Maryland Lottery launches 50th Anniversary themed games

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Maryland Lottery kicked off the year with the launch of its first 50th anniversary-themed product, the $1 We’re 50 Win $50 FAST PLAY game. Beginning Monday, 23 January, lottery players can look for the Gold Multiplier family of games, which includes four scratch-offs ranging in price from $1 to $10. Players can enter non-winning tickets into the Gold Multiplier Second-Chance Promotion for the chance to win one of five $50,000 prizes.

In February, the Maryland Lottery will launch its first $50 scratch-off ticket, 50 Years!, with three $5 million top prizes.

February will also mark the beginning of the 50th Anniversary Cash Bash promotion, with another chance for players to win up to $5 million by entering eligible scratch-offs and draw game tickets.

The 50th Anniversary Cash Bash promotion will culminate in September with an event that will be held at the Maryland State Fair with 10 finalists vying for a grand prize of up to $5 million.

In addition, the Lottery will launch the $2 Instant Lottery scratch-off game in February, paying homage to Maryland’s inaugural scratch-off game of the same name, which launched in 1976.

Later this year the Lottery will recognize 36 “legacy” retailers that have been selling tickets for nearly the entire 50 years of the Lottery’s history.