JARRETTSVILLE, MD—At around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, a Jarrettsville man realized that there was a $785 million Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs and he hadn’t yet bought a ticket. The 55-year-old dashed to a nearby Maryland Lottery retailer and is now a millionaire. He bought a $10 ticket with five quick-pick lines at the High’s store located at […]
BALTIMORE, MD—An historic Mega Millions jackpot roll came to an end on Friday night as the January 13 drawing produced a $1.35 billion jackpot winner in the state of Maine. It is the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and fourth-largest overall in U.S. lottery history. In Maryland, Friday’s Mega Millions drawing produced seven third-tier winning tickets. Six of those […]
OVERLEA, MD—A self-described “Lottery fiend” from Baltimore who enjoys playing scratch-offs that cost $5 or less hit the jackpot with a $30,000 prize on the $3 Bonus Crossword game. While claiming his prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, the “Lottery fiend” said it was his biggest prize to date by far. Previous memorable wins have mainly been in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Although there was no Mega Millions jackpot winner on Tuesday night, the drawing produced five third-tier $10,000-winning tickets sold in Maryland. The jackpot for the next Mega Millions drawing on Friday, January 13 rolled to an estimated annuity value of $1.35 billion. If the jackpot is hit at that amount on Friday, it would be the second-largest in Mega […]
WALDORF, MD—A Charles County construction worker, who nicknamed himself “Trouble,” is having anything but that after winning $1,540,418 in the FAST PLAY Hit the Jackpot! game. He becomes the second-largest winner in a progressive jackpot game since FAST PLAY’s debut in February 2020. The Waldorf resident regularly plays Hit the Jackpot! and purchased his lucky ticket at US Fuel in […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Someone in the Nottingham area will likely have an easier time shaking off those post-Christmas winter blues. Adding the $1 Power Play option to a Powerball ticket tripled a third-tier prize to $150,000 for a lucky player in the Monday, January 9 drawing. Although no one hit the jackpot, there were 14 third-tier winning tickets sold across the country. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland has three new millionaires after a week when two people bought second-tier winning Mega Millions tickets in Upper Marlboro and White Hall, and a third person in Waldorf bought a FAST PLAY progressive jackpot ticket worth $1,540,419. As of January 9, only one of the three life-changing prizes had been claimed. The $1 million Mega Millions win in […]
UPDATE: Maryland now has thee new millionaires. Original story below… —— BALTIMORE, MD—There was no winner in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, but there is likely a new millionaire somewhere in Maryland. Maryland Lottery officials say a winning $1 million ticket was sold at Marlboro Liquors located at 5725 Crain Highway in Glen Burnie. After no ticket matched all six […]