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$158,092 Winning Lottery Ticket Sold at MoCo Gas Station

Published March 15, 2023 at 2:03PM

The $5 game has a progressive jackpot that starts at $40,000 and increases with the sale of each ticket until someone buys a progressive jackpot-winning ticket. The World Championship Poker game went on sale in September 2021 and still has 10 progressive jackpot prizes remaining. Sunshine Ethio is also a winner. For selling a jackpot-winning FAST PLAY ticket worth $100,000 or more, the store located at 6907 New Hampshire Avenue in Takoma Park earns a $1,000 bonus from the Lottery.

Instructions on claiming prizes in person or by mail are available HERE. Players must redeem prizes larger than $25,000 by mail or at Lottery headquarters in the Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 330 in Baltimore. The Lottery’s Claims Center in Baltimore is open by appointment only (no walk-ins). Click HERE to schedule an appointment.”

$100,000 Scratch-off Sold at Sunoco

By Patrick Herron

Published March 9, 2023 at 1:37PM

“I felt weird,” the loyal player said. As soon as she had the chance, she shared the great news with her family. The happy winner plans to save her prize for retirement and to spend time with family members. Her lucky Montgomery County retailer can also celebrate her Lottery luck. Kensington Sunoco will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Lottery for its role in selling a $100,000 top-prize winning scratch-off. The Gold X50 game, which debuted in January with 10 $100,000 top prizes, is a member of a Gold Multiplier family of games and the Gold Multiplier second-chance promotion. The Laurel winner claimed the game’s fourth top prize. Seven $50,000 second-tier prizes also remain along with 21 $10,000 prizes. Other members of the scratch-off family are the $1 Gold X5, $2 Gold X10 and $5 Gold X20 games.

Retired Landscaper Wins $50,000 at Local Laundromat

By Patrick Herron

Published March 9, 2023 at 10:41AM

The Damascus resident describes himself as a once-in-a-while Lottery player. “I rarely think to play. If the machine hadn’t been there in the laundromat, I never would have bought a ticket that day.” The Crazy 8s game debuted in November 2022 with eight $50,000 top-prize winning instant tickets. There are still five $50,000 winners in stores, along with six $5,000 second-tier prizes. Hats off to Aspen Hill Laundromat at 14201 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring for supplying the scratch-off that led to this happy ending. Management there will receive a $500 bonus from the Lottery for selling the $50,000 top-prize winning scratch-off.”

Feature photo courtesy of Google Maps.

Germantown Grandmother Wins $50,000

By Patrick Herron

Published March 6, 2023 at 4:43PM | Updated March 6, 2023 at 5:24PM

The winning grandmother enjoys playing jackpot games and normally purchases both Powerball and Mega Millions tickets, playing her own numbers. However, on Feb. 26 when she went to buy her games, the Lottery self-serve vending machine didn’t let her pick her own numbers and gave her quick-pick tickets. It was that ticket from Wegmans #56 at 20600 Seneca Meadows Parkway in Germantown that won her a $50,000 third-tier prize in the Feb. 27 Powerball drawing.

It wasn’t until the day after the drawing that the lucky lady checked her tickets. She quickly realized she matched four white balls and the red Power Ball for the $50,000 win.

MoCo Grandfather Wins $50,000 Lottery Prize

By Patrick Herron

Published March 3, 2023 at 11:54PM | Updated March 6, 2023 at 6:50PM

Sharing in “Busy Grand Dad’s” experience is Shoppers #2383 at 10501 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Bowie. The lucky retailer receives a bonus of $500 from the Lottery for selling a $50,000 top-prize winning scratch-off. The $20 $50,000 Cash game, which is in the No. 6 spot on the Lottery’s Top 40 Scratch-offs list, went on sale in December with 160 top prizes of $50,000. “Busy Grand Dad’s” win leaves 133 of those prizes yet to be claimed, along with 144 unclaimed $5,000 prizes. In addition, there are more than 950,000 prizes ranging from $20 and $500 available.”

MoCo Scratch-off Fan Wins $100,000 Top Prize

By Patrick Herron

Published March 1, 2023 at 5:55PM

The construction worker is married with two children. He plans to put most of the prize in the bank but might take a trip to El Salvador, his native country, to visit family members. Hillandale Beer & Wine in Silver Spring was the home of the winning scratch-off. For selling a $100,000 top-prize winning instant ticket, the Montgomery County retailer located at 10117 New Hampshire Avenue will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Lottery. The bonus equals 1% of the prize. The $100,000 Extreme Cash game is one of five $30 scratch-offs and went on sale in September 2020. Five $100,000 top prizes still remain unclaimed along with two $5,000 prizes and 29,600 others ranging from $30 to $500.”

$50,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Sold at Germantown Wegmans

By Patrick Herron

Published February 28, 2023 at 10:44AM

Powerball and Double Play drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night. The Powerball drawing happens at 11 p.m., and is followed by a separate Double Play drawing 30 minutes later. Powerball tickets are $2, and players can add the Double Play option for an additional $1, making the ticket good for both drawings.

The Powerball jackpot has rolled to an estimated annuity value of $143 million for the March 1 drawing, with an estimated cash option of $73 million. This year, the Maryland Lottery has sold 17 third-tier winning Powerball tickets worth $50,000 to $150,000 and four third-tier Double Play tickets.

$100,000 Winning Scratch-Off Sold in MoCo; $2 Million Winning Scratch-Off Sold in Maryland

By Patrick Herron

Published February 27, 2023 at 7:57PM

A $100,000 winning $100,000 Extreme Cash scratch-off sold at Hillandale Beer ‘N’ Wine (10117 New Hampshire Blvd) was the top lottery prize claimed in Montgomery County for the week of February 20 – 26. Other local winners this past week included a $10,000 winning scratch-off sold at Safeway (9807 Main Street) in Damascus and a $14,204 winning Racetrax ticket sold at Beer on Tapz (19520 Walters Road) in Germantown. Additional information on winners across the state of Maryland, including a $2 million winner in Millersville, below courtesy of the Maryland Lottery:

Winners of prizes larger than $25,000 must redeem their tickets at the Maryland Lottery Claims Center in Baltimore, which is open by appointment only. Prizes of up to $5,000 can be claimed at any of more than 400 Expanded Cashing Authority Program (XCAP) locations. All Maryland Lottery retailers are authorized to redeem tickets up to and including $600. More information is available on the How To Claim page of mdlottery.com.

North Bethesda Resident Hits Powerball for $50,000

By Patrick Herron

Published February 16, 2023 at 9:46AM | Updated February 16, 2023 at 10:11AM

A North Bethesda resident is $50,000 richer after purchasing a winning Powerball ticket at Gourmet Beer & Wine at 11530 Rockville Pike in Rockville. Additional details below courtesy of the […]

MoCo Resident “Stunned” by $50,000 Powerball win

By Patrick Herron

Published February 15, 2023 at 5:48PM

“At first, I couldn’t figure out what or where Talbott’s was, what I was doing there. I’d assumed the ticket was from one of my regular locations. If not for that errand, this never would have happened,” he said.

On Sunday morning, when he discovered that his quick-pick Powerball numbers had matched enough numbers to win big, he let out a shout that brought his wife running. “I told her that I thought we’d just won $50,000. We studied the ticket and the results together to make sure it was real.”

Two $50,000 Winning Powerball Tickets Sold in Rockville Remain Unclaimed

By Patrick Herron

Published February 14, 2023 at 9:57AM

Two $50,000 winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in Rockville this month remain unclaimed as of February 13, according to the Maryland Lottery. The tickets were sold on February 5 at Gourmet Beer & Wine at 11530 Rockville Pike and on February 10 at Talbott Beer & Wine at 1071 Rockville Pike. Winners have 182 days from the date of a drawing to claim their prizes at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. Additional information on recent winners below:

“Two Maryland Lottery players won life-changing prizes in the past week: Someone bought a Cash4Life ticket in Windsor Mill that won the game’s top prize of $1,000 a day for life, while another player in Elkridge landed a $750,000 Multi-Match jackpot.