Powerball Excitement Grows with $800 Million Jackpot (VIDEO)

After no ticket holders matched all six numbers for Wednesday night’s $500 million Powerball drawing, the jackpot now sits at $800 million. In this MyMCMedia video, Willie James Inman asks local residents in Rockville how they would spend the winnings.

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$200K Powerball Ticket Sold in Rockville Remains Unclaimed

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A Powerball player – who has yet to claim the prize – purchased the winning lottery ticket worth $200,000 in Rockville last week, according to a press release by Maryland Lottery. The winning numbers came up on the Oct. 27 drawing, but as of today, the prize remains unclaimed. And the winning numbers? They were […]

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Historic $10 Million Powerball Double Play Lottery Ticket Sold in Rockville

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A $10 million-winning Powerball Double Play ticket was sold at the Rockville Exxon at White Flint. The winner is the first in the country to secure the Double Play top prize. The winning ticket was drawn on Sept. 27 with the numbers 2, 27, 51, 62, and 66 with the Powerball of 1, according to […]

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Maryland Resident Wins $731 Million Powerball Jackpot

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The Maryland Lottery announced Thursday that someone bought the winning ticket worth an estimated $731 million – an all-time record for the state of Maryland and the 5th largest in U.S. lottery jackpot ever. The winning ticket was sold at Coney Market in Lonaconing in Allegany County in northwestern, Md. The store gets a $100,000 […]

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$100K Powerball Ticket Sold in Gaithersburg Last Weekend

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A Powerball player – who has yet to claim the prize – purchased the winning lottery ticket of $100,000 in Gaithersburg this past Saturday, Oct. 3, the Maryland Lottery confirmed. The player bought the winning ticket at Flower Hill Beer & Wine located at 18253 Flower Way in Gaithersburg. The winning ticket numbers for Saturday’s […]

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Winner in Wisconsin; Powerball back to $40 Million

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Update: Here are last night's jackpot-winning #Powerball numbers – The lucky ticket holder from New Berlin, #Wisconsin has won $768.4 MILLION, the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history 🤩 Head this way for the full results 👉 https://t.co/HOEaspmqSN pic.twitter.com/Ze1gtcEEsB — Powerball USA (@PowerballUSA) March 28, 2019 Original post: Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is worth $750 million. […]

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Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $1.6 Billion

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The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.6 billion, and the Powerball is up to $620 million. Together, the two largest lottery games have a combined jackpot of more than $2.2 billion. The next Mega Millions drawing will be 11 p.m. Tuesday. The Powerball’s next drawing will be 11 p.m. Wednesday. If Mega Millions gets […]

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Mega Millions Lottery Grows to $868 Million

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Update, Wednesday 8:15 a.m.: No one selected the correct numbers in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions lottery drawing, which sent the jackpot to $868 million. Combined, the two big lottery games have total prizes at $999 million. Wednesday night’s Powerball has a jackpot of $345 million. And the Mega Millions, which is drawn Tuesday night, has […]

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Mega Millions Lottery Grows to $548 Million

The "Three Amigos" collect their cash prize in this photo from 2012. | Maryland Lottery

Update: With no winner Tuesday night, the Friday night jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery has grown to $548 million, with a cash option of $309 million. Original Post: The two big lottery games have total prizes exceeding $750 million. The Powerball, which is drawn Wednesday night, has a jackpot of $282 million. And the […]

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Gaithersburg Couple Wins $1 Million Powerball Prize (PHOTO)

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A Gaithersburg couple claimed a $1 million Powerball prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters Friday. The couple has chosen to remain anonymous. The woman who purchased the winning ticket is described as a wife and mother of four who works in the education field. She posed for a photo holding a check alongside her husband, a […]

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Rockville Couple Wins $50,000 Playing Powerball

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A Rockville mom got quite the Mother’s Day surprise this week. You see she forgot to check her Maryland Lottery tickets back in April after she bought them at Rodman’s Discount Gourmet in Kensington. In fact, she doesn’t normally play Powerball but her husband suggested she buy a ticket so she got a quick pick […]

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Sonya Burke

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Sonya Burke is the Multimedia Manager at Montgomery Community Media (MCM). You can email story ideas at sburke@mymcmedia.org or reach her on Twitter @SonyaNBurke.

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