Powerball Jackpot Up To $425 Million
How's this for a stocking stuffer: a lottery worth a fortune. The nation's Powerball jackpot was $325 million for Saturday night's drawing. Nobody won so it's now up to $425 million for Wednesday's drawing.
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How's this for a stocking stuffer: a lottery worth a fortune. The nation's Powerball jackpot was $325 million for Saturday night's drawing. Nobody won so it's now up to $425 million for Wednesday's drawing.
Veterans organizations in Maryland can apply next week for a license to have up to five instant lottery pull tab machines at their facilities to help raise money for veterans, but it is expected to take months before the machines will be playable because regulations still need to be adopted.
Francis Przybylek said he'd retire if he hit the jackpot. A little more than a year after the Mount Airy man won $100,000 from a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket, which he picked up at a Safeway near his home, the 69-year-old is still selling cars.
The Maryland Lottery says it raised a record amount of money for the state in the last fiscal year for the 15th straight year.
A state audit made public on Wednesday cited shortcomings in how the Maryland State Lottery Agency has monitored aspects of the state's slot machine gambling program. The agency has responded that it has addressed the concerns.
Officials at the Maryland Lottery have confirmed that someone has come forward to claim the winning Mega Millions ticket.
A woman who has claimed to have Maryland's winning Mega Millions ticket now says she has misplaced it.
The Mega Millions mystery remains unsolved. The Maryland Lottery says no one has come forward with the winning ticket.
Maryland's Mega Millions winner is still a mega mystery. And the single mom of seven in South Baltimore who claims she's got the ticket has yet to claim the cash.
What would you do with $640 million? That's the staggering pot of cash in Friday night's Mega Millions lottery drawing. The winning numbers are 46 23 38 4 2 23.
Mega Millions mania comes over Maryland. People across the state are scrambling to buy tickets for the largest jackpot in lottery history.
Record-breaking winnings! Never before in history has a lottery jackpot been this high. Half a billion dollars goes to the person who wins this Friday's Mega Millions drawing.
Tickets for the 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll will be distributed through an online lottery system, allowing guests from across the United States to participate in a tradition that dates back to 1878. Follow the link.
A billion-dollar casino being proposed by Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker for the National Harbor development is worrying the District of Columbia's lottery and gaming board.
The District of Columbia Council remains bitterly divided on how, or even if, the nation's capital should have the first government-run online gambling venture in the United States.
Buying a lottery ticket could soon be as easy as clicking your mouse. The federal government now says it's okay for states to sell them online.
Picking your numbers in cyberspace. Maryland explores the possibility of letting residents buy lottery tickets online.
The National Park Service is opening a lottery for free tickets to attend this year's National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in Washington.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says state revenues would be hurt if Congress legalizes online gambling.
Lottery ticket sales are breaking records once again.
Its official!!! The rumors were true. Jordan Williams has signed with an agent and will stay in the NBA draft.
Lottery lies. A Baltimore County woman stands accused of trying to scam lottery ticket winners out of their money and keeping it for herself.
The Maryland Lottery says the state's two casinos generated $12.2 million in February, up from nearly $10.8 million in January.
Was it a stroke of luck or a mother's prayer that landed one Coast Guard serviceman a visa to America? He says it's a combination of both.
After a nationwide frenzy for a life-changing chance to win a $380 million Mega Millions jackpot, the two winning tickets were sold in small Pacific Northwest towns just 125 miles apart.
