Lottery prizes last week totaled more than $31.3 million, with 19 tickets worth $10,000 or more
As the Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to nearly three quarters of a billion dollars, a second-tier winning ticket sold last week made a Maryland Lottery player in Bel Air a millionaire. Meanwhile, a scratch-off player in Reisterstown won a $200,000 prize, and a ticket purchased in Waldorf generated a $100,000 win.
The $1 million Bel Air prize remained unclaimed as of Dec. 16 — the winner has 182 days from the Dec. 10 drawing date to redeem the ticket. The last Mega Millions jackpot ($810 million) was hit Sept. 10 in Texas. During the current jackpot roll, there has been one other second-tier $1 million winner in Maryland (Anne Arundel County), and six third-tier winners have claimed prizes of $40,000 (Prince George’s County), $20,000 (Baltimore County), and $10,000 (Harford, Montgomery, Prince George’s and Wicomico counties).
The next Mega Millions drawing is Dec. 17 and the estimated jackpot is $740 million with a cash option of $342.9 million. If the jackpot is hit at $740 million, it would be the eighth-largest in Mega Millions history.
Across the state, and across all games, the Maryland Lottery paid more than $31.3 million in prizes during the week of Dec. 9-15, including 19 tickets worth $10,000 or more that were sold or redeemed in that seven-day span.
Winners are encouraged to sign the backs of tickets and keep winning tickets in a safe location. Tickets for draw games expire 182 days after the drawing. FAST PLAY tickets expire 182 days after purchase. The last date to claim for scratch-offs is posted on the scratch-offs page.
Winners of prizes larger than $25,000 must redeem tickets at the Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center in Baltimore, which is open by appointment only. Prizes up to $25,000 can be claimed at the cashier window of any of the six casinos in Maryland. Prizes 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 worth up to and including $600. More information is available on the How to Claim page of the Lottery website.
Here’s the weekly roundup of big winners:
Scratch-off prizes claimed Dec. 9-15:
$200,000 Prize
- Ravens X10, Giant Food, 11604 Reisterstown Road, Reisterstown
$100,000 Prize
- Mega Bucks, U.S. Fuel, 2050 Crain Highway, Waldorf
$50,000 Prize
- Holiday Luck Doubler, Quick Mart, 2020 Merritt Boulevard, Dundalk
$10,000 Prizes
- $1 Million Royale, Friendship Liquor, 12800 Frederick Road, West Friendship
- $150,000 Extreme, Pantry One Food Mart, 1090 Spa Road, Annapolis
- $150,000 Extreme, Briggs Chaney Deli, 13832 Outlet Drive, Silver Spring
- $5,000,000 Cash, Walmart, 150 Solomon’s Island Road North, Prince Frederick
- Mega Bucks, Harris Teeter, 3779 Boston Street, Baltimore
- Mega Bucks, Southern Liquor, 13318 Harry G. Truman Drive, Solomon’s
- Snowflake Tripler, 7-Eleven, 194142 Walter Johnson Road, Germantown
FAST PLAY tickets and draw game tickets sold for drawings Dec. 9-15:
- $50,000 Lightning Cash ticket sold Dec. 15 at Edgemere Convenience, 7308 North Point Road, Sparrows Point (unclaimed as of Dec. 16)
- $1 million ticket sold Dec. 10 at Wawa, 709 Belair Road in Bel Air (unclaimed as of Dec. 16)
- Two $50,000 tickets worth a total of $100,000, both sold Dec. 13 at Modern Liquors, 2358 Iverson Street, Temple Hills (both unclaimed as of Dec. 16)
- $50,000 ticket sold Dec. 10 at Rolling Road BP, 2202 North Rolling Road, Windsor Mill (unclaimed as of Dec. 16)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 10 at Al’s Liquors, 3927 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore (claimed)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 12 at Safeway, 15916 Crain Highway South East, Brandywine (unclaimed as of Dec. 16)
- $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 14 at Linda’s Café in the office building at 6910 Cooper Avenue on Fort Meade (claimed)
- $13,073 ticket sold Dec. 12 at Landover Hills Exxon, 6579 Annapolis Road, Landover (claimed)
Since its inception in 1973, the Maryland Lottery has awarded nearly $35 billion in prizes to Lottery players and contributed more than $20 billion to the State of Maryland. One of Maryland’s largest revenue sources, the Lottery supports important state programs and services including education and public health initiatives. For more information, go to mdlottery.com. Please remember to play responsibly and within your budget. For confidential help or information about gambling problems, visit mdgamblighelp.org or call 1-800-GAMBLER.
