BALTIMORE, MD—A Maryland Lottery player purchased 40 identical Pick 5 tickets and hit the jackpot for a $1 million prize, the largest win in the state over the past week.
Each of the winning tickets, purchased for 50 cents apiece in Salisbury, featured the same combination of numbers. The player, who has not been identified, redeemed all 40 winning tickets at the Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin.
The tickets were sold at Apple Drugs in Salisbury.
The Maryland Lottery paid out more than $31.1 million in prizes during the week of July 28 through Aug. 3. This total included the $1 million Pick 5 prize and 24 other tickets worth $10,000 or more.
Here’s the weekly roundup of big winners:
Scratch-off prizes claimed July 28-Aug. 3:
$57,777 Prize
- Lucky 7s Tripler, Ashland Café, 10810 York Road, Cockeysville
$50,000 Prize
- $50,000 Cash, Tony’s Liquors, 12637 Laurel – Bowie Road, Laurel
$30,000 Prizes
- Loteria, Keller’s Market, 15624 Livingston Road, Accokeek
- Loteria, Germantown Wine and Beer, 19590 Frederick Road, Germantown
$10,000 Prizes
- All About Cash, King Kong Restaurant, 2350 University Boulevard East, Adelphi
- All About Cash, Three Road Liquor, 13704 Brandywine Road, Brandywine
FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings July 29 – Aug. 3:
BONUS MATCH 5
- $50,000 ticket sold Aug. 1 at Giant, 4622 Wilkins Avenue, Catonsville
- $50,000 ticket sold July 31 at Byer’s Stop ‘N’ Go, 152 North Burhans Boulevard, Hagerstown
KENO
- $15,000 ticket sold Aug. 1 at Royal Farms, 6100 Holabird Avenue, Dundalk (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
PICK 5
- 40 tickets worth $25,000 each for a total of $1 million, all sold July 29 at Apple Drugs, 404 North Fruitland Boulevard, Salisbury (all claimed)
- $50,000 ticket sold July 22 at Brandywine Liquors, 14121 Brandywine Road, Brandywine (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 2 at Bowie Exxon, 1500 Crain Highway Northwest, Bowie (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold July 31 at Weis Market, 15300 McMullen Highway Southwest, Cumberland (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold July 31 at New Carrollton Liquors, 8433 Annapolis Road, Hyattsville (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $25,000 ticket sold July 29 at Pimlico Check Cashing, 3538 Brenbrook Drive, Randallstown (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $25,000 ticket sold Aug. 1 at NSR Mart gas station at 10195 Berry Road, Waldorf (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
RACETRAX
- $57,808 ticket sold July 30 at 7-Eleven, 309 East Smallwood Drive, Waldorf (claimed)
- $19,522 ticket sold Aug. 2 at Martin Exxon, 2333 Eastern Boulevard, Middle River (unclaimed as of Aug. 4)
- $17,441 ticket sold July 28 at Dash In, 1712 Russell Street, Baltimore (claimed)
- $16,446.20 ticket sold July 30 at Shoppers, 4720 Cherry Hill Road, College Park (claimed)
- $16,446.20 ticket sold July 30 at Sunoco, 6360 New Hampshire Avenue, Takoma Park (claimed)
- $13,513 ticket sold July 28 at Golden Dragon Inn, 8109 Liberty Road, Windsor Mill (claimed)
- $12,213.30 ticket sold Aug. 2 at Hyattsville Convenience Store, 2230 University Boulevard East, Hyattsville (claimed)
- $11,771 ticket sold Aug. 1 at 7-Eleven, 1204 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville (claimed)
- $10,910 ticket sold July 30 at Four Corners Exxon, 4400 Mill Bottom Road, Mount Airy (claimed)
The lottery advises all winners to sign the backs of their tickets and keep them in a safe place. Prizes up to $25,000 can be claimed at any of the state’s six casinos, while prizes greater than that amount must be redeemed by appointment at the Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center in Baltimore.
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