Sizzling win: fire scratch-off blazes trail to $50k

Sizzling win: Fire scratch-off blazes trail to $50K

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May 30, 2025
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SILVER SPRING, Md. — A construction worker from Northern Virginia is heating up after winning $50,000 on the Maryland Lottery’s new Fire scratch-off game while visiting Montgomery County.

The Alexandria resident purchased the $30 ticket at R C Checks Cashed on Grandview Avenue in Silver Spring. The win marks the first claimed second-tier prize in the Fire game, which launched in late April.

He visited Lottery headquarters in Baltimore to claim his prize, saying he only plays scratch-offs occasionally. This time, that decision paid off with a five-figure payout. The winner plans to save and invest the money.

The Fire game still has two top prizes of $2 million remaining, along with five more $50,000 prizes and thousands of lower-tier awards.

The Virginia winner joins a growing list of out-of-state players claiming prizes in Maryland since the launch of the Fire scratch-off.

Chris Quigley

Chris Quigley

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