Siblings trying to win lottery together for eight years finally hit big jackpot
A lottery pool started between a group of Maryland siblings eight years ago finally landed them a big jackpot prize, lottery officials said.
The four siblings won the top prize worth $1.8 million in the June 30 drawing of Multi-Match in Ocean City, about a 145-mile drive southeast from Baltimore, the Maryland Lottery said in a July 9 news release.
One other person won the jackpot for that drawing in Silver Spring, so the prize will be split between the two tickets, according to the lottery.
The group of siblings told lottery officials they began pulling their money together to play Multi-Match after the birth of a child in their family several years ago.
The sister in charge of collecting money and buying the ticket called each sibling to let them know they had perfectly matched six numbers in the game, lottery officials said.
“Let’s rock and roll,” one sibling said in response to her call, according to the lottery.
The winning ticket was bought at a Food Lion store, lottery officials said. The other winning ticket was bought at a Giant food store, lottery officials said.
The odds of winning the jackpot per $2 ticket are 1 in 2,032,151.7 and the odds of winning per line are 1 in 6,096,454, according to the game’s web page.
This story was originally published July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Siblings trying to win lottery together for eight years finally hit big jackpot."
