A Maryland woman was sleeping peacefully when her husband decided to check their lottery tickets. “To his astonishment,” one ...

A devoted Baltimore Ravens fan and longtime Maryland Lottery player from Harford County is celebrating a $1 million Mega ...

The woman said she decided to try "something different" by using numbers from a recent fortune cookie she had in the lottery.

A retired medical worker from Towson turned a fortune cookie into a $50,000 win in the January 8 Powerball drawing, claiming ...

A Maryland woman used numbers from a fortune cookie to win a $50,000 Powerball prize — with an assist from her daily ...

A lucky lottery player was so excited about his big win in Maryland, he couldn’t sleep, lottery officials said. The ...

Money from lotteries often funds public programs. But some argue that gambling games serve as taxes on the poor.

A New Jersey lottery player closed out the year with a bang by winning $1 million in the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday. The Jersey ticket, along with tickets Florida and Minnesota, matched the ...

(AP) — At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery ...

Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is $1.22 billion, but potential winners nationwide could take home far less than that grand prize due to state tax obligations on lottery winnings. Maryland ...

10, a $552 million jackpot was taken in Illinois on June 4. Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has now produced seven jackpots greater than $1 billion. The six won to date were all were ...