State lotteries are spending more than a half-billion dollars a year on pervasive marketing campaigns designed to persuade people to play often, spend more and overlook the long odds of winning.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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