Category: Lottery

Lottery Winners Sold in Dundalk & Edgemere


If you purchased a Maryland Lottery Scratch-off ticket in Dundalk or a Bonus Match 5 ticket in Edgemere last week, check your tickets. You have might have won either $100,000 or $50,000.

The Maryland Lottery announced their weekly winners on Monday and two winners came from the Dundalk/Edgemere area.

The first winner was a $100,000 Scratch-off ticket sold at the Merritt Shell Gas Station at 1521 Merritt Blvd. This was one of five statewide $100,000 winners.

The second local prize was a $50,000 Bonus Match 5 sold at Ben’s House of Spirit, 7000 North Point Rd. in Edgemere. This $50,000 winner was unclaimed as today.

For more information on these winners and all of the winner statewide for the week ending July 25, please go to to the MD Lottery website.

Unclaimed $50K Powerball Ticket Sold in Essex


Happy winning to the lucky Powerball player who won $50,000 in Tuesday night’s drawing. Even though no one hit the jackpot, Marylanders won 13,489 prizes ranging from $4 to $100.

The Maryland Lottery is looking for the player who bought a ticket at One Stop Convenience located at 321 Stemmers Run Road in Essex. The winning numbers in the July 7 drawing were 8, 21, 30, 49 and 57; the Powerball was 8.

Lottery officials encourage all winners to sign the backs of their tickets immediately and put them in a safe location. They get 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes.

In 2021, Maryland has had one $2 million win and one $1 million win. This year, Powerball has now produced 31 third-tier $50,000 winners, as well as one $2 million winner, one $1 million winner and the $731.1 million jackpot winner sold in January in Lonaconing.

The $50,000 winner can claim the prize by mail, in person by appointment or by dropping off a completed claim form and the winning ticket in the dropbox at Maryland Lottery headquarters, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore. Winners of smaller prizes can claim them by mail, at Lottery retailers, at casinos, by appointment at Lottery headquarters or by dropping off a completed claims form and the winning ticket in the dropbox at Lottery headquarters.

Towson Resident Claims $40,000 VaxCash Prize


Deidre Poore Eagan of Towson claimed a $40,000 prize as the May 27 winner in the $2 Million VaxCash Promotion.

Grocery store employee is winner from May 27 drawing

The Maryland Lottery has awarded the first $40,000 prize in the $2 Million VaxCash Promotion to Towson resident Deidre Poore Eagan. She and her husband visited Lottery Headquarters in Baltimore today to claim her prize.

Deidre was the winner from the May 27 drawing, and was at work last week when she received a call from the Maryland Department of Health informing her of the win.

“I checked my voicemail, and just didn’t believe it,” Deidre said. “I spoke to the guy from the Department of Health on my way home, and when he said I really was the winner, I told him, ‘I have to pull over now.’”

While claiming her prize, Deidre explained that she and her husband never wavered when considering whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

“I’m around people all day at work, so I got vaccinated because I didn’t want to chance bringing something home that would make my husband sick,” said Deidre, 55, a service deli employee at Giant Food, adding that her husband also has been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Governor Larry Hogan offered congratulations to Deidre and her husband and thanked them for protecting themselves and others by getting vaccinated.

“Congratulations to Deidre and her family on getting vaccinated and on being one of our first winners! We can’t wait to meet more of our lottery winners throughout the month, and we thank the millions of Marylanders who have stepped up to get vaccinated.”

The enthusiastic winner and her husband said they plan to pay bills with the prize and may put some of the money toward a new car.

The VaxCash Promotion, announced by Governor Hogan on May 20, is a collaboration of the Maryland Lottery and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), aimed at incentivizing Marylanders who have not yet received their COVID-19 vaccinations while rewarding those who have. All Maryland residents 18 and older who have received a COVID-19 shot at a non-Federal facility in the Maryland at any time are automatically entered into daily drawings being held from May 25 through July 4.

Each day through July 3, one winner will receive a $40,000 prize, and the promotion culminates on the Fourth of July when one winner will receive a $400,000 prize.

Perry Hall Giant Sells $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket


The sun is shining today on another Maryland millionaire in the Mega Millions game and a $50,000 top-prize winner in the Bonus Match 5 game.

If you bought a ticket at Giant #2304 on Belair Road in Perry Hall for the Tuesday, April 6 Mega Millions drawing, you may be the newest millionaire. Maryland had the only player in the country to match five of the winning numbers in the drawing to capture a $1 million second-tier prize. It is the second consecutive Mega Millions drawing to produce a $1 million winner in Maryland!

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot, which rolls to $201 million for the Friday, April 9 drawing, with a cash option of $135.9 million. The winning Mega Millions numbers from April 6 were 1, 19, 20, 32 and 42. The gold Mega Ball number was 17 and the optional Megaplier number was 3X. Giant will receive a $2,500 bonus for selling the ticket.

Nationally, 587,744 Mega Millions tickets in the April 6 drawing were winners. Maryland saw 15,770 players win prizes ranging from the $1 million second-tier win and two $10,000 prizes down to $2. The 2,457 Marylanders who paid the extra $1 to add Megaplier to the $2 ticket for the drawing saw their prizes triple.

Our Bonus Match 5 winner is celebrating, too! The player bought the $50,000 top-prize winning ticket at Snowden River Liquors located at 9359 Snowden River Parkway in Columbia. The winning numbers were 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30; the Bonus Ball is 8. This is the 17th top-prize-winning Bonus Match 5 ticket sold in 2021. For its role in the lucky sale, Snowden River Liquors earns a $500 bonus from the Lottery.

Meanwhile, the April 6 Bonus Match 5 drawing also produced two third-tier $10,000 winners on tickets sold at Dash In #12091 at 111001 Livingston Road in Fort Washington (Prince George’s County); and at AC&T #130 at 11564 Hopewell Road in Hagerstown (Washington County).

Lottery officials encourage the big winners to sign the back of the tickets immediately and put them in a safe location. Winners typically get 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes. However, the Lottery has temporarily extended claiming deadlines due to Maryland’s COVID-19 state of emergency.

A $540,000 Winning Ticket Sold in Dundalk


-photo courtesy of the Maryland Lottery-

If you bought a lottery ticket at a gas station in Dundalk, you might be $560,000 richer and not even know it.

The Maryland Lottery reported that someone was awarded the
$540,000 jackpot in the Monday, July 6 drawing.

The winner, who is the third player to hit a Multi-Match jackpot in 2020, bought the ticket at a Dundalk Shell station located at 2020 Merritt Blvd.

The lottery added that the gas station will also receive $1,000 for selling the ticket.

The winner can choose between the estimated $540,000 annuity and an estimated $290,000 cash option (before taxes). The jackpot-winning ticket with the numbers 7, 12, 16, 21, 38 and 43.

Lottery officials recommend the player sign the back of the ticket and keep it in a safe place until claiming the prize.

Winners typically get 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes. However, the Lottery has temporarily extended claiming deadlines due to Maryland’s COVID-19 state of emergency.

The winner can claim the prize by mail or in person by scheduling an appointment at the Lottery Customer Resource Center in Baltimore. Get details on how to claim by mail.

All prize claims at the Lottery’s office in Baltimore are currently by appointment only – no walk-ins are permitted.

Essex Man Wins $50,000 from Lottery


Filling up vending machines with delicious snacks is his day job, Eldon Ritchie told Maryland Lottery officials. Playing scratch-offs is something he does for fun almost every day after work. Those two pursuits connected last week, delivering a $50,000 scratch-off prize to the husband and father.

“I was working on a machine in a check-cashing place and there was this Lottery vending machine right next to it, right next to me,” the Essex resident said. “I was there a good 20 minutes so I was able to check out all of the tickets they had in there. I noticed that there was a crossword ticket. Crossword games are my favorite and the store I usually go to hadn’t had one the last time I looked.”

On his way out of AA State Hanover Check Cashing in Baltimore, Eldon purchased the Deluxe Crossword instant ticket he had spied in the machine. Although he had played the $5 game plenty of times, he sat in his truck confused about what he was seeing.
“I said to myself when I saw the words I had uncovered, ‘Did I scratch the wrong places?’ I knew it couldn’t really be a $50,000 winner.” Gripping the wheel with shaking hands, Eldon drove to another Lottery retailer to verify the prize that he thought — but dared not believe — his Deluxe Crossword scratch-off was promising.

“My hands continued to shake even after I scanned it and the message told me that I’d won $50,000. Heck, they’re still shaking now – a full day later,” he said.

After taking care of a few bills with the prize, Eldon and his wife plan to share their winnings with their kids and grandchildren.
Seven more $50,000 top prizes remain among the Deluxe Crossword tickets on sale in Maryland stores. The game debuted in August. Eldon’s lucky Lottery store, AA State Hanover Check Cashing at 2830 South Hanover Street in Baltimore, can also celebrate his big win. The store earned a $500 bonus for selling a top-prize instant ticket.