The Week in Winners: Cash4Life Delivers Week’s Top Win on New Year’s Eve in Harford County

January 6, 2025

Lottery wins last week totaled more than $37.8 million, with 26 tickets worth $10,000 or more

A Maryland Lottery player in Harford County rang in the new year in style with a big win in one of the last drawings of 2024.

Edgewood Liquors, Grocery & Deli in Edgewood sold a second-tier winning ticket for the Dec. 31 Cash4Life drawing, and the lucky winner gets to start 2025 with a choice: They can receive $1,000 a week for life (paid in annual installments of $52,000), or opt for a one-time payment of $1 million. Meanwhile, a Powerball player in Baltimore County won $150,000 last week, and five scratch-off players in Glen Burnie, Greenbelt, Langley Park, Silver Spring and Wheaton each won $50,000 prizes.

Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid more than $37.8 million in prizes during the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5, including 26 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. 30-Jan. 5:

$50,000 Prizes

$30,000 Prizes

$10,000 Prizes

FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings Dec. 30-Jan. 5:

BONUS MATCH 5

  • $50,000 ticket sold Jan. 2 at Stoko’s, 6821 Loch Raven Blvd., Towson (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)

CASH4LIFE

  • 2nd-tier winning ticket (winner’s choice of $1,000 a week for life or a one-time payment of $1 million), sold Dec. 31 at Edgewood Liquors, Grocery & Deli, 2200 Philadelphia Road, Edgewood (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)

FAST PLAY

  • $10,000 Grand Progressive ticket sold Jan. 3 at Hampton Liquors, 9009 Central Ave., Capitol Heights (claimed)

KENO

  • $20,000 ticket sold Jan. 1 at Anita’s Liquors, 1408 South Main Street, Mt. Airy (claimed)

MEGA MILLIONS

  • $40,000 ticket sold Jan. 3 at Millstone Shell, 21000 Frederick Road, Germantown (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)

PICK 5

  • $25,000 ticket sold Jan. 4 at US Fuel, 6100 Moravia Park Drive, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
  • $25,000 ticket sold Jan. 5 at New Eastern Mart Café & Deli, 3221 Eastern Ave., Baltimore (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
  • $25,000 ticket sold Jan. 1 at 7-Eleven, 529 North Charles Street, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
  • $25,000 ticket sold Dec. 30 at Royal Farms, 3635 Keswick Road, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
  • $25,000 ticket sold Jan. 4 at Wawa, 163 SE Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro (claimed)

POWERBALL

  • $150,000 ticket sold Jan. 1 at High’s, 1075 Maiden Choice Lane, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)

RACETRAX

  • $18,250 ticket sold Dec. 31 at Lucky Lottery, 6029 Marlboro Pike, District Heights (claimed)
  • $12,647 ticket sold Jan. 3 at Ardwick Liquors, 83-7 Ardwick-Ardmore Road, Landover (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
  • $19,226 ticket sold Dec. 31 at Wawa, 10621 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, Lanham (claimed)
  • $24,810 ticket sold Jan. 2 at Tony’s Liquors, 12637 Laurel-Bowie Road, Laurel (claimed)