MARYLAND (WBFF) — Maryland has another Powerball millionaire. A $1 million ticket hit Monday night as the jackpot surged to a staggering $975 million for Wednesday’s drawing.
Maryland Lottery officials said a ticket sold at the Harvest Fare Supermarket at 2315 Belair Road in Fallston matched the first five winning numbers — 6, 37, 54, 55 and 64 — but did not match the Powerball number, 10. That made it a $1 million winner and Maryland’s third $1 million Powerball prize in the past two weeks.
The jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing reached an estimated annuity value of $975 million, with a $422.3 million cash option.
Howard County also saw a big winner Monday night. A ticket sold at the Harris Teeter store at 8620 Guilford Road in Columbia won $150,000 after matching four of the first five numbers and the Powerball number. The base prize was $50,000, but the player added the Power Play option, and with a Power Play multiplier of X3 in Monday’s drawing, the prize was tripled to $150,000.
Powerball tickets cost $2, and the Power Play option costs an additional $1. The Maryland Lottery said adding Power Play multiplies any prizes a Powerball ticket wins except for the jackpot.
The other recent $1 million winners in Maryland came in the Aug. 1 Powerball drawing, when a $1 million ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven at 8905 Rhode Island Avenue in College Park, and in the July 29 drawing, when a $1 million ticket was sold at the Royal Farms at 1558 Annapolis Road in Odenton.
That Odenton prize was claimed on Monday by an anonymous Anne Arundel County resident who nicknamed himself “Powerball Bulldog.” Maryland Lottery officials said “Powerball Bulldog” visited the Maryland Lottery office in Baltimore on Aug. 10 to claim the $1 million prize.