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That's A Hit: Maryland Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship'
What started as a slow day for a loyal Maryland Lottery player turned into an unexpected cash windfall for a Prince George's County man when he reinvested his meager winnings and turned them into a five-figure jackpot. Bowie resident Jorge Baez nearly sank his own battleship, but took one last shot, and sure enough, landed himself a $30,000 top-prize playing a FAST PLAY ticket. The retired contractor picked up $20 worth of scratchers on the day of his lucky win, only winning $3, though he made the most of those dollars, using them to purchase a FAST PLAY BATTLESHIP ticket at the Hampton Mal…
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Robyn Dixon Fired From
Rhop
Robyn Dixon is speaking out. The 45-year-old "Real Housewives of Potomac Star" has confirmed rumors that she won't be returning to the Bravo show for Season 9. On the latest episode of her podcast "Reasonably Shady" with co-star Gizelle Bryant, Dixon reveals she was not asked to return to the show: "The network did not invite me back, um, I was fired for lack of a better word." Dixon is one of the original cast members of "RHOP" and has come to terms with her next chapter. "I will not sugarcoat the situation," the mom of two and business owner said. "This was a network decision and I…
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Three Jackpot Chasers Catch $50,000 Powerball Prize On Ticket Sold At Maryland 7-Eleven
No joke. A "big-time lottery crew" is feeling lucky after winning big playing a Powerball ticket that was sold at a Prince George's County 7-Eleven location. The drawing on Saturday, April 6 was a fortuitous one for three jackpot chasers who sought a billion-dollar prize, but are more than content to settle for a third-tier $50,000 win after pooling their money together, picking up tickets, and finally landing a cash windfall following a years worth of playing Maryland Lottery games. According to Lottery officials, the group of co-workers - who dubbed themselves the "Big-Time Lottery Crew"…
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Who Are Maryland's Sexiest Civil Servants? Here's What New Poll Says
Ring the alarm! Firefighters may make the headlines — and the calendars — and policemen are pretty, but a newly released survey found that it is, in fact, paramedics and EMS personnel who were crowned Maryland's sexiest uniformed heroes. DatingNews released a new tally after interviewing 3,000 singles to uncover which uniformed pros - though they omitted out the usual suspects - including firefighters, police officers, and members of the military. "In the urban landscape, there's an undeniable physical magnetism that surrounds those in uniform," Amber Brooks of DatingNews.com said. "Our su…
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Secretive Lottery Winner Claims $50K Scratch-Off Prize In Maryland
An anonymous man from Prince George's County made the most of his "second-chance focus" and won a $50,000 Maryland Lottery prize, officials say. A man from Bowie who likes to rack up points from non-winning scratch-off tickets through the Lottery Rewards program hit the jackpot and won big after playing a Hot 7s Tripler ticket that he bought at a BP gas station in Lanham, turning $5 into a $50,000 cash windfall. Following the big win, the man said that he was excited, but added, "I like to keep it quiet ... That just scared the heck out of me." According to the lucky lotto player, he…
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Life-Altering $1M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold To Maryland Man Out Car Shopping
Life is good for a newly minted-millionaire in Maryland who turned a $20 scratch-off ticket into a seven-figure jackpot. A Dorchester County resident who has been a lifelong fan of scratchers scored a life-altering win, claiming a $1 million prize on an aptly titled THE GAME OF LIFE ticket. Maryland Lottery The lucky Lottery player had a premonition, and when he spotted that the ticket was number one on the roll, he decided to shoot his shot and take a chance, which paid off plenty. According to Lottery officials, the man picked up the ticket at Salisbury Quick Stop on North Salisb…
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Winning $50K 'Pick 5' Ticket Sold At Maryland Liquor Store 'Couldn't Have Come At Better Time'
Lady Luck was shining on a Maryland Lottery player who changed things up and wound up turning a $1 ticket into a $50,000 windfall at just the right time. After winning Lottery prizes from Pick 3 and Pick 4 games a few years ago, officials said that a Waldorf man - who chose to remain anonymous - tried his luck on a Pick 5 ticket, using the numbers 82871 on a straight bet. Sure enough, the Charles County man cashed in big, winning a five-figure prize, his largest to date. The winning ticket was sold at Commerce Liquor in Waldorf for the midday drawing on Wednesday, April 3. When…
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'Happy Mistake' Lands Maryland Man $50K 'Pick 5' Lottery Win
Opportunity knocked twice for a Harford County man who made the most at his second chance and won $50,000 playing his wife's license plate number on a Pick 5 Maryland Lottery ticket. The lucky Lottery player told officials that he thought he missed out on his chance for a big win last week when he saw his license plate numbers in the results of a recent Pick 5 drawing that he didn't hit on. However, fate had other plans for him. According to Lottery officials, a week after that disappointment, a winning Pick 5 number he played based on different license plate numbers l…
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Adults-Only Easter Egg Hunt Lands Maryland 911 Operator Winning $50K Lottery Scratcher
A lucky Maryland woman got a special blessing this Easter after winning a $50,000 prize celebrating a beloved family tradition. An adults-only Easter Egg hunt that has become a yearly thing for a Harford County family involving instant tickets and eggs resulting in a big win this year for a woman going by an apt name. Melissa Blessing's family members all bring instant tickets to the party each year, separate them randomly into groups and assign each a number, she said. Each hidden egg is then numbered, with the corresponding scratch-offs going to the finder. “We all like scratch ti…
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Unintended Powerball Ticket Lands Maryland Woman $1M Prize
It was a circuitous road, but a newly-minted Maryland millionaire isn't complaining after winning big on a golden Powerball ticket. A series of strange events led a Baltimore woman to a million dollar prize after picking up an unintended Powerball ticket while running errands in Timonium, Lottery officials say. The journey to a new tax bracket began early in March, when the big winner was heading to Timonium to do some shopping when a song on the radio reminded her of a friend's upcoming birthday, prompting her to stop at Royal Farms on York Road in Towson, where she spotted a Powerbal…
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Former NFL Player From Maryland Heating Up On Food Network Show
Things are heating up for an NFL player-turned restaurant owner on a popular Food Network show. Tobias Dorzon has made it to the quarterfinals on the “Tournament of Champions.” Hosted by Guy Fieri, the show pits some of the biggest names of the culinary world against each other for a chance of winning the $150,000 prize, the biggest in show history. Dorzon, of Hyattsville, played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers before enrolling himself in culinary school. These days, he owns three restaurants including Huncho House in Hyattsville and Union Distri…
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Winning $10K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Silver Spring Grocery Store
No Marylanders won the $1.13 billion "Mega Millions" jackpot - that went to a lucky New Jersey lotto player - but five tickets worth $10,000 were sold across the state for Tuesday's drawing. The winning numbers on Tuesday, March 26 were 07-11-22-29-38, with a gold "Mega Ball" of 04, and five players matched four of the regular numbers plus the "Mega Ball" to win a $10,000 prize. Winning tickets were sold at: 7 to 10 Market on 29th Street in Mt. Rainier (Prince George's County); 7 to 10 Market, 4002 29th Street, Mt. Rainier Google Maps street view Giant on Arliss Street in …
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Support Pours In For Family Of Teen Killed In Maryland Townhouse Fire: ‘Immense Tragedy’
Support is pouring in for the family of a Maryland teen who was killed in a fire earlier this week. Katie Chase, 15, died in the fire on the second story of a townhome on the 11500 block of Shell Flower Lane in Columbia around 7:30 p.m. March 20. She is survived by her loving mother, Sue; and her sister, Nicole. More than $8,500 has been raised on a GoFundMe created by loved ones to support the family following the fatal fire. A second campaign launched by the Community of Clary's Choice had surpassed $4,500 as well. The proceeds from the fundraisers would be contributed to the family’s …
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Loyal Lottery Player Seeking Jackpot Stunned By $50K Powerball Win In Maryland
A lifelong Lottery player in Southern Maryland had his loyalty paid off after winning a five-figure Powerball prize on a recent drawing. Whether the jackpot is $20 million, or a cool $1 billion, St. Mary's County resident James Stogner says he will still pick up his ticket for nearly every drawing, and that faith was rewarded this week when he was at Lottery Headquarters to claim a $50,000 prize. "It doesn't matter," he said. "The base jackpot is still a lot of money." This time, when he checked the quick-pick ticket, the 51-year-old noticed a little more money than usual — $50,000 —…
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Lucky License Plate Lands Superstitious Maryland Man $50K Lottery Windfall
A superstitious man has claimed his largest Lottery prize after decades of playing after he fortuitously lost his keys outside of a Maryland gas station. "Big Mike" collected a $50,000 "Pick 5" prize after the lucky Lottery player lost his keys, retraced his steps, and found them in front of his truck, prompting him to pick up the golden ticket. The Waldorf man said that he believed the incident to not be an inconvenience, but instead as a sign that he should play his license plate number, so he placed a $1 straight bet on the numbers, went home and didn't check to see if he was a winner un…
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Silver Spring Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom
A Maryland resident who stopped to pick up scratch-offs after running errands last weekend ended up with a $250,000 winning ticket for his mother. The Montgomery County son stopped for gas at Casa Blanca Sunoco on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring on Sunday, March 10 and picked up five of the $10 $250,000 Cash Winfall games due to his sister’s recent $500 win. He then took the tickets home for his mother, who didn’t get around to playing them until the following day. “She was on the phone and scratching the games,” the winner’s son, a Silver Spring resident, told lottery officia…
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‘He Had A Huge Heart:’ Support Rises After Dad Killed In Baltimore Weeks Before 30th Birthday
Community support is on the rise for a devoted dad shot and killed in Baltimore weeks before his 30th birthday. The shooting occurred on the 4000 block of Loch Raven Boulevard in the city’s Northeast District around 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6. Denzel Brown, 29, was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The shooting prompted a response by SWAT Team officers, who entered a nearby home but did not find any suspects. According to the Baltimore Sun, Brown died just weeks before his 30th birthda…
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Maryland Man Collects $1M Prize Playing Monopoly Lottery Game
A Maryland truck driver who "passed go" and collected a bit more than $200 playing a Monopoly Lottery game is still in shock days later. An Allegany County man says he is still in disbelief after becoming the state's newest millionaire while claiming a $1 million prize after hitting the jackpot playing a "FAST PLAY MONOPOLY Properties" ticket that was purchased on Sunday during a run to get gas. The Cumberland man, who is a regular Lottery player, said that the seven-figure prize "is beyond our wildest dreams," after a low tank of gas fatefully led him to the golden ticket. According to th…
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Texas Woman Returns Home To Maryland, Wins $50K Playing Lottery Scratcher
A woman who moved back to her Baltimore hometown from Texas was rewarded with a $50,000 lottery scratch-off win. The woman, a healthcare worker anonymously dubbed ’Texas Woman,’ purchased a 50X The Cash scratch-off at Govans Marathon at 5101 York Road in Baltimore. She'd recently moved back from Texas, where her best lottery win was just $500. The woman stopped by the store to cash in a winning crossword scratcher and ended up purchasing the second-tier prizewinning ticket for $10 alongside a Loteria for $3, she tells officials. After taking the tickets home and scratching $50,00…
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'Powerhouse' Baltimore Songbird Wins Over 'The Voice' Judge At Very Last Second
With seconds to spare, L. Rodgers won over Reba McEntire. The Baltimore resident, 34, performed The Rolling Stone's "Wild Horses" on the Tuesday, March 12 Blind Auditions episode of NBC's "The Voice." View this post on Instagram A post shared by L. Rodgers (@l.rodgerthat) "I was just blown away with your vocal and I was just listening and listening and I'm like holy crap I've got to turn around for this person," McEntire tells Rodgers. McEntire went on to compliment Rodgers on the fullness of her voice, noting she's a "powerhouse." Uns…
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Silver Spring Woman Wins $5M Playing Maryland Lottery Scratcher Picked Up At Area Liquor Store
A Maryland woman turned $50 into $5 million after hitting big on a Maryland Lottery scratcher. The first of five top-prize winning jackpots on the recently released "$5,000,000 CASH" game was claimed on Monday after a Montgomery County woman made her way to Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore to collect her seven-figure cash windfall. According to Lottery officials, "after going on sale Feb. 19, the game jumped immediately into the (number one) spot on the Lottery’s Top 40 Scratch-offs list. "In addition to the $5 million top prize, the game has two other high-tier prizes at the $100,000…
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DC Billionaire From Montgomery County Wins Oscar For Wes Anderson Short Film
An esteemed Montgomery County native who is the co-founder of a billion-dollar DC conglomerate can add another accolade to his impressive resume: Academy Award winner. Bethesda-born Steven Rales, 72, won an Oscar on Sunday night for producing the best live-action short film along with renowned director Wes Anderson for "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar," an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story written decades ago. #Oscars 2024Best Live Action Short Film #TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar #Netflix #WesAnderson & #StevenRales pic.twitter.com/RQV7YP5JNL pic.twitter.com/iCMYsbtLlu — The Cine…
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Daughter Picks Up Snacks, Winning $100K Lottery Scratcher For Mom While Running Errands In MD
A Calvert County woman had to "keep calm and carry on" after winning big on a Maryland Lottery ticket. The lucky Southern Maryland lotto player had to keep her cool after purchasing a top-prize winning "$100,000 Ca$h" instant ticket while out running errands with her daughter in Anne Arundel County. She says that the two made a pit-stop at 7-Eleven in Edgewater to pick up snacks, and her daughter, who often purchases pairs of scratch-offs for her mother, bought a soda for herself and two $30 "$100,000 Ca$h" instant tickets for her mom. When the daughter returned to the car, she handed…
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Delivery Driver Riding Into Retirement After Five $50K 'Pick 5' Maryland Lottery Wins
Fives proved to be the lucky number for a fortuitous delivery driver who is riding into retirement with a smile on his face after an unexpected $250,000 Maryland Lottery win. The Carroll County man says that he plans to use his newfound cash on his family's retirement nest egg after he randomly placed some "Pick 5" bets while running errands before lunch. "Wednesday was a perfect day," he told Lottery officials after he and his wife got a jump start on their morning, finished their errands, and stopped by a Sheetz location to pick up some tickets. By dinner time, the Manchester …
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Dogs Suffering From Critical Injuries In DC House Fire See Support From Community
A family is rallying community support following a critical fire in Southeast DC that destroyed a woman's home and left her beloved dogs with serious injuries. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to a home in the 3500 block of Ely Place SE, when flames tore through the residence and destroyed the property. The site of the fire in DC Twitter/@dcfireems One firefighter reported minor injuries and crews were able to get the fire under control, but two dogs - Sage and Adonis - belonging to Giavonna Morgan sustained critical injuries before th…
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Cigarette Run Leads Maryland Grandmother To $51K Lottery Jackpot
A random trip to a convenience store in Baltimore County for a Carroll County woman led to a five-figure prize for one lucky Lottery player who picked up her ticket on a whim. Every so often, a Westminster woman says she would play a Maryland Lottery game, though she was normally drawn to scratchers versus draw games until having a recent change of heart that landed her a $51,247 "Bonus Match 5" jackpot. The grandmother decided to purchase her ticket for the drawing on Sunday, March 3 at the Pantry One Food Mart & Deli in Randallstown after heading to the store to pick up some cig…
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Virginia Woman Visiting Maryland Doctor Wins $41K Playing 'FAST
Play
' Lottery Game
2024 is indeed off to a better start for a Virginia woman who won big playing a Maryland Lottery game when she went across state lines to see her doctor. The woman, who chose to remain anonymous and went under the alias "2024 Better" is feeling lucky after reeling in a $41,780 jackpot playing the "FAST PLAY Gold Fish" game. According to Lottery officials, the winner's doctor is in Maryland, so she frequents the state regularly, and last week, she and her husband stopped at Hardesty's Liquors on Crain Highway in Newburg. The jackpot for the Feb. 28 drawing had remained unclaimed until…
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Don't Miss Gaithersburg Marketing Strategist, Cousin On 'Amazing Race'
A marketing strategist from Maryland is teaming up with her cousin for the new season of The Amazing Race. Kishori Turner, a 26-year-old senior marketing strategist from Gaithersburg, and her cousin, Karishma Cordero, a 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, are among the new season’s 13 teams to compete in a race around the Americas for $1 million, the pair announced in a shared post on Instagram on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The full Season 36 cast was announced on Entertainment Weekly. “Surprise!” reads the post. “We’ve been holding in this secret for over a year now and we’re SO excited to f…
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Watch GWU Grad Compete On 'Amazing Race' With Little Sis
A pair of New Jersey siblings will be competing on the latest season of "The Amazing Race" on CBS. Maya Mody, 20, and Rohan Mody, 23, both students from Monmouth Junction, will be participating the in 36th race around the sun, premiering Wednesday, March 13. "This was a dream we both have shared since we were kids and still cannot believe that we get to call ourselves racers," the siblings said on Instagram. Maya is a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, where she made Dean's List last fall. Rohan graduated Magna Cum Laude from George Washington University with his bachelor's in neurosc…
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Unclaimed Winning $1M Maryland Lottery Ticket Mystery Solved Months Later
Maryland Lottery officials have cracked the curious case of an unclaimed $1 million Powerball prize that wasn't collected for months because the player forgot she purchased it. A Worcester County woman is among the state's newest millionaires, but not before she sat on a ticket worth seven figures that hadn't been touched since the Sept. 27 drawing last year. According to the Eastern Shore woman, she purchased the quick-pick ticket at the Duck In II in Snow Hill, hoping to take a stab at the then $835 million Powerball jackpot, but forgot all about it until recently. She was one of f…
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DC Singer Falls Flat On 'The Voice
For "The Voice" judges, Ash Haynes wasn't quite it. The 36-year-old Washington D.C. singer who once sang backup for a Swedish artist at Eurovision took to the NBC stage in this season's debut Monday night, Feb. 27. Haynes sang "Simply the Best" by Tina Turner for judges Reba McEntire, John Legend, Chance the Rapper and Dan + Shay. None of the judges turned their chairs for Haynes, but did give her some constructive criticism. EGOT Legend told Haynes if she was going to hit the big notes, she should do so "more accurately" and with control and precision. Shay of Dan + Shay said Haynes…
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