Rockville Player Claims $50,000 Deluxe Crossword Top Prize

A Rockville player claimed a $50,000 top prize on Maryland’s $5 Deluxe Crossword 10th Edition scratch-off after completing eight words across the ticket’s two crossword puzzles.

The prize claim took place on September 18, 2026, at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. The winning ticket matched four black words in Puzzle 1 and four red words in Puzzle 2. Together, those eight completed words produced the game’s $50,000 top prize.

The ticket was sold by Wheaton Winery at 2211-B University Boulevard in Silver Spring. The retailer will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning top-prize ticket.

The winner works in the automotive field and plans to place the $50,000 prize into savings. The player prefers crossword and bingo scratch-offs, with a particular preference for games that take time and provide a challenge.

The Deluxe Crossword 10th Edition went on sale in September 2025. Deluxe Crossword is a $5 scratch-off game with a $50,000 top prize.

The game gives players 20 letters to use in two crossword puzzles. Players win the corresponding prize by completing four or more words in either puzzle or across both puzzles. On the claimed ticket, the completed words were divided between the two puzzles, with four black words in the first and four red words in the second.

The game is numbered 763 and began on September 19, 2025. Readers looking for current Maryland draw information can use the latest Maryland lottery results page.

The Rockville player was the fifth person to claim a top prize on the Deluxe Crossword 10th Edition. Three $50,000 top prizes remained unclaimed at the time of publication.

Maryland Lottery released the Deluxe Crossword 11th Edition on September 18, 2026, the same day the Rockville player claimed the prize from the 10th Edition. The new edition launched with eight $50,000 top prizes.

That timing placed two editions of the game in the same prize-cycle news: a top prize was claimed on the 10th Edition while the 11th Edition became available with its own set of $50,000 top prizes. The latest claim also connected a player from Rockville with the Silver Spring retailer that sold the ticket and the Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, where the prize was claimed.