Maryland Powerball tickets win $1 million in consecutive drawings as jackpot climbs to $748 million
A Powerball ticket sold at a College Park 7-Eleven won $1 million in the August 1, 2026 drawing — Maryland's second seven-figure winner in a week — as the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $748 million.
A Powerball ticket sold at a 7-Eleven in College Park, Maryland, won $1 million in the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing by matching the first five numbers. Days earlier, a Royal Farms store in Odenton sold another $1 million Maryland ticket for the July 29 drawing. The jackpot rose to an estimated $748 million.
Two Powerball tickets sold in Maryland in the space of a single week have each won $1 million, as the game's jackpot rolled over repeatedly and climbed to an estimated $748 million. The most recent winner was sold at a 7-Eleven in College Park for the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing; days earlier, a ticket bought at a Royal Farms store in Odenton won $1 million in the Wednesday, July 29 drawing, according to the Maryland Lottery. Both tickets matched the first five numbers drawn but missed the Powerball, which pays out $1 million rather than the jackpot. According to the Maryland Lottery, the Odenton ticket was sold at the Royal Farms at 1558 Annapolis Road in Anne Arundel County, and the College Park ticket at a 7-Eleven on Rhode Island Avenue. A winning ticket was also sold in Herndon, Virginia, in the Saturday drawing. With no ticket matching all six numbers in either drawing, the jackpot kept growing — from an estimated $663 million on Wednesday to $707 million on Saturday, according to reports, and then to an estimated $748 million for the Monday drawing. The back-to-back Maryland wins have drawn attention as players await the next drawing.
A College Park 7-Eleven sells a $1 million Powerball ticket
A Powerball ticket sold at a 7-Eleven in College Park, Maryland, won a $1 million prize in the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing. The ticket matched the first five numbers drawn, falling short of the jackpot but securing the game's second-tier prize.
According to the Maryland Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven on Rhode Island Avenue in College Park. Prince George's County is the reported location of the sale, though that detail has been attributed rather than independently confirmed.
College Park was not the only place celebrating that night. A winning Powerball ticket was also sold in Herndon, Virginia, in the same drawing, though the prize amount attached to the Virginia ticket has not been disclosed.
No ticket matched all the numbers on Saturday, so the jackpot rolled over once again. The prize for the Monday drawing climbed to an estimated $748 million, setting up another round of heavy ticket sales across the participating states. Reports placed the jackpot for the Saturday drawing itself at $707 million, according to msn.com.
The College Park win marked Maryland's second consecutive Powerball winner, according to reports, following a $1 million ticket sold days earlier at a Royal Farms store in Odenton. That earlier ticket had been purchased for the Wednesday, July 29, 2026 drawing.
The identity of the College Park winner is not yet known, and it has not been stated whether the ticket has been claimed. Winners of $1 million Powerball prizes in Maryland typically claim through the Maryland Lottery, but the agency has not released further details about the purchaser of the Rhode Island Avenue ticket.
The Odenton Royal Farms ticket that started Maryland's streak
Before the College Park win, Maryland had already produced a $1 million Powerball ticket days earlier. According to the Maryland Lottery, that ticket was sold at the Royal Farms store at 1558 Annapolis Road in Odenton, in Anne Arundel County, for the Wednesday, July 29, 2026 drawing.
The ticket matched the first five winning numbers drawn that Wednesday night — 30, 36, 40, 42 and 57 — according to wmar2news.com. What it did not match was the Powerball number itself. That single miss is the difference between a seven-figure consolation prize and a jackpot: matching the first five numbers without the Powerball pays a fixed $1 million, rather than a share of the top prize.
No ticket matched all the numbers in the July 29 drawing, according to msn.com, so the jackpot rolled over. The top prize on offer that Wednesday night stood at $663 million, according to indystar.com, and it went unclaimed.
The Odenton sale made the Royal Farms location an unlikely landmark for lottery players in Anne Arundel County, at least for a week. Convenience stores and gas stations that sell winning tickets often see a bump in traffic from customers hoping lightning strikes twice, though the odds of any individual ticket winning remain unchanged by a store's history.
As it turned out, the Odenton ticket was only the opening act. Three days later, in the Saturday, August 1 drawing, another Maryland ticket — sold at a 7-Eleven in College Park — matched the first five numbers to win another $1 million, giving the state winners in consecutive Powerball drawings.
Three drawings, no jackpot winner, and a prize that kept climbing
The streak of Maryland winners unfolded against a jackpot that kept growing because nobody hit it. According to indystar.com, the jackpot for the Wednesday, July 29, 2026 drawing stood at $663 million. No ticket matched all the numbers that night, msn.com reported, so the top prize rolled over.
By the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing, the jackpot had climbed to $707 million, according to msn.com. That drawing produced the College Park winner, whose ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball — the combination that pays $1 million rather than the jackpot. A winning ticket was also sold in Herndon, Virginia, in the same drawing, though the prize amount attached to that ticket has not been disclosed.
Once again, no ticket matched all six numbers, according to the reporting outlets. The jackpot rolled over a second time, reaching an estimated $748 million for the Monday drawing that followed the August 1 drawing.
The exact date of that Monday drawing has not been specified, and it is not yet known whether anyone won the $748 million prize. What the sequence shows is three drawings in rapid succession — Wednesday, Saturday, Monday — across which the advertised jackpot grew by roughly $85 million, from $663 million to an estimated $748 million, while producing at least two $1 million consolation winners in Maryland and another winning ticket in Virginia. The figures for the Wednesday and Saturday jackpots come from individual outlets rather than official Powerball announcements, and the rollover claims rest on those same reports.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Powerball drawing
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Powerball drawing
Monday drawing following the August 1 drawing
Why back-to-back Maryland winners are drawing attention
Two $1 million Powerball wins in a single week have put Maryland in an unusual spotlight. According to reports, the College Park ticket marked the state's second consecutive Powerball winner, following the Odenton prize days earlier. That back-to-back run, while attributed rather than confirmed by lottery officials in full, has drawn attention precisely because consecutive big wins in one state are rare.
The wins also span a notable geographic spread. The College Park ticket was sold in Prince George's County, according to reports, while the Odenton ticket came from a Royal Farms in Anne Arundel County, as stated by the Maryland Lottery. A winning ticket was also sold across the state line in Herndon, Virginia, in the same Saturday drawing, though the prize amount attached to that ticket has not been disclosed.
Both Maryland prizes sit in Powerball's second tier. A ticket that matches the first five numbers drawn — but misses the Powerball itself — pays a fixed $1 million rather than a share of the jackpot. According to wmar2news.com, the Odenton ticket matched the numbers 30, 36, 40, 42 and 57 on Wednesday night, falling short only on the Powerball. The same structure applied to the College Park ticket on Saturday: five numbers right, one number away from a jackpot then estimated at $707 million.
Who holds the tickets — and what the Maryland Lottery has said
Neither of the $1 million ticket holders has been publicly identified, and the Maryland Lottery has not said whether either prize has been claimed. Winners in Maryland have time to come forward, but the briefing available here does not indicate that either ticket has been presented for payment.
What is known comes from the Maryland Lottery itself. According to the lottery, the first winning ticket was sold at the Royal Farms store at 1558 Annapolis Road in Odenton, in Anne Arundel County, for the Wednesday, July 29, 2026 drawing. The second was sold at a 7-Eleven on Rhode Island Avenue in College Park, in Prince George's County, for the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing.
Both tickets matched the first five numbers drawn but missed the Powerball, which is why each paid $1 million rather than a share of the jackpot. According to wmar2news.com, the Odenton ticket matched 30, 36, 40, 42 and 57 in the Wednesday drawing.
Until the winners step forward, the retailers are the only confirmed parties in the story.
What happens next with the $748 million jackpot
The jackpot kept growing after the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing. With no ticket matching all the numbers, the prize rolled over to an estimated $748 million for the Monday drawing that followed. Reporting did not specify the exact date of that Monday drawing.
Whether the jackpot was won on Monday, or in any drawing after August 1, remains unknown. That question will determine whether the prize resets or continues climbing toward the record territory that has historically driven surges in ticket sales.
Also unresolved is the status of the Maryland winners. The identity of the person who bought the $1 million ticket at the College Park 7-Eleven has not been made public, and the same is true of the winner from the Royal Farms store in Odenton. Whether either ticket has been claimed has not been stated.
Each drawing without a jackpot winner pushes the prize higher. That rollover dynamic is what carried the jackpot from an estimated $663 million on Wednesday, July 29, to $707 million on Saturday, according to msn.com, and then to $748 million heading into Monday. Until a ticket matches all six numbers, the pattern repeats.
Frequently asked questions
Where was the winning Powerball ticket sold in Maryland?
A Powerball ticket sold at a 7-Eleven in College Park, Maryland, won a $1 million prize in the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing. The ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball. According to the Maryland Lottery, the ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven on Rhode Island Avenue, in what reports describe as Prince George's County.
How much did the College Park Powerball ticket win?
The College Park ticket won $1 million. It matched the first five numbers in the Saturday, August 1, 2026 drawing but not the Powerball, which is why it paid $1 million rather than the jackpot. The identity of the winner has not been released, and it is not known whether the prize has been claimed.
Were there other winning Powerball tickets in Maryland?
Yes. According to the Maryland Lottery, a $1 million ticket was sold at the Royal Farms store at 1558 Annapolis Road in Odenton, in Anne Arundel County, for the Wednesday, July 29, 2026 drawing. Reports say the College Park win marked Maryland's second consecutive Powerball winner. A winning ticket was also sold in Herndon, Virginia, in the August 1 drawing.
What were the winning Powerball numbers?
According to wmar2news.com, the Odenton ticket matched the first five numbers drawn on Wednesday, July 29, 2026: 30, 36, 40, 42 and 57. It missed the Powerball number, which is why it paid $1 million instead of the jackpot. The winning numbers for the Saturday, August 1 drawing, in which the College Park ticket won, have not been provided.
Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot?
No. Reports indicate no ticket matched all the numbers in either the Wednesday, July 29 drawing, when the jackpot was $663 million, or the Saturday, August 1 drawing, when it stood at $707 million. The jackpot then rose to an estimated $748 million for the following Monday drawing. Whether it was won in that drawing is not known.
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