Bunky the lottery winner claims his prize
Bunky has officially claimed his bread.
Maryland's latest jackpot winner, Ellwood August Bunky Bartlett, claimed his share of the $330 million Mega Millions winnings at lottery headquarters in Baltimore yesterday afternoon. The soon-to-be retired Dundalk accountant was greeted by Maryland Lottery Director Buddy W. Roogow.
This is Bunky Bartlett, our new Mega Millions winner, Roogow announced to reporters. Bartlett was one of four jackpot winners. The other three winning tickets were pu ...
Sep 5, 2007, 7:45 am - - Lottery News forum
Will millions spoil Bunky Bartlett?
By Kevin Cowherd
Baltimore Sun
Ladies and gentlemen, a big round of applause for our new Wicca-practicing Mega Millions lottery winner, Mr. Bunky Bartlett of Dundalk!
Is this guy beautiful, or what?
Most people who hit for a huge share of a $330 million lottery drop out of sight faster than a snitch on The Sopranos.
They huddle with lawyers and accountants for days and hole up in some fancy hotel suite, all the while issuing the usual statements along the lines of: We ask that you ...
Sep 5, 2007, 7:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Mega winner believes in magic
Two months ago, when a tarot card told Ellwood Bunky Bartlett that he should slow down and focus on his spirituality, Bartlett let out an exasperated yelp. The only way that was going to happen, he thought at the time, was if he won the lottery.
Yesterday, a day after he announced that he was one of four winners of a $330 million Mega Millions prize, Bartlett was back at the White Marsh New Age shop where the tarot cards foretold his future. Frustrated no longer, Bartlett says he now has th ...
Sep 3, 2007, 7:24 am - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery revenues hit record $1.5 billion
The Maryland Lottery's sales for the past fiscal year topped $1.5 billion, a record high, marking the lottery's 10th consecutive year of sales growth, lottery officials reported yesterday.
From July 1, 2006, through June 30, prizes paid to players totaled a record $919 million, an increase of more than $16.5 million over the previous fiscal year. And retailers earned more than $112 million in commissions, an increase of $9.4 million. The lottery will contribute more than $494 million in reven ...
Aug 9, 2007, 9:34 am - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery Countdown to Millions raffle results
The Maryland Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Countdown to Millions, was drawn Saturday, and will make four instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found here:
http://www.lotterypost.com/md-lottery-raffle-2007-07-07.asp
Countdown to Millions is a raffle game offered by the Maryland Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets.
With only 420,000 tickets available for the raffle, Countdown to Millions offers the best odds to win $1 million of any Maryland Lottery game.
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Jul 8, 2007, 7:38 am - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery helps taxpayers hit jackpot
The Maryland Lottery wants to help people dream.
While the odds of those dreams becoming a cold, hard-cash reality are more than a million-to-one, look no further than the recent Mega Millions jackpot winners from Georgia and New Jersey, who each came away with half of a stunning $390 million pot.
Last fiscal year, the Maryland Lottery generated more than $501 million for the state's general fund. These earnings benefited government-funded services and programs such as education, public he ...
Mar 22, 2007, 8:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Will Maryland sell off its lottery?
With a huge cash crunch on the horizon and soaring demands for school construction, new roads and mass transit, some Maryland lawmakers are talking up the idea of selling one of the state's most valuable assets: the lottery.
The idea has grown popular since the governor of Illinois proposed doing the same thing last year. The governors of Indiana and Texas have suggested similar moves, and discussions of the idea are taking place in Michigan and New Jersey.
Maryland faces a gap of $1.3 bil ...
Feb 15, 2007, 12:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery raffle game sells fewer tickets than hoped
Countdown to Millions, Maryland's raffle-like lottery, didn't sell as many tickets as lottery officials had hoped, and the drawing was delayed one day to sell more.
At $20 apiece, they were the most expensive tickets ever. The Maryland Lottery held its drawing Monday night for Countdown to Millions new game featuring the Maryland Lottery's best odds ever at winning $1 million.
The lottery sold about 325,000 tickets, short of the lottery's 420,000-ticket goal, said lottery spokeswoman Carol ...
Jan 2, 2007, 2:36 pm - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery Countdown to Millions Raffle Winning Numbers Drawn
The winning numbers for the Maryland Lottery's first-ever raffle were selected on New Year's Day, 2007.
The Maryland Lottery added the game to its product mix on November 20th with the launch of Countdown to Millions, a $20 raffle-style game. Unlike other lottery and jackpot games, Countdown to Millions offers a limited number of tickets designed to be sold in their entirety prior to awarding prizes.
There were four million-dollar winners, and many winners of prizes ranging from $500 to ...
Jan 2, 2007, 12:34 am - - Lottery News forum
Luck pays off for a whole lot of Maryland Lottery players
Lottery players sometimes prove a quirky and superstitious bunch, picking their numbers on sentimental value (a birthday, anniversary or just plain lucky number) and loyally playing the same game, using the same numbers, at the same store.
But would one person play a favorite set of numbers in the same game 15 times in a single day?
An oddity to be sure, lottery officials say but not unheard of. And that is their best guess about what happened in Saturday's Bonus Match 5 game which y ...
Dec 28, 2006, 1:22 am - - Lottery News forum
