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MD among unluckiest states for Powerball winners
What are the luckiest states to play the Powerball in? Has a jackpot winner ever come from your state? In Maryland, the answer is: yes, but barely.
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.
Maryland a Lottery winner for 40 years
Some have won big and others have won small in the last four decades, but none has won more than the state of Maryland.
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 […]
Record Powerball result of changes to boost sales
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 […]
Advice on joining a lottery pool: Don’t do it
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 […]
Pa. couple claims big Powerball prize
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 […]
Maryland lottery ‘believes it is time’ to offer its games online
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 […]
Maryland lawyers advise on managing lottery winnings
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 […]
Maryland Lottery sales set record 14th straight year
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 […]
Maryland Lottery eyeing Internet sales to boost revenues
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. […]
