Thursday, May 16, 2013
The prize is the third largest in American history, according to lottery officials.
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing has been raised to become what would be the third-largest jackpot prize in American history. Due to strong sales, the jackpot for Saturday was raised from $475 million to $550 million, with a $350.1 million cash option. It is the second largest prize in Powerball's history. No ticket has had the winning numbers for the past 13 drawings—since early April, according to a Maryland Lottery press release. Maryland has had two winning Powerball tickets since the Maryland Lottery joined the game in 2010. One was a Pennsylvania couple who purchased a ticket in Elkton on Christmas Eve in 2011 that won them $128.8 million. That September, an Abingdon couple won $108.8 million, according to the release. …
Friday, January 25, 2013
Sarah Bird says her grandmother came to her in a dream and told her "play the five."
An Annapolis woman is $50,000 richer thanks to a dream she had about her late grandmother. "I moved to Maryland to care for my grandmother who was in failing health," Sarah Bird said in a news release. “After she passed, I had a dream where she told me to ‘play the five.’ I had no idea what it meant until I realized that the lottery had a game with '5' in its name. I put two and two together.” Bird said she started playing Maryland's Bonus Match 5 as often as she could after the dream, which happened in June 2012. When she checked her numbers in early January 2013, Bird realized she'd won. "I started screaming," Bird said. "I called my aunt and scared the heck out of her. She thought something terrible had happened.” Bird manages an …
Friday, October 5, 2012
All casinos in the state pulled in less money than they did in August, including Maryland Live!, which added hundreds of new machines.
Maryland's casino revenue fell as summer turned into fall, even as the state's largest gambling facility added new slot machines in September. The Maryland Lottery reported $42.9 million in casino revenue statewide, down from $44.6 million in August. At the Maryland Live! casino near Arundel Mills, revenues dropped slightly from $32.4 million in August, to $32.0 million in September. The drop comes even after the facility boosted the number of video gaming terminals from 3,710 to 4,750 on Sept. 12. But lottery officials said the figures at Maryland Live! should not be cause for alarm. "They already have a lot of capacity," Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino said. "Adding more [machines] was not necessarily going to add a lot of …
Monday, August 6, 2012
The Maryland Lottery said the state's three casinos brought in $48 million in July, with about $33 million going to the state. Maryland Live! saw revenue rise by 25 percent in its second month.
Action at the Maryland Live! casino drove record gambling revenues to the state in July, but revenue lagged at one of the other facilities in the state, the Maryland Lottery reported Monday. The three casinos in Maryland brought in $48 million in revenue in July, paced by $35 million from the new Maryland Live! facility at Arundel Mills. The overall casino revenue in the state increased by about $8 million. But revenue dropped at the Hollywood Casino in Perryille, which has seen its income drop by nearly one-third in the last 12 months. In July, Maryland Live! saw revenue grow 25 percent, up from from $28 million in June. (The casino opened on June 6.) Casinos kept about $15.8 million of the revenue in July, with the rest distributed to …
Monday, July 23, 2012
The Maryland Lottery reported its 15th consecutive year of sales growth, helped along by interest from the $656 million jackpot in March.
A record-setting Mega Millions jackpot helped pace the Maryland Lottery to a record of its own, with the agency reporting a 4.7 percent increase in sales over the previous fiscal year. The lottery said Monday that figures from fiscal year 2012 showed the 15th consecutive year of sales growth, despite greater competition from casinos and a dearth of new retail outlets. The lottery generated $1.795 billion in sales during fiscal year 2012, up $80.4 million from the year prior. Those sales translated into $556 million into Maryland’s general fund and $1.066 billion in prizes awarded to players. Interest in the Maryland Lottery was high earlier this year, when the jackpot for the national Mega Millions game reached a record $656 million in …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The casino in Anne Arundel County contributed $13 million to the state's education trust fund.
The Maryland Live! Casino at Arundel Mills in Hanover generated more than $28 million in revenue during its first month of operation, with each slot machine collecting more than $359 each day in June. The casino generated about 70 percent of all the slots-related revenue in Maryland, and pumped $13 million into state’s education trust fund, according to figures from the Maryland Lottery. Maryland Live! opened on June 6 and has 3,171 game terminals in operation and will add 1,575 more by the end of the fall. It is one of three active casinos in the state. “I think it went well. I think the numbers are impressive, but we’re not surprised by them,” said Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino in an interview with Patch. “Given the fact that…
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Greater Annapolis shop owner said Mega Millions Lottery winner is a man who’s a regular, but that’s all he’s saying.
There’s a new millionaire in Annapolis and it’s a man, or so said Wan Kang, owner of the Quik Mart, who sold the winning Mega Millions Lottery ticket. “Yeah, regular customer,” Kang said. According to a statement issued by the Maryland Lottery, “One lucky Maryland Lottery player woke up on Saturday morning as a new millionaire. Although there was no jackpot winner, a $1 million Megaplier second-tier ticket was sold at Quik Mart, located at 2042 West St. in Annapolis.” As for that “lucky Maryland Lottery player,” Kang wouldn't give too much away. “I know, but I can’t tell you,” he said. “Man. That’s all I’m going to say.” Kang, with his wife Sun Kang, have owned the store and the attached Citgo station for 10 years. They're originally from …
Frank in Elkridge
8:44 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Cordish casino is grossing $1 million a day. Not bad. If other casinos open, particularly National Harbor, that should put a big dent in their revenue. That's why Cordish and Penn National are pouring millions of dollars into ads against Question 7. The don't want big new casinos in Baltimore City and National Harbor eroding their revenue. It's pure self-interest on their part because they … more ›