barn, 3000 Emmorton Road, Abington (unclaimed as of Dec. 23)
• $10,000 ticket sold Dec. 17 at Wawa, 4901 Boston Street, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Dec. 23)
• $10,000 ticket sold Dec. 17 at Wawa, 2151 Brooks Drive, District Heights (claimed)
• $10,000 ticket sold Dec. 17 at Silesia Convenience, 10909 Livingston Road, Fort Washington (claimed)

POWERBALL WINNERS:

• $150,000 ticket sold Dec. 21 at Dunkirk Fastop, 9880 Southern Maryland Boulevard, Dunkirk (unclaimed as of Dec. 23)
• $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 16 at Perry Hall Petro, 8809 Belair Road, Perry Hall (unclaimed as of Dec. 23)

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