Howard County man claims $550,000 prize
A Multi-Match quick-pick ticket covering four drawings just made an Elkridge man the winner of Maryland’s fourth Multi-Match jackpot of 2023. The lucky player won $550,000.
The Howard County resident bought the ticket at Royal Farms #054 located at 8268 Lark Brown Drive in Elkridge. The ticket matched six numbers on a single line to give the retiree a jackpot win in the July 6 drawing. The happy player plans to buy a house with his prize.
His lucky Lottery retailer received a $1,000 bonus for its role in selling a jackpot-winning Multi-Match ticket.
Multi-Match, which started in 2006, is an in-state jackpot game with tickets sold only in Maryland. On each $2 Multi-Match ticket, players receive three lines of six numbers from a range of 1 to 43. The Lottery draws six numbers from one to 43 every Monday and Thursday night.
The state’s top Multi-Match jackpot wins to date were $4.8 million on Sept. 19, 2009; $4.45 million on March 18, 2010; $3.8 million on Dec. 16, 2010 and $3.6 million on June 8, 2015.
