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Spin Cycle Savior: Maryland Man Snags $50K Powerball Win Just in Time Spin Cycle Savior: Maryland Man Snags $50K Powerball Win Just in Time
Spin Cycle Savior: Maryland Man Snags $50K Powerball Win Just in Time Talk about a close call!  A District Heights dad saved a $50,000 Powerball ticket from an untimely demise in the washing machine, proving that sometimes laundry day can really pay off. Eric Cotton, a father of two and truck driver, had just bought four quick-pick Powerball tickets from Kaywood Liquors in Mt. Rainier for the Nov. 6 drawing, but the tickets didn’t find a home on the fridge or a safe drawer—instead, they ended up in his pants pocket, dangerously close to disaster. “My girlfriend is notorious for not checking pockets before doing the laundry,” he explained. So when he saw…

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Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 15 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $387M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 15 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $387M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 15 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $387M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Friday, Nov. 15 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $387 million with an $176.7 million cash option. The winning numbers were 05-17-35-55-69 with a Mega Ball of 19 and a Megaplier of 2X. If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. Prizes then range from $1 million to $2.…

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Nov. 12 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $361M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Nov. 12 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $361M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Nov. 12 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $361M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Nov. 12 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $261 million with a $169.2 million cash option. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 18-31-33-64-68 with a Mega Ball of 17 and a Megaplier of 3X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. There ar…

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Luck Strikes Twice in Maryland: 'Powerball' and 'Bonus Match 5' Winners Rake In $200K In Prizes Luck Strikes Twice in Maryland: 'Powerball' and 'Bonus Match 5' Winners Rake In $200K In Prizes
Luck Strikes Twice in Maryland: 'Powerball' and 'Bonus Match 5' Winners Rake In $200K In Prizes If you’re a Maryland lottery player, check those tickets!  This weekend saw a lucky streak with Marylanders raking in a combined $200,000 in draw game winnings, courtesy of Powerball and Bonus Match 5. In Charles County, a Powerball ticket purchased at NSR Mart in Hughesville matched the numbers 03-21-24-34-46, with a Powerball of 09 for the drawing on Monday, Nov. 11.  The player opted for the Power Play multiplier, which was 3X for that draw, elevating the $50,000 prize to $150,000. Meanwhile, in Westminster, a Bonus Match 5 ticket sold at the 7-Eleven on Baltimore Boulevard o…

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Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $334M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $334M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 8 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $334M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Friday, Nov. 8 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $334 million with an $156.5 million cash option. The winning numbers were 25-28-42-64-69 with a Mega Ball of 19 and a Megaplier of 3X. MegaMillions If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. Prizes then range fr…

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Truck Driver Becomes Maryland’s Newest Mega Millions Millionaire Truck Driver Becomes Maryland’s Newest Mega Millions Millionaire
Truck Driver Becomes Maryland’s Newest Mega Millions Millionaire A truck driver from Anne Arundel County nearly threw away a winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket in an unusual twist of fate.  The loyal player, who buys lottery tickets weekly, had set aside time to check his numbers but got briefly distracted, he said.  While he thought he had reviewed all his tickets, he missed one. It was only thanks to a family member, who volunteered to scan the tickets on her Maryland Lottery app, that the winning ticket was discovered. As the car pulled away, she saw the ticket’s result and ran after him, signaling the life-changing news with a huge sm…

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Nov. 5 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $303M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Nov. 5 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $303M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Nov. 5 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $303M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Nov. 5 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $303 million with a $141.8 million cash option. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 02-24-25-52-58 with a Mega Ball of 09 and a Megaplier of 2X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. There are …

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Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 1 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $281 Jackpot Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 1 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $281 Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Friday, Nov. 1 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $281 Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Friday, Nov. 1 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $205 million with an $97.5 million cash option. The winning numbers were 11-22-42-46-51 with a Mega Ball of 04 and a Megaplier of 2X. MegaMillions If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, where there will be an estimated $303 million prize with a $141.8 million cash option. Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all …

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 29 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $250M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 29 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $250M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 29 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $250M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Oct. 29 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $250 million with a $115.5 million cash option. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are: 16-22-26-36-56 with a Mega Ball of 01 and a Megaplier of 4X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. There are nine…

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Family Dinner Lands Lucky Lottery Player $1M Prize On Ticket Sold At Maryland Restaurant Family Dinner Lands Lucky Lottery Player $1M Prize On Ticket Sold At Maryland Restaurant
Family Dinner Lands Lucky Lottery Player $1M Prize On Ticket Sold At Maryland Restaurant What started as a routine family dinner turned into a million dollar meal for a Montgomery County woman who cashed in big on a Mega Millions ticket sold at a popular restaurant. Over the summer, the Lottery novice said that she was out with family at Quincy's Bar & Grille in Gaithersburg - a place they regularly frequent - but on July 19, they did something different. At the urging of her family, the woman said that she was coaxed into purchasing a $2 ticket for the drawing after being initially reluctant. This week, Lottery officials said that sure enough, she later returned to the re…

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 22 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $205M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 22 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $205M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 22 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $205M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Oct. 22 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $205 million with a $96.1 million cash option. The winning numbers are 08-43-48-58-60 with a Mega Ball of 04 and a Megaplier of 3X If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. Prizes then range from $1 million…

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Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Check Cash Depot Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Check Cash Depot
Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Check Cash Depot A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold at a Maryland business for Tuesday's drawing. There were two big winners in Maryland on Oct. 15 - a million-dollar ticket sold in Brooklyn Park, as well as a $10,000 prize in Silver Spring - that remain unclaimed the day after the fortuitous drawing, officials said. The winning numbers were: 22-34-44-54-62 with a Mega Ball of 03 and a Megaplier of 3X. According to Lottery officials, the $1 million ticket was sold at the Check Cash Depot on 16th Avenue, which matched the first five balls, but not the Mega Ball, which was still go…

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Winning Numbers For Friday, Oct. 18 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $185 Jackpot Winning Numbers For Friday, Oct. 18 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $185 Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Friday, Oct. 18 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $185 Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Friday, Oct. 18 Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers were 04-09-26-39-58 with a Mega Ball of 23 and a Megaplier of 4X The estimated jackpot is $205 million with an $97.5 million cash option. If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. Prizes then range from $1 million to…

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Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 15 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $169 Jackpot Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 15 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $169 Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Tuesday, Oct. 15 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $169 Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Oct. 15 Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers were 22-34-44-54-62 with a Mega Ball of 03 and a Megaplier of 3X The estimated jackpot is $169 million with an $80.7 million cash option. If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. Prizes then range from $1 million to…

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Winning $2M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Giant Grocery Store In Maryland Winning $2M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Giant Grocery Store In Maryland
Winning $2M Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At Giant Grocery Store In Maryland Retirement is coming early for a lucky Maryland couple who cashed in big on a Lottery scratch-off ticket they picked up at a Baltimore County food store. An Elkridge woman cleaned up playing a $30 scratcher sold at Giant in Owings Mills that she turned into a $2 million jackpot. A regular Lottery player, the winner said that she enjoys playing Mega Millions, Powerball, and a variety of scratch-off games, but it was the 200X the Cash ticket purchased at Giant on Mill Run Circle that set she and her husband up for retirement after spending decades as a custodian after coming to the US 25 year…

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Winning Numbers For Friday, Oct. 11 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $150M Jackpot Winning Numbers For Friday, Oct. 11 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $150M Jackpot
Winning Numbers For Friday, Oct. 11 'Mega Millions' Drawing With Estimated $150M Jackpot The winning numbers have been announced for the Friday, Oct. 11 Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers were 03-10-29-52-57 with a Mega Ball of 20 and a Megaplier of 2X The estimated jackpot is $150 million with a $71 million cash option. If no winner wins the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16.  Lottery players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot by matching all five balls plus the gold Mega Ball, according to officials. Prizes then range from $1 million to $2. 

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Maryland Lottery Player Quadruples 'Mega Millions' Win To $40K Maryland Lottery Player Quadruples 'Mega Millions' Win To $40K
Maryland Lottery Player Quadruples 'Mega Millions' Win To $40K The balls bounced right for a Calvert County man who turned a $10,000 Mega Millions prize into a $40,000 win.  Huntingtown native Tim Todd has plans to pay off some bills after adding the Megaplier feature to his ticket to quadruple his third-tier-winning prize on a ticket sold at Wawa in Dunkirk on Kirksville Lane earlier this month. Google Maps street view The big winner said he was running errands when he decided to check his $15 quick-pick ticket, at which point he received an unusual message: "Go To Lottery."  "I said, 'this must be something good,''" the 52-year-old elect…

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Winning $40K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Convenience Store Winning $40K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Convenience Store
Winning $40K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Convenience Store One lucky Lottery player in Maryland is sitting on a ticket worth $40,000 after picking up some gas and groceries at an area Dash In.  A Mega Millions winner didn't hit the jackpot - which was hit by a Texas player - but won a five-figure prize on a ticket sold at the Dash In at 3900 Road in Pasadena. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Sept 10 drawing were: 01-02-16-24-66 with a gold Mega Ball of 6 and the Megaplier of X4. According to Lottery officials, the Megaplier helped turn a $10,000 win into the $40,000 windfall. The Pasadena player  The lucky player in T…

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Four Maryland Lottery Players Win Five-Figure Prizes In One Night Four Maryland Lottery Players Win Five-Figure Prizes In One Night
Four Maryland Lottery Players Win Five-Figure Prizes In One Night Check your tickets!  Tuesday was a fortuitous night for several Maryland Lottery players who won five-figure prizes playing Bonus Match 5 and Mega Millions tickets across the state. In all, four tickets with prizes between $10,000 and $50,000 - good for $110,000 total - were sold in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties. The winning Bonus Match 5 ticket was sold at Weis Markets on Solomons Road in Edgewater with the winning numbers: 04-13-19-30-31 and a Bonus Ball that was 12. Winning tickets for Mega Millions were sold at:  Wawa in the 10200 block of…

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Winning $10K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Grocery Store; Jackpot Hits $527M Winning $10K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Grocery Store; Jackpot Hits $527M
Winning $10K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Grocery Store; Jackpot Hits $527M One lucky Lottery player in Maryland is sitting on a ticket worth $10,000 after picking up some groceries.  A Mega Millions winner didn't hit the jackpot - which rolled to more than a half billion dollars - but won a five-figure prize on a ticket sold at the Shoppers grocery store on Smallwood Drive in Waldorf. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Aug. 20 drawing were: 05-20-26-49-51 with a Mega Ball of 24. It was one of 23 third-tier winners of $10,000 across the country. The jackpot for the next Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Aug. 23 has an estimated annuity value of $5…

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Grocery Store Trip Lands Maryland Mom $50K Powerball Prize Grocery Store Trip Lands Maryland Mom $50K Powerball Prize
Grocery Store Trip Lands Maryland Mom $50K Powerball Prize An extra $4 landed a Maryland mother a $50,000 cash windfall playing Powerball during a trip to an area grocery store. Late last month, a Cecil County woman turned a trip to Klein's ShopRite on Riverside Parkway in Belcamp into a life-altering event when she picked up some lucky Lottery tickets, officials say. The woman said that she had an extra few dollars after finishing her shopping, so she picked up a Mega Millions and Powerball ticket to test her luck, though she failed to check her numbers until recently. She mused that she was in her parked car, about to head out, when she heeded h…

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Lucky Numbers Land Maryland Man $50K Lottery Jackpot Lucky Numbers Land Maryland Man $50K Lottery Jackpot
Lucky Numbers Land Maryland Man $50K Lottery Jackpot A longtime Maryland Lottery player who has been playing for five decades finally won big playing the Pick 5 game using his favorite numbers. "Mr. D" who hails from a small town south of Landover, claimed a $50,000 prize this week after playing the same numbers for years since the game went on sale in February 2022. The loyal player placed a $1 straight bet on the number 41083 for the June 20 evening and June 21 midday drawings, and later, while waiting on line to pick up food, he checked those numbers, only to find that he hit a five-figure win. According to "Mr. D," he used to play random…

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Trip For Gas Turns Into $1M 'Mega Million' Win For Regular Maryland Lottery Player Trip For Gas Turns Into $1M 'Mega Million' Win For Regular Maryland Lottery Player
Trip For Gas Turns Into $1M 'Mega Million' Win For Regular Maryland Lottery Player A Maryland Lottery player won twice on a recent Mega Millions drawing, though one prize was decidedly larger than the other.  When "Ping Pong Champ," a self-described Lottery regular, realized she had two winning tickets, one for $3, and one worth $1,000,000, she says that she had an immediate plan. The woman opted to cash out the $3 winning ticket for a $2 Mega Millions ticket for the next drawing, plus a $1 scratcher, while stashing the $1 million ticket in a safe place until she could make it down to Lottery Headquarters, officials said on Tuesday. She said that she went about her …

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'Mega Millions' Ticket Worth $1M Sold At Maryland Gas Station 'Mega Millions' Ticket Worth $1M Sold At Maryland Gas Station
'Mega Millions' Ticket Worth $1M Sold At Maryland Gas Station Maryland's first Mega Millions millionaire of 2024 is sitting on a ticket worth a seven-figure prize, though it remains unclaimed after the Tuesday, June 4 drawing. A second-tier winning ticket was sold at a Montgomery County gas station, while two other $10,000 winners were sold in Bethesda and Ocean City. The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing were: 19-37-40-63-69 with a Mega Ball of 17. The million-dollar ticket was sold at Aspen Hills Citgo on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, and the $10,000 tickets were sold at Talbert’s Ice & Beverage Service on River Road …

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