Parkville Retiree Wins $50,000 from Lottery


Article & photo by Maryland Lottery

A 67-year-old Parkville retiree from Johns Hopkins Hospital is now $50,000 richer from the Maryland Lottery.

“Midnight,” which is the nickname the anonymous winner selected for publicity, says she’s “living the dream.” She retired in February and then, on Nov. 5, found out she won $50,000 playing Bonus Match 5 for the first time.

On Nov. 5, “Midnight” was doing what she normally does since retiring. She was out, enjoying the day, stress free with no worries. On a whim, she stopped in Cork & Bottle located at 4305 Ridge Road in Mt. Airy and purchased a $6 quick-pick Bonus Match 5 ticket.

“I’ve played Pick 3 in the past, but I’ve never played Bonus Match 5,” she said. “I just had a hunch that I should try it.”

The mother of three sons purchased her ticket and went on about her lovely day. Later, she gave the ticket to one of her sons for safe keeping while she went out of town for the weekend. Her son, who accompanied her to claim the prize at Lottery headquarters, said he scanned the ticket on the Lottery App on his phone after the evening drawing and was blown away at what he saw.

He had to scan the ticket five or six times just to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.

“I texted her the picture of the message on my phone and called her,” said the son. “I said, ‘Ma, you have a winning ticket, look at your phone!’”

“Midnight” said she looked at her phone that night in shock. “It’s funny, I was just telling my son we were going to win.”

The lucky player stayed calm and enjoyed her weekend. She came home on Sunday and stopped at her son’s house to retrieve her lucky ticket. “Midnight” told Lottery officials that she is engaged and will use some of the winnings toward a small, intimate wedding. She also plans to take a vacation and will save the rest of her windfall.

The store that sold her the lucky ticket, Cork & Bottle, earned a $500 bonus from the Lottery for selling the top-prize winning ticket in the game. The Lottery has sold 40 top-prize winning Bonus Match 5 tickets so far in 2021.

Baltimore Ravens Take Over Perry Hall

Parkville Beats Perry Hall 13-7 at Ravens Showdown


-photo by Mary Boehl (East Balt Co reader)-

The Perry Hall-Parkville football game usually has a special atmosphere with a rivalry game but this year’s game had more excitement as the game was selected as part of the Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown game tonight for Baltimore County.

The game had a visit from the Baltimore Marching Ravens, Raven cheerleaders and Raven mascot Poe.

There was also an appearance from Raven star wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown.

Both Perry Hall and Parkville athletic departments received $1,500 each from the Baltimore Ravens.

On the field, Parkville defeated Perry Hall 13-7.

Fire Reported at Parkville McDonald’s


photo courtesy of Providence Volunteer Fire Company of Towson-

The Baltimore County Fire Department was on the scene of a fire in the 2100 block of Joppa Road in Parkville.

Heavy smoke was seen from the building around 8:37 a.m. on Sunday, Oct.10.

It was reported by the Baltimore County Volunteer Fireman’s Association that the McDonald’s was the building on fire.

The fire was contained around 9 a.m. and there were no reports of injury.

This Week’s East County Lottery Winners


Here is the weekly roundup of big winners for eastern Baltimore County:

Scratch-off Prizes Claimed From Sept. 27 through Oct. 3:

$50,000 Prizes

· Ca$h Bonus, Royal Farms #311, 5361 Nottingham Drive, Nottingham

$20,000 Prize

· $1,000 Loaded, Wise Avenue BP, 7801 Wise Avenue, Dundalk

$10,000

· $10,000 Lucky, Perring Sunoco, 2535 Cleanleigh Drive, Parkville

Fast Play and Draw Game Tickets Sold for Drawings From Sept. 27 through Oct. 3:

BONUS MATCH 5

· $50,015 Ticket sold Sept. 28 at Tobacco 21, 2337 Cleanleigh Drive, Parkville (claimed)

RACETRAX

· $16,320 ticket sold Sept. 30 at Horseshoe Pub, 12627 Belair road Kingsville (unclaimed as of Oct. 4)

The Maryland Lottery encourages players to check their tickets by scanning them at any Lottery retailer or with the Lottery’s mobile apps. Draw game winners have 182 days from the date of a drawing to claim their prizes, and scratch-off winners have 182 days from the announced end-of-game date.

Last claim dates for scratch-off tickets are published in the scratch-off section of mdlottery.com.

This Week’s Lottery Winners in East County

Two tickets worth $1 million each, one sold in Upper Marlboro and the other in Nottingham, topped the list of the Maryland Lottery’s biggest prizes for the past week. Meanwhile, four other players won prizes ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 in Annapolis, Oxon Hill, Parkville and Prince Frederick.

In all, 31 Maryland Lottery players across the state won or claimed prizes of $10,000 or more, and the Lottery paid more than $29.3 million in prizes in the seven days ending Sept. 26.

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 cash tickets up to and including $600. More information is available on the How To Claim page of mdlottery.com.

Here is the weekly roundup of big winners in Baltimore County:

 

Scratch-off Prizes Claimed From Sept. 20 through Sept. 26:

$1 Million Prize

 $10,000 Prizes

  • Ca$h Bonus, Food Lion #2560, 7414 North Point Road, Sparrow’s Point

Fast Play and Draw Game Tickets Sold for Drawings From Sept. 20 through Sept. 26:

POWERBALL

  • $150,000 ticket sold Sept. 24 at Tobacco 21, 2337 Cleanleigh Drive, Parkville (unclaimed as of Sept. 27)

The Maryland Lottery encourages players to check their tickets by scanning them at any Lottery retailer or with the Lottery’s mobile apps. Draw game winners have 182 days from the date of a drawing to claim their prizes, and scratch-off winners have 182 days from the announced end-of-game date.

Area Schools Trying to Make Ravens Football Showdown


Rivals Perry Hall and Parkville will meet on the football field for a big game on Friday, Oct. 22 but both schools are join forces to have their game featured.

The Baltimore Sun and the Baltimore Ravens select a Ravens Rise High School Football Showdown each week.

A Baltimore  County game will be featured on Oct. 22 and Parkville/Perry Hall is one of seven finalists.

Overlea at Woodlawn; Sparrows Point at Lansdowne and Milford Mill at Kenwood are the other finalists that feature East Baltimore County schools.

The winning game will result in an appearance from Raven mascot, cheerleaders and the Marching Ravens Band.

Both schools that play in the game will receive a $1,500 donation each from the Ravens.

Victim Dies from Shooting in Parkville


Baltimore County homicide detectives have identified the person fatally shot early Tuesday evening, as 56-year-old Mark Russell, of the 2900 block of Topaz Road in Parkville.

The incident occurred outside a Baltimore County business located in the 7700 block of Harford Rd. Investigators are still looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

The release of the victim’s identity was pending notification of next of kin.

Police Investigating Parkville Shooting


Baltimore County Police continues to investigate a shooting in the 7700 block of Harford Road in Parkville.

The shooting was reported Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 5:28 p.m.

Medics took one person to a local hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.

Baltimore County Police released new information on Wednesday that the shooting occurred outside a Baltimore County business on Harford Road

This remains an open and active investigation as interviews are ongoing.

Four Winning Lottery Tickets Sold in Area

Here are a list of places in eastern Baltimore  County that sold winning tickets from the Maryland Lottery for last week.

There was a $20,200 scratch-off ticket sold in Fullerton, and an unclaimed $20,ooo Keno ticket sold in Dundalk.

There were also three $10,000 prizes sold throughout Baltimore County last week.

The Week in Winners:

Scratch-off Prizes Claimed From Sept. 13 through Sept. 19:

$20,200 Prize

  • 2020 Cash, Bel Air Liquors, 7631 Belair Road, Fullerton

$10,000 Prizes

  • Money Explosion, J Convenience, 8765 Satyr Hill Road, Parkville
  • WILLY WOKNA GOLDENT TICKETTM, Giant #131, 8665 Philadelphia Road, Rosedale

 

Fast Play and Draw Game Tickets Sold for Drawings From Sept. 13 through Sept. 19:

 

KENO

  • $20,000 ticket sold Sept. 17 at the Soda Pop Store, 7715 Westfield Road, Dundalk (unclaimed as of Sept. 20)

Lottery Winners in Perry Hall, Dundalk & Parkville


In all, 23 Maryland Lottery players across the state won or claimed prizes of $10,000 or more, and the Lottery paid more than $35 million in prizes in the seven days ending Sept. 12.

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 cash tickets up to and including $600. More information is available on the How To Claim page of mdlottery.com.

Here is the weekly roundup of big winners from eastern Baltimore County over last week:

Scratch-off Prizes Claimed From Sept. 6 through Sept. 12:

$50,000 Prizes

· Ca$h Bonus, Royal Farms #017, 8207 Harford Road, Parkville

$10,000 Prizes

· Ca$h Bonus, J Convenience, 8765 Satyr Hill Road, Parkville

· Money Explosion, Merritt Shell, 1521 Merritt Boulevard, Dundalk

Fast Play and Draw Game Tickets Sold for Drawings From Sept. 6 through Sept. 12:

RACETRAX

· $17,144 ticket sold Sept. 7 at Perry Hall BP, 8809 Belair Road, Perry Hall (unclaimed as of Sept. 13)