BALTIMORE — 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
· Millionaire’s Club, 7-Eleven, 7753 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., Glen Burnie
· 20X The Cash, Like On TV, 6198 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt
· $50,000 Cash, 4 Corners Wine and Liquor, 8038 New Hampshire Ave, Langley Park
· Money Rush, Latino Market & Jewelry, 2505 Ennalls Ave., Silver Spring
· Deluxe Crossword 9th Edition, Safeway, 11201 Georgia Ave., Wheaton
$30,000 Prizes
· Peppermint Payout, Wegmans, 8855 McGaw Road, Columbia
· Peppermint Payout, Food Lion, 231 Tippen Drive, Thurmont
· Diamond Bingo 5th Edition, 7-Eleven, 11922 Main Street, Libertytown
· Bonus Crossword 6th Edition, Reisterstown Wine & Spirits, 11933 Reisterstown Road, Reisterstown
$10,000 Prizes
· $100,000 Crossword 8th Edition, Shell All Saints, 9820 All Saints Road, Laurel
· Monopoly X200, Rosedale Liquors, 6403 Kenwood Ave., Rosedale
FAST PLAY and draw game tickets sold for drawings Dec. 30-Jan. 5:
· $50,000 ticket sold Jan. 2 at Stoko’s, 6821 Loch Raven Blvd., Towson (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
· 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)
· $10,000 Grand Progressive ticket sold Jan. 3 at Hampton Liquors, 9009 Central Ave., Capitol Heights (claimed)
· $20,000 ticket sold Jan. 1 at Anita’s Liquors, 1408 South Main Street, Mt. Airy (claimed)
· $40,000 ticket sold Jan. 3 at Millstone Shell, 21000 Frederick Road, Germantown (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
· $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)
· $150,000 ticket sold Jan. 1 at High’s, 1075 Maiden Choice Lane, Baltimore (unclaimed as of Jan. 6)
· $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)
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.