Bits & Odds

Maryland Lottery Results and Winning Numbers

Every game's newest draws, to October 9, 2026. Below them: what a ticket costs in Maryland, which add-ons Maryland Lottery sells, and what it is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

Latest Maryland lottery results

Every Maryland draw on Oct 9 Maryland results by date

At the jackpot standing after the October 7, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in Maryland is worth $0.91, 45c on the dollar after Maryland's 8.95% withholding. The best Maryland scratch-off on sale returns 85c — no jackpot, but far more of the money comes back. Every one, ranked.

Multi-state games in Maryland

What is different in Maryland

Ticket price
$4 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play and Double Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
On sale — $1
A second drawing of the same numbers, every prize fixed, top prize $10 million. Worth about 53c per dollar — the best-value dollar on the ticket.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — Maryland does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
8.95%
Residents; non-residents 8%. Federal withholding of 24% applies on top, everywhere.
Minimum age
18
Maryland Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and Maryland Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

Maryland Lottery's own games

These are drawn in Maryland, for Maryland, and we hold every draw of them on record.

Maryland lottery tools

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Maryland lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in Maryland?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus Maryland Lottery's own games: Pick 3, Pick 4, Bonus Match 5, Pick 5, Multi-Match. We hold the full draw history for all of them.
Does Maryland sell Power Play and Double Play?
Both. Each costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket, so a full Maryland line is $4. We price Power Play at about 46 cents per dollar and Double Play at about 53 cents.
How much tax does Maryland withhold from lottery winnings?
8.95% — residents; non-residents 8%, held back before the cheque is written and on top of 24% federal withholding. Withholding is not the final bill. The calculator works out what you would actually keep.
Which Maryland lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much. A scratch-off is a different proposition again: the best on sale in Maryland now returns about 85 cents on the dollar.
Where do these Maryland numbers come from?
Straight from Maryland Lottery's own published results, read every day, and the multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The Maryland rules on this page were read from powerball.com and Maryland Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the Maryland Lottery

Maryland Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. You must be 18 to buy a ticket, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold. mdlottery.com

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.