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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Some have won big and others have won small in the last four decades, but none has won more than the state of Maryland.

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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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DES MOINES, Iowa — The historic Powerball jackpot boosted to $500 million on Tuesday was all part of a plan lottery officials put in place early this year to build jackpots faster, drive sales and generate more money for states ...

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WASHINGTON — Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can’t help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and promising to evenly split ...

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Maryland lottery officials say a Pennsylvania couple has claimed a $128.8 million Powerball prize in Maryland. The couple, who chose to stay anonymous, claimed the prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Baltimore. They were accompanied by a lawyer. The couple ...

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Multi-million dollar jackpots could be just clicks and keystrokes away if the Maryland State Lottery Agency gets its way. The agency wrote in a report to the General Assembly that it “believes it is time” to offer its games online ...

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An Abingdon couple hit it big time last week, winning the $107 million Powerball jackpot. They have chosen to remain anonymous, so we thought we would seek out unsolicited advice for them as they figure out how to handle their ...

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The Maryland State Lottery Agency announced Monday that it generated $1.7 billion in sales in fiscal 2011, breaking its record for the 14th year in a row. The lottery agency contributed $519.4 million to the state’s general fund through its ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Lottery officials are eyeing online ticket sales to bolster revenues and keep the state’s games competitive with other jurisdictions readying themselves for a jump to the Internet. “It is something that we are looking at, just like ...

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