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Maryland has a new strategy for persuading residents to get their COVID-19 vaccine — and it’s a gamble.
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Read More »Lottery partnership will enter vaccinated Marylanders in drawings totaling $2M
Hard-luck Maryland town gets a $731.1 million Powerball win
The latest jackpot-winning Powerball ticket, worth $731.1 million, was sold in a struggling coal mining town whose biggest previous claim to fame was being the hometown of baseball Hall of Famer Lefty Grove.
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Read More »Powerball player in Md. wins $1 million
SYKESVILLE — No one won the massive Powerball jackpot on Saturday night, but someone in Maryland got richer anyway. The Maryland Lottery says a $1 million winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Sykesville. The ticket matched all ...
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Read More »Md. flush with gambling revenue even as games undergo changes
State revenue from gaming topped $1 billion last year even as portions of the traditional lottery portfolio shrank under pressure from casinos, demographic shifts, consumer fatigue and a discontinued game. Much of the 19 percent growth over last year resulted ...
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Read More »Rocky Gap casino to test poker tables
Rocky Gap Casino Resort got the go-ahead Thursday to test the addition of a poker room with three new tables.
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Read More »Casinos end lottery’s winning streak
It is no coincidence that the end of the Maryland lottery’s decade-and-a-half string of record sales came in the same year Maryland casinos really cashed in.
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Read More »Md. casinos continue record-breaking streak
Maryland casinos generated $69.27 million last month, setting a new state record for total revenue from gamblers’ losses at slot machines and table games.
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Read More »Maryland Lottery says glitch in system fixed
Maryland Lottery officials say a software problem made it impossible for some winners of the Powerball game to claim their prizes for a time over the weekend. WBAL-TV reports the glitch is fixed and winners may now go to retailers ...
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Read More »February casino revenue is second-best ever
Maryland’s three casinos combined to generate more than $47.7 million in February, the second-best total in the state gambling industry’s short history.
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Read More »Lottery begs lawmakers not to reduce its authority
The Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency is asking lawmakers to kill legislation that would strip the agency of some regulatory authority.
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