A longtime Maryland Lottery player got a little bit nervous recently during her first time using an instant ticket vending machine, but the result was a $100,000 scratch-off win. The Harford County player stopped by Sheetz gas station and convenience store located at 601 Pulaski Highway in Joppa and got in the line to buy scratch-offs. When she got to the […]
Eryn Blair of Middle River enjoyed a sweet treat this week when she traveled to Maryland Lottery headquarters. The 29-year-old claimed a $30,000 prize she won playing the $3 holiday scratch-off game Peppermint Payout. Blair said she’s been going through some rough times recently and sees this big win as a change in fortune. An impulse buy led to her big […]
A Baltimore County retiree is $50,000 richer after stopping at a 7-Eleven on his way home to buy his favorite Maryland Lottery games. The popular Bonus Match 5 game was one of his choices. The great-grandfather purchased a $2 Quick-Pick ticket on October 23 for that night’s drawing and wound up the $50,000 top-prize winner. After buying the ticket, the […]
Who won $50,000? The Royal Farms store in Middle River sold the winning Bonus Match 5 ticket, which matches the five numbers of 16, 29, 36, 38 and 39; the Bonus Ball was 19. Maryland Lottery officials urge the winner to sign the back of the ticket and put it in a safe place. The winner has 182 days to […]
The winning $1.6 billion Mega Millions ticket was sold in South Carolina, but Overlea-Fullerton got in on some Maryland Lottery action as well. A 7-Eleven store on Belair Road sold a winning Bonus Match 5 ticket in the Tuesday, October 23, drawing. The winning numbers were 2, 19, 23, 28 ,and 29; the Bonus Ball was 1. The winner has 182 days to claim their […]
A Baltimore County Racetrax player attributes his recent collision with Maryland Lottery luck to his wife. Returning home after dinner on Saturday night, a quick stop at High’s in Perry Hall to play her favorite Pick 4 combination put him in the right place at the right time to win more than $31,000. “I play pretty often, but I wouldn’t […]
The estimated annuity jackpot for the Friday, October 19 Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $1 billion. The estimated cash value is $565.6 million. It marks the largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the second-largest in lottery history, trailing only the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot in January of 2016. The previous record Mega Millions jackpot was $656 million, […]
Forget about a measly $667 million. The Mega Millions jackpot has been climbing since late July, and on Wednesday, it reached a new all-time high. The estimated annuity value of the jackpot in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $900 million after no one won the prize during Tuesday night’s drawing. The jackpot is the game’s history. The previous record jackpot […]