ACCOKEEK, Md. — An Accokeek resident secured a $150,012 Powerball prize from the Oct. 18, 2025, drawing after a routine stop at a local market following a gym session two days earlier. The retired federal employee, who chose to remain anonymous, claimed the third-tier award Nov. 5 at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, accompanied by his wife. Their ticket, purchased Oct. 16 at Keller’s Market on Livingston Road, matched four white balls and the Powerball in the main drawing, boosted by a 3x Power Play multiplier.
The winner described the discovery as a shock while scanning accumulated tickets via the Maryland Lottery app at home. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw the $150,012 pop on the screen,” he said. “I called my wife, who was downstairs, because this was unbelievable.” His wife, recalling the moment, added: “He said, ‘Who’s with you’? Because he just won $150,000.”
The $20 ticket featured five lines, with the player opting for Power Play and Double Play add-ons at one dollar each per line. In the primary game, one line hit the four-white-balls-plus-Powerball combination, worth $50,000 base, tripled to $150,000 by the drawing’s Power Play number of 3. A second line matched only the Powerball for $4, unaffected by the multiplier. The Double Play feature, which enters numbers into a separate drawing, yielded no additional prize. The couple, parents of grown children, plan to save most winnings, allocating a portion for holiday expenses.
That Oct. 18 drawing featured white balls 3, 11, 27, 40 and 58, with Powerball 10. No jackpot winner emerged, pushing the prize to $290 million annuity or $138.2 million cash value for the next session. Odds of matching four white balls and the Powerball stand at 1 in 913,129, per Multi-State Lottery Association guidelines. Power Play, available for an extra dollar, randomly selects a multiplier from 2 to 10 times — excluding the jackpot — drawn from a pool where 3x appears most frequently at 42 percent probability.
Keller’s Market, at 15624 Livingston Road, has a track record of producing winners, including a $50,000 scratch-off top prize claimed in December 2024 and a $30,000 Loteria award in August 2025. Retailers earn a 6 percent commission on sales plus a 1 percent bonus on prizes over $600, incentivizing participation in the state’s gaming ecosystem. The store receives $9,000 for this sale, funds that support operations in a community of about 10,800 residents.
Claiming unfolds through a structured process at Maryland Lottery headquarters for prizes exceeding $5,000. Winners present identification, the ticket and a completed claim form, undergoing identity verification before receiving a check within weeks, minus 8.95 percent state withholding and potential federal taxes. The agency promotes responsible play, directing 100 percent of lottery proceeds to the state’s education trust fund, which bolsters K-12 programs, community colleges and scholarships. In fiscal year 2025, ending June 30, lottery sales reached $2.732 billion, generating $667.2 million for education — a 1.2 percent dip from prior year but still the fourth-largest revenue source after income, sales and corporate taxes.
