$1M Powerball Ticket Unclaimed In Maryland

BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Lottery players purchased two $1 million-winning tickets within a few days of one another in late February. One of those prizes has been claimed, but Lottery officials are still waiting for the second winner to come forward.

A Powerball player won $1 million on a ticket purchased for the Feb. 20 drawing at Dual Highway BP in Hagerstown. The ticket matched the first five winning numbers, — 27, 49, 50, 51 and 52 — but did not match the Powerball number, which was 2. The winner has 182 days from the drawing date to claim the prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, officials said in a news release.

A day earlier, a construction worker purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Rockville that was a $1 million winner. The lucky player dubbed himself the “Rockville Roller” as he claimed his prize on Feb. 27.

The March 2 Powerball drawing should have an estimated annuity jackpot of $348 million, with an estimated cash value of $211.9 million.

Lottery officials said in a press release that even if there is no jackpot winner, be sure to check your tickets. Each game has nine different prize levels ranging from $2 to the jackpot in Mega Millions, and from $4 to the jackpot in Powerball. Thousands of winning tickets are sold in Maryland for every drawing. Check the Mega Millions and Powerball detailed results pages for more information.

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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