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MARYLAND — The Mega Millions jackpot will be $1.35 billion in Friday night’s drawing, spurring a rush to buy tickets in Maryland. Tonight's prize is the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions ...
Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game. The first drawing took place on September 6, 1996, with six participating states, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia.
Since the game was rolled out in 2002, Maryland's largest Mega Millions winner snagged the winning $414 million jackpot sold on March 18, 2014; the $218.6 million jackpot was sold in Maryland on ...
In 1996, Maryland help launched The Big Game, which became Mega Millions in 2002. (Mega Millions now is offered by 44 lotteries). In March 2012, a Maryland player won a one-third share of the then largest jackpot in American history, $656 million. [8] In November 2005, the Maryland Lottery signed an $81 million deal with Scientific Games. [9]
Mega Millions, drawn on Tuesday and Friday, has not been won since April, even though 27 players in Maryland have hit for second- and third-tier prizes ranging from $10,000 to $4 million. Lottery ...
A $1.59 billion prize in January 2016 was shared by three winners in California, Florida and Tennessee. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot — about 1 in 302.6 million — don’t ...
Multi-State Lottery Association. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is an American non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34-member lotteries. MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, most notably Powerball. MUSL was formed in December 1987, by seven U ...
The winning Maryland ticket matched all five white balls, making it worth $1 million, according to the Mega Millions website. Maryland Lottery officials said the lucky ticket was sold at Pine ...