As the season gets scarier, The Maryland Lottery is ramping up the Hall-O-Win fun just in time for pumpkin and spice and candy and winning. John Martin of The Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about all of the fall fun ahead as the winners continue to enjoy responsible play and the football season.
Nestor Aparicio and John Martin discussed the Maryland Lottery’s new promotions, including “Hallow-O-Win,” offering $5,000, $1,000 prizes, and free $2 “Mummy Money” tickets. They highlighted “Fast Play Friday” with $5 tickets for a chance to win free games. Martin mentioned the $147,000 progressive jackpot from “Home Run Riches” and the Ravens Second Chance contest, awarding $20,000 for each touchdown. The Jurassic Park Second Chance contest offers a trip to Oahu, Hawaii, and new scratch-off games like “Queen of Hearts” and “Ace of Spades” with top prizes of $100,000 and $2 million, respectively.
- [ ] Promote the new Hallo-O-Win promotion, which offers $5,000 and $1,000 prizes for playing pick 3, pick 4, and pick 5 tickets in October.
- [ ] Promote the Fast Play Fridays promotion, where players can win free fast play tickets on Fridays in October.
- [ ] Provide details on the new Jurassic Park scratch-off game and its second-chance contest, which includes a trip to Hawaii.
- [ ] Promote the new card-themed scratch-off games, including the $30 Ace of Spades and the $10 Kings and Queens.
- [ ] Encourage listeners to visit MDLottery.com to learn more about the new promotions and games.
Maryland Lottery Anniversary and New Promotions
- Nestor Aparicio welcomes listeners to WNST AM 1570 and mentions various activities, including watching baseball and football, and the Maryland crab cake tour.
- Nestor introduces John Martin, the executive director of the Maryland Lottery, and mentions John’s absence due to assignments.
- John Martin comments on the changes at WNST and the 27th anniversary of the station.
- John introduces new promotions at the Maryland Lottery, including “Hallow-O-Win” and new twists on familiar games.
Hallow-O-Win and Fast Play Friday
- John Martin explains the “Hallow-O-Win” promotion, where players can win $5,000 or $1,000 prizes or a free $2 fast play “Mummy Money” ticket.
- Nestor and John discuss the concept of a scented ticket, with Nestor joking about sniffing tickets.
- John introduces “Fast Play Friday,” where players can win a free fast play game every Friday in October.
- Nestor and John discuss the excitement of October, including baseball playoffs, football, and Halloween.
Home Run Riches and Ravens Second Chance Contest
- John Martin wraps up the “Home Run Riches” promotion, mentioning the $147,000 progressive jackpot won by a player.
- Nestor and John discuss the possibility of changing the focus of the promotion to something else, like strikeouts.
- John introduces the Ravens Second Chance contest, where players can win season tickets for 20 years.
- John announces the first finalist, Miss Sharon Kolsinsky of White Marsh, Maryland, and discusses the “Pass for Cash Game Day Experience.”
Ravens Fan of the Game and Cincinnati Trip
- John Martin continues discussing the Ravens Second Chance contest, mentioning the $20,000 awarded for 16 touchdowns.
- Nestor and John discuss the success of the Ravens and the potential for more touchdowns and cash prizes.
- John introduces the Cincinnati trip promotion, where players can win a trip to Cincinnati and a chance to meet Jake Browning.
- Nestor mentions the popularity of the Ravens scratch-off tickets and the excitement of seeing the tickets in stores.
Jurassic Park Second Chance Contest and New Scratch-Off Games
- John Martin introduces the Jurassic Park Second Chance contest, where players can win a trip to Oahu, Hawaii.
- Nestor shares his personal experience in Hawaii and the excitement of visiting the Jurassic Park-themed park.
- John introduces new scratch-off games, including “Queen of Hearts,” “King of Diamonds,” and “Ace of Spades.”
- Nestor and John discuss the excitement of new promotions and the variety of games available at the Maryland Lottery.
Unlock the Cash Second Chance Contest and Powerball Win
- John Martin introduces the “Unlock the Cash” Second Chance contest, where players can unlock vaults with cash prizes.
- Nestor and John discuss the excitement of the new contest and the potential for big wins.
- John mentions the $1.8 billion Powerball win in September and the anticipation for the upcoming Mega Millions jackpot.
- Nestor shares his dream of winning the lottery and visiting Maui, Hawaii.
Final Thoughts and Promotions
- Nestor and John discuss the excitement of the upcoming Ravens game and the potential for more touchdowns and cash prizes.
- John mentions the availability of holiday tickets in October and the anticipation for the new promotions.
- Nestor and John discuss the importance of playing responsibly and the resources available for those who need help.
- John wraps up the segment by encouraging listeners to check out the new promotions and games at the Maryland Lottery.
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
Maryland Lottery, Hallo-O-Win, Mummy Money, Fast Play Friday, Home Run Riches, Ravens Second Chance, Jurassic Park, Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, Powerball, Mega Millions, Baltimore positive, Maryland crab cake tour, football season.
SPEAKERS
John Martin, Nestor Aparicio
Nestor Aparicio 00:01
Welcome home. We are W, N, S, T. Am 1570 to Baltimore. We are Baltimore positive, and we are. We’re watching baseball. We’re we’re watching football when we can, and we’re getting the Maryland crab cake tour out on the road. The my tastiness with curio wellness is now done. Number one is in was the peach cake at Fenwick. Anybody knows me knows that’s legit ecobin amici, but it’s all up there. And now I get to go out and eat some more food. We’re gonna be at faidley’s this week at Lexington market. I will have Raven scratches like this sort of matted ticket we got going on here. I hope this is a luckier batch the first four games has been we’re also going to be at Costas on Monday in Timonium, don’t I mean, I wanna say don’t go to Dundalk. You want crabs, go to Dundalk. But if you want to see me, come to Timonium on Monday afternoon. He’s a great guest coming by. John Martin has been AWOL, I don’t know, but doing what he does is the executive director of all things Maryland, lottery gaming, also into the Guardians this time of year. So maybe you hear this and the guardians have moved on, or maybe they’ve moved on, I don’t know either way. But John, I know you’re nervous, and you know, it’s baseball playoffs, and we got ravens tickets, and we’ve given away millions and millions of dollars, but the leaves are changing. And if you love baseball, this is a really fun time.
John Martin 01:16
I have been out on assignment, as they say in the trades. Boy, I love what you’ve done to the place. It looks like a lot of things have changed. Have changed.
Nestor Aparicio 01:24
Oh, well, I just Oh, you mean the 27th anniversary? Oh yes, there you go. Oh yeah, well, I don’t know. I mean, are you used to looking at Camden Yards over my shoulder, or you I can bring it back if
John Martin 01:35
you want. No, that’s right. That’s all right. That’s all right. You know what? You’re right. The calendar has changed. The seasons have changed. But more winning
Nestor Aparicio 01:42
at the here we go. I love when you transition me. You Oh, you segue me into hallow win or something like that, right?
John Martin 01:51
It’s new promotions. We’ve got a lot of go to MD lottery.com not now, because Nestor and I are talking, but when we’re done talking, go to MD lottery.com We’ve got a variety of new promotions, some new some different things, different twists, some familiar things. You you hit it all right off the bat, hollow win.
Nestor Aparicio 02:08
We have pumpkin spice. I need to know it’s October. Pumpkin Spice goes with baseball. It does.
John Martin 02:14
You know what? I am so over pumpkin spice. Oh, I am.
Nestor Aparicio 02:17
I’m over it in August, in October, I want it, and then I want eggnog, and then I want Vicky pudding, you know, I
John Martin 02:24
mean, what you want? Yeah, okay, I hear
Nestor Aparicio 02:26
there’s a rumor, and I don’t know, Seth Elkin spread some rumors last week, and it wasn’t about Pittsburgh that they I might have a scented ticket, a sniffer coming.
John Martin 02:37
Scented ticket. Okay, just the word, there’s a buzzword.
Nestor Aparicio 02:42
When you have a set the ticket, what do you do with it? Scratch it, and then you
John Martin 02:47
scratch it, you then I make sure
Nestor Aparicio 02:50
sniff it. Come on, man, I’ve been sniffing tickets as long as I That
John Martin 02:55
sounds like a personal problem to me. Hey, we got to talk about Halloween. All right, let’s do it when, if you purchase, if you are inclined to buy a pick three, pick four, pick five. Ticket in the month of October. Now through October 30, you could win one of five, $5,000 prizes, or one of 510, $1,000 prices. Or you could win a free $2 fast play mummy money ticket, just for stopping by and playing one of
Nestor Aparicio 03:20
our just want you to say that again. What is that again? John, and hear that.
John Martin 03:25
What a free, $2 free till our fast play, mummy money. Oh boy,
Nestor Aparicio 03:32
I don’t mummy. I can’t even say it. That’s just Halloween, man, I got to figure out a costume. Now, I forgot it’s October. It’s my birthday, it’s baseball, it’s football. The ravens are falling apart. I’m worried about Lamar. I mean, you know, it’s, it’s
John Martin 03:50
crazy right now, here’s something else. Take, take your worries and put them in a sack. Here Fridays in the month of October, you know, October is a month with five Fridays. That doesn’t happen often, but in October five Fridays, and each and every one of those is our what do we call it here fast play Friday, where if you buy a $5 fast play ticket, you get a chance to win a free fast play games every Friday in the month October the third, the 10th, the 17th, 24th, and the 31st
Nestor Aparicio 04:22
fast play Friday. FFF, the three Fs, all right, it’s like, it’s not as good as the free mummy money fast play ticket, which I know, no, it’s not. It’s, I’m gonna say that all month long, just because every should I say and I’m gonna giggle, you should, you
John Martin 04:35
should. So let, let’s get rid of our sports heroes, one way or the other here. First of all, let’s, let’s put a bow on the season. That was the the Oreos and, of course, the home run
Nestor Aparicio 04:47
riches. Did they leave progressive money around? Did that happen again this year?
John Martin 04:51
You know what? Here’s, here’s the kicker on this. I’m glad you asked me that’s almost like we remember
Nestor Aparicio 04:56
that last No, I don’t rehearse any of this. Everybody knows that. Everybody knows it would be a. Lot better if I rehearsed it, trust me, I don’t think so. No, it’d be worse. It really would be. But last year, there was like, a ton of money that kind of, like, sits and hangs out,
John Martin 05:10
oops, yeah. And then we had an overlap here. First off, let’s wrap up the season. We have 108 $190,000 in cash that went to the contestant of the game, 188 home runs hit by the OS, a little bit less than what they did the year before, three grand slams, little bit less than what they did before. But each every one of those folks enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. And the progressive jackpot game, I kid you not, was one yesterday, really over $147,000 we put a tiny bow, wrap that up, put that on the shelf. We are done with home run riches, 2020,
Nestor Aparicio 05:46
somebody won. So will it start at like 10 or two? It will start at a number next year, beginning with the
John Martin 05:53
progressive part of that. Yes, yes. We’ll start with the start at zero. It starts with a no, no. Typically, it typically starts at 40,000 All right, when we did it in 2025 now again, the we’ll go back in the lab and we’ll tweak like Mike Elias. We’ll tweak things. Well, maybe not like Mike Elias, but we’re going to tweak things. I don’t
Nestor Aparicio 06:14
want to be the sports radio jerk. And can we build it around strikeouts next year? If we build it around something else? I don’t know. It’s got to be home run riches. It’s branded to that we move the wall in. I’m, yeah, I’m just, I’m just trying to do whatever I can do to eat more home runs.
John Martin 06:27
Well, I’ll tell you what let them then let’s get off of it. We tried
Nestor Aparicio 06:30
that though. We moved the wall in, and then the other team can hit him too. That’s the problem with the wall in.
John Martin 06:35
You did the Hokey Pokey. You moved the right, left wall in. You moved left wall out, you moved in. You shake it
Nestor Aparicio 06:39
all about, Oh, yeah. I mean, I don’t miss baseball because I have a whole month of it ahead. I just miss us being involved, because it really was a lot of fun the last couple years. And by the way, Homer riches. I knew two of the contestants, two of the 116 contestants this year, and I even knew and we promoted this last week, but I know one of the art winners in the in your scratch off art contest. So I’m telling you, man, sometimes you come up with a town, I don’t know, in Maryland or whatever, but it’s hard for you to pick a winning contest where life is I’m not touching somebody here at Baltimore positive because that’s when Maryland lottery works.
John Martin 07:15
Well, pretty much that touching thing there, that’s going to get you in trouble. But let me talk about what we have going for the Ravens. All right. As people are well aware, we have season tickets for 20 years that we give at the end of the season. And this last draw we had in the month of September, wrap wrapping up the month of September, we had our very first finalist, Miss Sharon kolsinsky, of White Marsh Maryland. Now I know you know where White Marsh Maryland is.
Nestor Aparicio 07:40
I’ve looked at spelling a MD lottery on that. Let me see if I know her or not. Okay, White Marsh, I got a real chance of knowing her. But go ahead, I know you do, and she’s a Ravens fan, too, obviously, right? Hope, right? Well, you would hope most people
John Martin 07:51
who entered this, the Ravens Second Chance contest, are Ravens fans, but some folks just just walk by and kind of follow. We never
Nestor Aparicio 07:58
let Steelers fans in White Marsh in my day. I’m just saying. So, if you’re a white Marshall Ravens
John Martin 08:02
fan, you know, that’s it, that’s that’s probably a given. That is probably a given. But we also had, you know, we have our pass for cash game day experience where people, we select two people for a for a game, and
Nestor Aparicio 08:15
they don’t pass. By the way, you don’t go down. You don’t have to follow it, right? The or somebody you know, somebody around town, one of the players will throw it for you, absolutely.
John Martin 08:26
So we have a lot of fun with that. And so far, let me get my so far, my running tally. Here we have so far on our ravens, fan of the game, we have awarded in cash prizes for 16 touchdowns, which I believe might be leading the league. I’m not sure. Yeah, we’re scoring a lot of points. Yeah, we are. We have given away $20,000 for the Ravens fan of the game. So that’s $1,000 for every touchdown scored. And let’s see who have we had so far we have had. We have had, oh yeah, Dolly Truesdale won $6,000 Evangeline strasburger went $6,000 Albert Stewart won $5,000 Dawn peacher won $3,000 all in the month of September. So we have plenty of people ready for the October games, and they will hopefully share in some of that cash.
Nestor Aparicio 09:15
So more touchdowns, more money you have to give away. Yes, I like this because I I didn’t want you wrapped the home run riches thing up. I’m thinking you saved money this year on that. I want to let’s get the ravens to make you pay this week. Let’s get five touchdowns this week. John Martin is here. He’s executive director of all things Maryland, lottery and gaming. We encourage everyone to play responsibly. I did a huge piece last month. I’m going to keep reminding people as these weeks as the Ravens have losses. Sometimes people have losses too. One 800 gambler, it’s always out there for you, John, you know, on the Ravens thing with giveaways, and there are dates, right? That just trying to explain, because it’s your most successful promotion. I think it’s pushing a lot of my people play in, certainly the. The most popular tickets when I bring him the fadeas, where I bring him the Costas next week, or Cocos next month. Every month you pull winners, we also have the trip. We’re doing the Cincinnati which, if you’ve seen Jake Browning play, we’re going to have a chance that night. And I like the Cincinnati trip. And it was pointed out to me, by the way, this week by Leonard Raskin, whose son went to Ohio State, you know. So he’s got, he’s got an investment in in in Ohio State, that Cincinnati, Cleveland both made the playoffs in baseball for the first time, and I’m thinking that football, but this trip to Cincinnati, this is a big thing and and there’s a cut off, because the game feels like it’s once you get into the season, it feels like it’s six
John Martin 10:36
weeks away. If you go to MD lottery.com, and you can enter or check out the second chance contest for the Ravens. You’ll find out when the dates are, when you need to get your entries in, and when we select certain things, for example. For example, we have one of our trip winners to Cincinnati, William Lee, Jr, of Upper Marlboro. We’ll be able to Cincinnati. So we already have one, one finalist for that. But, yeah, those are, those are different options. People enjoy that. Some people might want to, you know, get the preferred cash money. Someone could go on a trip. This is a great experience. And win or lose, it is a fun time. All right. Last thing for you, because
Nestor Aparicio 11:13
I haven’t promoted this at all, Seth and I were talking about all sorts of things the last couple of weeks, I get these Raven scratch offs. You have so many scratch off games, and especially when I’m a place like I’m at the front of wise markets, or I’m at the front of like I see them. But in Costas and Dundalk, you have the giant machine with the tickets, and you can see all the tickets. It’s kind of fun to look at them all. A couple of new promotions I haven’t really talked about at all, the Jurassic Park thing as well as I saw at MD lottery.com, Queen of Hearts, king of diamonds, ace of spades. There’s a there’s a card oriented game as well, new games, and I haven’t spoken about them at all, and Jurassic Park, I haven’t seen a lot of movies, but I have seen Jurassic Park.
John Martin 11:53
Jurassic Park is a fun, fun Second Chance contest. First of all, it’s a $5 ticket. Jurassic Park top prize, $50,000 but for many of our players, you know, they enjoyed looking at these things, and not only for the cash that they could win, but also for the what happens on a experiential prize afterwards. And we have a second chance contest six, day, five, night trip for the prize winner and a guest to Oahu highway, Hawaii.
Nestor Aparicio 12:21
I swear to you, I did not look this up. And I was gonna say, John, have you ever been to Hawaii? Because I hadn’t been to Hawaii to, like, 2019 I was in my 50s, but the first time I went to why? And when you go to Wahoo, you land in Waukee and Honolulu. And one of the really cool things, including pineapple tours and all the cool stuff you could do there. And by the way, one rule in a while I have one rule in a while. I don’t have a lot of rules. One rule, okay, if you pass a shaved ice stand, you stop and you get one and you get it capped. So when I drive around a Y, I spend more money on shave ice than I do on anything else but the Jurassic Park where it was filmed. And the park that looks like, you know, prehistoric life is there. So I was gonna say to you, it’s the coolest thing ever. Like, it’s wild. You don’t even have to see the movie to go, like, Hey, this is pretty cool. So I am so thrilled that this that I know something about this trip. So because I didn’t know anything about whatever that was, it lords of the ring, Game of Thrones, whatever it was, I don’t know. I wasn’t into throne. I’m into this, though, why I’m
John Martin 13:27
into so check it out. MD, lottery.com, you let all the details about the official rules and how you enter and what you’re eligible to win, but yeah, it’s a nice package. Six days, five nights. There’s an opportunity, then for also participation and a $1 million jackpot challenge, where you have the chance to win up a million dollars in cash, but you also pick from various tourist excursions, curated tours, activities in and around Oahu. And, yeah, it should be, should be a lot of fun and that that doesn’t
Nestor Aparicio 14:00
want to go to why. I mean, I Well, it’s a long flight, you know, like I’ve heard that forever, and I’m thinking, you know, get a movie. Take a nap, take a book, you know. Like, you know, for me, I was foolish for not going there earlier in my life. So I will just say this, go to Hawaii if you get a chance to do it. Elvis wakiki, the whole deal. Bruno Mars, whatever you’re into. Get on out there. John Martin is here. He’s so the other game you have is a card game, and I’m familiar with that. So, you know, I sort of know how to play some cards, Queen of Hearts, king of diamonds and ace of spades, and they have multipliers too. Yeah, that’s a scratch
John Martin 14:39
off game. I have $30 ace of spades, top prize $2 million and the kings and queens, that’s one one ticket named kings and queens, $10 and that is top prize of $100,000 so those things with Jurassic Park all went on sale in the month of September, along with our deluxe crossword. $5 ticket. So check those out. MD lottery.com, and we’ll have more scratch offs each and every month.
Nestor Aparicio 15:06
Kings and Queens. You said, kings and queens. Kings and Queens. Song, you know, on the draw the line album. I mean, we mentioned, you know, I mean, John Martin is here. He’s frustrated with me because I’m trying to have too much fun in the segment today. He’s the Executive Director of all things. You’re just nervous about the Guardians. You’re nervous about baseball right now, can I ask you a month later, because we have a talk the Joe Flacco thing. I mean, it’s fun to pull for Joe. Right kind of source it
John Martin 15:34
is, who doesn’t want Joe Flacco to be successful? Good.
Nestor Aparicio 15:38
I mean, I, I’m just trying to find some solace in this one and three thing and all these injuries and it, this has been a tough start, especially after the Orioles, you know, like, there is a point here. It’s like, all right, how much more can we take? It’s October, let’s win some games. Let’s get lamar’s Ami together, you know, right?
John Martin 15:57
The long season, even though it’s a it’s a short season relative to baseball, but is a long season, you know, and especially in this AFC north where nine and eight could win the whole thing, you don’t know what’s going to happen.
Nestor Aparicio 16:09
I’ve seen the Steelers play. Yeah, I’m down with that. We all have John, did I leave anything out? Did I get everything in here? Did we did we miss any winners, anything like that?
John Martin 16:17
We have great winter stories, but you can get them all the details on winter stories at MD lottery.com we had our first winners on our new unlock the cash Second Chance contest. We should have video on that pretty soon available. It’s where we pick two lucky people, and they actually unlock a vault. We have six vaults with cash money, and they have a chance to to compete and win prizes. And we had two gentlemen who did very well. Patrick Mears had won $25,000 in our unlocked the cash, and Eliza Darry won $5,000 and we will do that monthly, when sometime in October, sometime in November, and we’ll have winter stories to tell about that much more next time
Nestor Aparicio 16:58
these guys look real happy holding their checks out at MD lotter.com in front of these like they look like hotel safes. Yes, yes. I mean literally, it looked like hotel safe. By the way, the only thing I ever see. And maybe this is like, if you see something that speaks to your homeland, but when I go to MD lotter.com and I click on winners and news right here, and it says news feed, the first word is Dundalk. Dundalk player wins 50,000 on a Powerball and a Mega Mall, Mega Millions nears half a billion. So we got, I need to say, the Mega Millions over $500 million so this is when it starts to accelerate. My wife starts paying attention, right?
John Martin 17:37
We hope so. We’ve talked to a good year, as Seth likes to say we are going to have a bounce back year in fiscal 26 and the first quarter is in the books. We we’ve done pretty darn okay. We’re ahead of the pace thanks to that one point, nearly $1.8 billion Powerball win earlier in the month of September, not here in Missouri and Texas. So we’re anticipating a nice run here with Mega Millions. Hopefully that’ll get into the into the the billion dollar range, and maybe we’ll get some, some benefit of that here locally,
Nestor Aparicio 18:07
it doesn’t, if my wife wins, it won’t matter. And I always say this to you, like, where my dream would be if I hit the lottery, and I can’t, because I, you know, I’m playing the games here, but, but if I hit it big, I would go to Wallace. I always say, Well, hey, well, that’s what’s different island. But, you know, it’s in Maui, not in a while, but you can get there for like, 49 bucks on a flight. So no problem. I’m telling you this Jurassic Park thing. Now that I know Hawaii is involved in this, I’m gonna have a lot more fun with it. John Martin is here. He’s executive director of all things Maryland, lottery gaming. He’ll be in a better mood next week. If the guardians are still playing baseball, my wife will be in a better mood if the Red Sox beat the Yankees. Me. I’m Switzerland in this whole thing. I’m just watching it, along with Luke Jones, talking baseball, talking football. Around here we got ravens action this week. We were taking the Maryland crab cake tour on the road. I will have these courtesy of the Maryland lottery. I have the Raven scratch offs. I do like the look at the tickets. Cool this year. It’s got a little sheen to it, a little bit of fun. It doesn’t smell like winning right now. But I’m Do you want to promote when the ascent to tickets are Is it a holiday thing? Can you just tell me that
John Martin 19:12
holiday tickets should be available in the month of October?
Nestor Aparicio 19:15
That’s too early for holiday tickets, just like August is too early for pumpkin spice. I’m just saying,
John Martin 19:22
Actually, we’ve done that the last several years. This is October, by the way, it is October
Nestor Aparicio 19:27
is now. I don’t want to hear Bing Crosby singing Christmas. I don’t want to hear
John Martin 19:31
Mariah. You’re not gonna hear Bing Crosby much at all anymore. Well, it’s it’s
Nestor Aparicio 19:35
too early for that pumpkin spice bunting. Baseball, no bunting. How about a sacrifice fly? That’s the word of the month. John Martin is here. He’s the Executive Director of all thanks Maryland lottery and gaming. I’m baseballed up this week. I’m footballed up this weekend. Luke is in Owings Mills, and I’m ready for some crab cakes at fade these this week, and I’ll see you at Costas in Timonium on Monday. We are wnst. Am 1570 Towson, Baltimore. And we never stopped talking Baltimore positive. And what was that? Mummy Mummy mummy Money, money, money and mummy money, I just want to say that one more time I.























