If any of you Marylanders out there have been thinking about purchasing a lottery subscription here is my recent experience with their new system:
Two games have been added. Previously you could only buy a subscription for MegaMillions and MultiMatch. Now you can also purchase PowerBall and Cash4Life.
After the recent changes things are much more streamlined and the turn around is quicker. Previously I had waited between 4 and 6 weeks to receive my paper subscription card after filling out a paper application and mailing in a check. Now you fill out the subscription online and then print it out. This generates a barcode that you still have to snail mail in with a check but the turn around time is much quicker. I purchased multiple subscriptions and the turn around each time was less than a week. Now instead of sending you a paper card they send an email saying the subscription is active. There is also a place on their MyLotteryRewards website where you can check your numbers and see at a glance your wins.
This isn’t perfect by any means. In this day and age the process still seems a little archaic. I am looking forward to the day when I can just instantaneously make purchases right from my computer for that day’s draws. But the new system seems much easier and faster than it had been previously.
Lucy
(PS: Not sure why my returns keep disappearing and this reverts to all one large block of text)
