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Those hoping for a shot at becoming a hundred-millionaire have until Friday to buy a ticket for the $548 million Mega Millions jackpot, currently the third largest prize in history.

The last million-dollar winners of the Mega Millions matched five white numbers to win $1 million on July 20. Those tickets were sold in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $502 million, the 10th-largest prize ever offered in the United States.

Mega Millions game to cost more, offer larger jackpots and look more like Powerball. In Maryland, the lottery game has seen declining sales.

A Carroll resident was targeted by a scammer falsely claiming to represent Mega Millions.

The Powerball and the Mega Millions both tempt with jackpots more than $350 million this week.

Coming off a record year for lottery sales, Maryland is launching what will be its most expensive ticket — $30.

September was 'challenging' month for state lottery, particularly for the draw games such as Powerball

Maryland Lottery reports record yearly sales, aided by Powerball and scratch-offs

Time ran out Friday for a Mega Millions player to cash in a winning, $1 million ticket before it expired.

Marylanders are leaving about $20 million a year on the table in unclaimed lottery winnings, according to records obtained from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.

Players have until 10:45 p.m. Friday to purchase the tickets.

The Morning Report is a quick roundup of links to stories that Carroll County residents are talking about for July 7, 2016.

Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Port Deposit recently could be a very rich person.

With tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawing at $449 million, Towson retailers are still waiting for the rush of people trying their luck.

A Maryland Lottery customer, who as of Saturday remains unidentified, won the second-tier $1 million prize in the Mega Millions contest with a ticket purchased at a Klein's Shop Rite supermarket in Belcamp.

Should lottery winners be permitted to remain anonymous?

Harford County has been stricken with Powerball fever during the past week as the top prize increases from about $500 million to a peak -- as of Tuesday morning -- of $1.5 billion.

What you need to know about Powerball and Maryland jackpots

Though many are keeping their fingers crossed for tonight's whopping $900 million Powerball jackpot, one lucky person can claim a $1 million Mega Millions ticket purchased in Maryland.

There was no jackpot winner in the drawing for a Powerball prize Wednesday night, but Thursday afternoon, players were already lining up to purchase more tickets in hopes winning the largest price in the game's history.

A $1 million Mega Millions ticket was sold at the Royal Farms in the 2700 block of Washington Boulevard in Southwest Baltimore, according to officials at the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission.

A lucky winner is holding a $1 million Mega Millions lottery ticket bought at a Giant grocery stores in Owings Mills, lottery officials said Saturday.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $235 million after nobody won the top prize in Saturday's drawing.

At the Soda Pop Shop, players love swapping anecdotes about big wins and near misses. There's always plenty to talk about since the store averages nearly $116,000 a week in lottery ticket sales, more than any of Maryland's other 4,500 lottery retailers

Maryland gaming officials approved a new lottery drawing game, called Cash4Life, on Thursday. The regulators also voted to allow casinos to lower required average annual payouts to players from slot machines.

Maryland officials say lottery sales and casino revenues contributed over a billion dollars to the state in the 2015 fiscal year, the first time the number has topped the $1 billion mark.

A $1 million Mega Millions winner bought their lucky ticket at High's in West Friendship, state lottery officials said.

Several lottery jackpots continue to rise, including the $3.3 million Multi-Match jackpot — the fourth largest ever for the game, state lottery officials said.

Just as was the case 25 years ago, when the Maryland General Assembly session drew to a close this week, no legal gambling options were open to fraternal organizations in Harford County. Now, as it has been for more than a quarter of a century, this is an unfortunate problem for local community organizations that have the potential to benefit from local gambling in local fraternal houses.

An unidentified, 39-year-old truck driver won the Lottery last week — for the second time.

Dystopian novelists — from Orwell to Bradbury to Collins — consistently sound intellectual alarm bells about the future of our democracy unless policies and practices change. A lottery for housing for poor people should do exactly the same. Rather than making it the stuff of popular culture, let's work toward the development of a true comprehensive housing policy — one based on actual human need and not blind luck.

Millions of dollars remain unclaimed in past contests, Maryland lottery officials say

After weeks without a jackpot, the Mega Millions prize has once again climbed to more than $400 million.

A million dollar lottery ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Essex

Miller, a 74-year old Bel Air resident, had just found out he won seats to watch the hometown favorite, Baltimore Ravens, tackle and throw their way through 20 years worth of games.

There is a 50 percent chance that someone from Harford County will win tickets to Baltimore Ravens home games for the next 20 years.

The drawing for the sixth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history will be held Wednesday night, with $400 million on the line.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $400 million after no one won Saturday night's drawing.

Magothy Inn in Pasadena sold a $1 million Mega Millions ticket.

Winning Mega Millions tickets for Tuesday's $636 million jackpot were sold in California and Georgia.

If there is no winner in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, the pot will stand at nearly $1 billion – head and shoulders above the existing U.S. record lottery jackpot of $656 million.