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Surprise Celebrity Cameo Lands Maryland Lottery Player 'Who Seldom Plays' $50K Powerball Win
An unexpected premonition from a prominent celebrity landed a Maryland Lottery player who typically stays away from the big money gams a five-figure cash windfall. Earlier this month - a Baltimore man who says he seldom plays the Lottery - walked away with a $50,000 check after having a fortuitous dream that saw him visited by a celebrity who advised he pick up a Powerball ticket. It was a heck of a dream. The winner said that an anonymous actor - can't risk sharing the good fortune - visited the Baltimore man while he was asleep and instructed him to pick up the Powerball ticket, though t…
Business
Winning $100K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Liquor Store Has Lottery Player Eyeing Bigger Prizes
A Maryland Lottery player who won big playing a scratch-off game he picked up at a Prince George's County liquor store is eyeing another zero on his next jackpot, he says. "Alex the Great," a Laurel resident who chose a royal moniker while remaining anonymous, is feeling lucky - but wants to get luckier - after winning the top prize playing the 8th Edition of the $100,000 Crossword game on a ticket he picked up at a local liquor store. "I’ve been playing the Lottery for years," he mused while collecting his cash this week. "I enjoy trying out different games because they all offer diff…
Lifestyle
US Army Veteran Wins $50K Prize After Trading Card Games For Lottery Scratchers
It's going to take a little more than cash to get the blood of a US Army Veteran flowing, who was unfazed after winning a five-figure Maryland Lottery prize. The Mt. Airy man, who transitioned from playing cards with his bunkmates to playing scratch-off games decades after his retirement from the service, had a properly measured response when collecting his five-figure prize at Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore this week. "You’ve got to do a lot to excite me, and money is not one of the things that excites me," he mused. "I didn’t get into the Lottery until after I retired from the se…
Business
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…
Lifestyle
Winning $50K Scratcher Sold At Maryland Liquor Store To Persistent Player
Persistence paid off for a Maryland Lottery winner who continued buying tickets until ultimately cashing in on a $50,000 jackpot. After what now looks like a modest Keno win of $465, an enthusiastic Frederick County Lottery player decided to test his luck with a scratch-off ticket. Which led to the purchase another scratch-off ticket. Then another scratch-off. Then, what started as a $30 gamble led to the fateful purchase of a 200X The Cash scratcher that landed for a second-tier $50,000 prize at Paddock Wine & Spirits in Woodbine. According to Lottery officials, the Frederick C…
Business
Jackpot-Winning $50K 'Bonus Match 5' Ticket Sold At Maryland Shop Rite
A winning Maryland Lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold at an area grocery store, and the winner has not yet come forward to claim their five-figure jackpot. One top-prize winning Bonus Match 5 ticket worth was sold at Klein's Shop Rite on Beards Hill Road in Abedeen for the drawing on Thursday, Aug. 15, though it has not been cashed in a day later. The winning numbers for the Thursday drawing were 06-07-11-12-19 with a Bonus Ball of 16. This represents the 22nd jackpot-winner Bonus Match 5 drawing sold in 2024. "Lottery officials urge the winner to sign the back of the ti…
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Maryland Man Picks Up Sweetener For Sweetheart, $50K Lottery Ticket During Lucky Walmart Trip
A romantic Carroll County man has big plans after winning a $50,000 jackpot on a Maryland Lottery scratcher sold at an area Walmart. Sporting his finest Slayer t-shirt this week, Westminster resident Brian Murray was happy to take the short trek to Maryland Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore on Aug. 14 to claim the unexpected five-figure prize. "I wore my favorite band shirt to (make the) claim," he said while signing the paperwork to collect his money. "This is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me." Murray said that he tends to play a few scratch-off tickets every other wee…
Lifestyle
Grandfather Of Nine Wins $50K On Maryland Lottery Ticket After Hitting Wrong Button
A Maryland traffic manager is happy to be more lucky than good after cashing in a Lottery ticket worth $50,000 that he never meant to purchase. The longtime lotto player from Glen Burnie told officials he prefers jackpot games such as Pick 3 and Pick 4 but while working on a road construction crew in the Brandywine area, Roderick Doughty decided to change course and pick up some scratchers. “I just went in the store and I said ‘I’m going to play scratch-offs,’” he mused. Mission accomplished. Entirely on accident. Doughty told Lottery officials that he hit the wrong button on the Lottery …
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Lottery Player Wins $540K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot On Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
It didn't take long for a lucky Lottery player from Baltimore to claim a six-figure jackpot after winning big playing a Multi-Match ticket sold at a Carroll County gas station. Last week, another Multi-Match jackpot was won, when a player matched all six numbers to win a $540,000 prize on a ticket sold at the Sunoco gas station in the 1400 block of Liberty Road in Eldersburg. The winner turned a $2 quick-pick ticket into the massive cash windfall. Now, they have the decision of accepting 25 equal installments or an estimated $290,000 cash option. It was the seventh Multi-Match j…
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Orioles Grand Slam Lands Maryland Man $6K Lottery Windfall
Jackson Holliday's first career grand slam this week was extra special for Glen Burnie resident Timothy Jeffries. Jeffries is the happy winner of $6,000 after the rookie - only recently called back up to the Big Leagues - as part of Maryland Lottery's FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Bases Loaded second-chance promotion. He is the sixth to cash in on an Orioles grand slam. In his return to MLB after being sent down to AAA earlier this season, Jackson mashed an 0-2 hanging breaking ball that Toronto's Yerry Rodriguez left over the plate into the upper deck in right field. It marked his first care…
News
Winning $540K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot-Winning Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Check your tickets! Thursday was a good day for a Maryland Lottery player who won big playing a Multi-Match ticket that was sold at an area gas station. The big winner for the Thursday, Aug. 1 drawing came in Carroll County, where a player matched all six numbers on a ticket sold at an Eldersburg gas station on Liberty Road that was good for a $540,000 jackpot. Winning numbers for Thursday's drawing were: 15-22-25-26-34-35. The winner will now have the option of 25 equal installments or an estimated $290,000 cash option when the prize is claimed. It was the seventh Multi-…
Business
Second Winning $50K Lottery Ticket Sold At Same Maryland Gas Station Weeks Apart
The Shell station on Queens Chapel Road in Hyattsville is the place to go if you want to win big playing a Maryland Lottery game. A housekeeper from Prince George's County is the latest to claim a $50,000 scratch-off prize on a ticket sold at the same station where a Bonus Match 5 jackpot worth the same amount was sold last month. This time, it was a $10 Jumbo Cash scratcher sold at the Shell station that landed a lucky Lottery player an unexpected windfall. According to the winner, after scratching, she saw that she had matched the number 34 to score a second-tier prize in the g…
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