Two $50K Powerball Tickets Unclaimed In MD Expire In Few Days

BALTIMORE, MD — Winning Powerball tickets worth $50,000 each were purchased in 2018 at stores in St. Mary's County and Anne Arundel County, and they are about to expire, warn Maryland Lottery officials.

The tickets were for the Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 drawings, respectively. The ticket-holders need to claim their prizes at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore before the tickets expire this month, officials said in a news release.

To win $50,000, a player must match four numbers and the Powerball. The two tickets, which won during the Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 drawings, expire on Feb. 9 and Feb. 23, respectively.

A player bought the Aug. 11 winning ticket on the day of the drawing at Burchmart, 27350 Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville. The winning numbers for that drawing were 5, 43, 56, 62 and 68; the Powerball was 24.

The other player bought the Aug. 25 ticket on Aug. 24 at Giant store, 7940 Crain Highway in Glen Burnie. The winning numbers for that drawing were 20, 25, 54, 57 and 63; the Powerball was 8.

Winners should sign the back of their tickets and bring them, with required identification (listed at mdlottery.com/winners/how-to-claim), to the Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center at 1800 Washington Boulevard in Baltimore.

Three more unclaimed $50,000 winning Powerball tickets will expire this spring:

• Oct. 13, 2018, drawing — Springdale Food Mart, 5703 Mt. Holly Road in East New Market, expires April 13.
• Oct. 20, 2018, drawing — Dad's Beer and Wine, 603 Hungerford Drive in Rockville, expires April 20.
• Oct. 31, 2018, drawing — 7-Eleven, 200 Back River Neck Road in Essex, expires May 1.

Since its inception in 1973, Maryland Lottery and Gaming has awarded more than $25.6 billion in prizes to players and more than $16 billion in revenue to the state of Maryland for education, public safety and health, human resources and the environment. For more information, go to mdlottery.com.

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