Retailers sell four big winning tickets in Bonus Match 5, FAST PLAY and Powerball games
Lady Luck spread the love around the state on Mother’s Day weekend, delivering wins of $1 million and $50,000 in Powerball on Saturday, a $50,000 top-prize winning Bonus Match 5 win on Sunday and a Monday morning $224,936 FAST PLAY Lucky Numbers win.
The two Powerball wins kicked off the Maryland Lottery fun. Maryland was one of three states to have a $1 million second-tier winner in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing and had one of 33 $50,000 third-tier winners. No one hit the jackpot, which rolled to $168 million for the Wednesday, May 12 drawing. The winning numbers to match were 12, 17, 20, 21 and 26; the Powerball was 8 and the Power Play multiplier was 2.
Check your Powerball tickets for the May 8 drawing if you bought them in Anne Arundel or Prince George’s counties. The $1 million winning ticket hails from Giant #2312 located at 6626 North Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. The grocery store earns a $2,500 bonus from the Lottery for the sale. Selling the $50,000 winning Powerball ticket was Marlboro Country Liquors located at 14808 Main Street in Upper Marlboro. The ticket sold in Prince George’s County was the 23rd $50,000 Powerball winner in Maryland this year.
The Bonus Match 5 win came next in Takoma Park, where a lucky player bought the top-prize winning ticket in the Sunday, May 9 drawing. The lucky numbers to match were 2, 3, 11, 35 and 36; the Bonus Ball was 18. Lottery retailer West Express at 6400 New Hampshire Avenue in Montgomery County was the site of this big win. The store earns a $500 bonus from the Lottery for its lucky sale, which was the 21st top-prize winner this year for Bonus Match 5.
The winning weekend didn’t seem to want to end: On Monday, May 10, the FAST PLAY Lucky Numbers game produced a $224,936 progressive jackpot. This is the game’s 15th progressive jackpot prize, and there are still 25 more waiting to be won. Race-N In at 26755 Stone Corner Lane in Mechanicsville, which sold the lucky ticket, earns a $1,000 bonus from the Lottery. The Lucky Numbers progressive jackpot starts at $100,000 and increases with the purchase of each ticket until a jackpot-winner is sold.
Lottery officials encourage the winners to sign the backs of their tickets immediately and put them in a safe location. Winners get 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes.
These four big winners can claim the prize by mail, in person by appointment or by dropping off the claim form and winning ticket at Maryland Lottery headquarters, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore. Winners of smaller prizes can claim them by mail, at Lottery retailers, at casinos or by appointment at Lottery headquarters. Get details on how to claim by mail here, how to schedule an appointment here, via the dropbox here (see last paragraph) and at Lottery retailers and casinos here.
