“Then she said, ‘Congratulations,’” the man told lottery officials. Upon learning he had won the game’s top prize of $50,000, the man rushed home to share the news with his wife, lottery officials said.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions lottery drawing. One ticket was sold matching five numbers in Maryland and is worth $1 million. The numbers drawn Tuesday are 22,

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $185 million, with a cash option of $88.4 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in the New York City area and Fox 29 in the Philadelphia area. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the drawing.

A man ended up landing a “top-prize winner” after buying a $10 lottery scratch-off, Maryland officials said. The retired federal employee went to buy his usual Powerball and scratch-off tickets “expecting the same results as always,” according to an Oct. 16 news release by the Maryland Lottery.

Maryland Lottery players won big prizes this week from scratch-off tickets. There were two big winners this week, one in Takoma Park who played a " Bingo X10 7th Edition " scratch-off ticket and won $100,000, and another player in Churchville who won $60,000 on a " The Big Spin " scratch-off ticket.

In what the operators of the lottery numbers game call a “mega” makeover, a new and improved Mega Millions will launch in April 2025.

It wouldn’t be the first time I thought I won something different from what I really won,” the Maryland winner said.