G.Johnson: The Lottery has attempted to address this issue through agreements with other television stations around the state to broadcast our drawings. Unfortunately, these arrangements proved unsatisfactory due to an inability of potential partners to guarantee the time needed to air all of our drawings. We continue to explore additional avenues that meet our broadcast requirements and that can fit within our budget.

Please remember that, along with the winning numbers line (410-230-8830), winning numbers always can be found on our website, in many local newspapers and by visiting any of the more than 4,000 Maryland Lottery retail locations across the State.

Thanks for taking the time to write in. We appreciate hearing from all of our players.

salice: Not in recent memory.

Bud: The Megaplier is here to stay. We do not have any plans for a multiplier feature for Multi-Match.

rd: Mega Millions is drawn in Atlanta and Powerball is drawn in Orlando. All other states get a feed to air on their local stations.

William:
At this time we do not have this feature, however, we are working on a solution for our players. We hope to have this ready shortly. Please stay tuned.

Rose: Platinum Rewards is 77% sold.

Rose: Try Jayco Liquors at 1101 e. pulaski hwy.

R.Cuthbert: We’re sorry you feel this way. Hopefully the following explanations for our games can help.

Winning scratch-off tickets are distributed randomly throughout an entire game. If the average chance of winning a prize is 1:5, this does not mean there is an automatic winner within every five consecutive tickets. There is no pattern as to where winning tickets will occur. Just as the possibility of purchasing a winning ticket exists, it is also possible to buy multiple tickets back-to-back without receiving a winner at all. Like all Lottery games, scratch-off results are purely the luck of the draw and are simply a matter of random chance. In addition, the odds on the back of the ticket are the ‘overall odds,’ which is best described as the ratio of winning tickets to non-winning tickets from all tickets printed for the game.

In addition, winning numbers have always been – and will continue to be – purely the luck of the draw and a matter of random chance. Numbers drawn for each of the Lottery’s daily drawing games are arbitrary. Every time a ball is drawn, it is an independent and unique event, completely unaffected by what ball was drawn seconds, hours, days, or weeks earlier. In addition, each ball drawn has the same exact chance of being drawn as any other ball in the machine, at any point in time.

Thanks for writing in. We appreciate hearing from our players. Good luck with future play.

Charlene: Yes, everything is ready to accept players request for the Megaplier feature with Mega Millions.

madie: It started today, Monday, October 18. Read more here.

ND Mitchell: As old playslips are used, retailers are receiving new Multi-Match playslips featuring the new days. Because the Multi-Match’s game play wasn’t changed, like the new Megaplier feature from Mega Millions, there hasn’t been a committed effort to replace them immediately. Please keep in mind that the original/old Multi-Match playslips still work at all lottery retailers.

ND Mitchell: Play slips have been revised and are being made available by our sales representatives at all 4,000+ lottery locations across the state as of Monday, October 18. If you can’t find new playslips are your favorite lottery retailer, please let us know and we’ll drop some off as soon as possible.

Lynn: Unfortunately, there are no plans for a Powerball subscription at this time. If plans change, we’ll let you know.