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Pool of McDonald's workers claims Mega Millions fraudNews Story
14 fast-food employees say co-worker tricked state lotto to avoid sharing winnings A group of 14 McDonald's employees from the Baltimore, Maryland, area are still convinced they were winners in the massive $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing earlier this year despite being told otherwise by lottery officials and are claiming that a co-worker defrauded the Maryland Lottery to avoid sharing a payout with them. On Sept. 19, the group filed a civil lawsuit against their co-worker, Mirla
Sep 29, 2012, 11:06 pm - Lottery News

$250,000 Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland expires next weekNews Story
By Todd Northrop The final claim date is quickly approaching for the owner of a $250,000 second-tier Mega Millions ticket purched in Maryland at the end of March. The ticket must be claimed by Friday, September 28, 2012 at 4:30 pm. The winning ticket was from the $656 million Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Match 30, 2012, and was purchased at 7-11, located at 9709 Beaver Dam Road in Timonium. The winning numbers for the March 30 Mega Millions drawing were 2, 4, 23, 38, and 46, with
Sep 21, 2012, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Maryland lottery player gets lucky 4 times this summer for $101KNews Story
Donald Donnie Cole III thought he was lucky when he survived a brain aneurysm in 1999. But little did he know that his good fortune would continue. Cole, 52, of Brookeville, Maryland, is convinced he is the luckiest man alive, after recently winning $101,000 playing the Maryland State Lottery. Cole, who said he buys lottery tickets almost every day from the Shell gas station in Olney, won $50,000 on a $20 Big Money Mega Play scratch-off ticket on June 26. It was a stunning feeling, he
Aug 23, 2012, 9:09 pm - Lottery News

Few major lottery jackpot winners get chance to be anonymousNews Story
Note to the Kansas and Maryland winners of last month's $656 million lottery jackpot: Count your anonymous blessings. The states, where ticket holders claimed their $218.6 million portions in anonymity, are two of only six states that allow lottery winners' names to remain secret. Officials in states other than Kansas, Maryland, Delaware, Michigan, North Dakota and Ohio make public the names of lottery winners, with rare exceptions. Most see the identities of winners as a matter of public
Apr 23, 2012, 5:10 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery Director says online sales comingNews Story
Includes audio report The Maryland Lottery hopes to have its online lottery sales platform up and running by January 1, 2013. Lottery Director Stephen Martino tells WBAL Radio that the Maryland legislature approved $500-thousand for the lottery to start up the program and hire some additional staff. Martino says the time has come for Internet lottery sales in Maryland. We just think this is a way that people are doing business and commerce is moving. You can buy practically anything
Apr 20, 2012, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Maryland Mega Millions winners claim prize anonymouslyNews Story
Three public school employees nab share of record jackpot Includes video report By Todd Northrop The Maryland Mega Millions lottery winners are three Maryland public school employees, who split the world's biggest lottery jackpot with two other winners from Kansas and Illinois. The trio claimed their share of the jackpot Monday at Maryland Lottery headquarters. Maryland laws allow lottery winners to remain anonymous when collecting their prize, and the winners chose that opt
Apr 10, 2012, 8:34 am - Lottery News

Mega Millionaire 'Bunky' Bartlett offers advice to winnersNews Story
Bunky reflects on mistakes (and successes) since winning $32.6 million A Tarot card might have foretold that Ellwood Bunky Bartlett would win $32.6 million in the 2007 lottery. Unfortunately, the spirit world provided no omens that might have helped the 45-year-old practicing Wiccan better manage his good fortune. This week, as much of the East Coast is waiting for the winners of the record $656 million jackpot to step forward, Bartlett of Westminster agreed to talk about the things tha
Apr 4, 2012, 9:41 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery officials inundated with Mega Millions rumorsNews Story
Lottery says rumors of a McDonald's employee winning Mega Millions most likely false Maryland lottery officials were inundated Monday with hundreds of calls fueled by rumors about the identity of the Baltimore County shopper who will share in the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot. Everyone says they know who the winner is, said lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett. It's their cousin. It's a person who works at their doctor's office. It's the guy up the street who mows the lawn. We're not g
Apr 2, 2012, 9:12 pm - Lottery News

MD Lottery: winner has not come forward yetNews Story
Press Release Rumors may be swirling, but the lucky Maryland winner who shares in Friday evening's record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot has not yet come forward. Despite numerous rumors to the contrary, no one has come in to claim the prize, said Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino. We will announce when we have a confirmed winner. The Lottery urges the ticket holder, who has 182 days from the drawing date to claim, to sign the back of his/her ticket, keep it in a
Apr 2, 2012, 12:32 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Mega Millions winner already in pool disputeNews Story
Says $105M is all hers; McDonald's workers say it's theirs Mega Millions mania has plunged a Maryland McDonald's into a bubbling cauldron of controversy hotter than a deep-fried apple pie. Workers at the fast-food joint who pooled their cash for tickets are furious at a colleague who claims she won with a ticket she bought for herself and has no intention of sharing. We had a group plan, but I went and played by myself. [The 'winning' ticket] wasn't on the group plan, McDonald's winner
Apr 2, 2012, 9:59 am - Lottery News