This purse is now so large that many electronic billboards around the state read “$999 million” because the signs aren’t configured to reach higher. The $1.5 billion jackpot resulted in part from some tinkering with Powerball’s odds last year by the game’s managers. They’re not permitted to buy tickets in Maryland, so some were buying them in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania, agency officials said. The jackpot was so alluring that state lottery employees were playing outside the state. That number, called “coverage,” is expected to increase to 80 percent for the next drawing on Wednesday night, state lottery officials said. In Saturday’s drawing, there was one $1 million winner and three $150,000 winners in Maryland (and many lesser prizes), but nobody hit the jackpot even though 78 percent of all possible number combinations were played around the country. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
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