The Maryland Lottery is an independent agency of the Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 government. Its games include Mega Millions

Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 , Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments , increasing when there is no jackpot winner...

, Powerball

Powerball

Powerball is an American lottery game sold in 44 jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association , a non-profit organization formed by an agreement with lotteries. Powerball is a game whose advertised jackpot starts at $20 million and can roll into...

, Multi-Match, Keno

Keno

Keno is a lottery or bingo gambling game often played at modern casinos, and is also offered as a game in some state lotteries. A traditional live casino keno game uses a circular glass enclosure called a "bubble" containing 80 balls which determine the ball draw result. Each ball is imprinted...

, Bonus Match 5

Fantasy 5

The following is a list of lottery games in the United States and Canada in which five regular numbers are drawn from a larger set of numbers. The list includes the name, the number field for each, and the frequency of drawings. All pick-5 games in the U.S...

, and numerous scratch tickets

Scratchcard

A scratchcard is a small card, often made of thin paper-based card for competitions and plastic to conceal PINs, where one or more areas contain concealed information which can...

. The Maryland Lottery is headquartered in Suite 330 at 1800 Washington Boulevard, in Montgomery Business Park, Baltimore.

The minimum age to buy Maryland Lottery tickets is 18. For video lottery, currently available at Hollywood Casino Perryville

Hollywood Casino Perryville

Hollywood Casino Perryville, Maryland's first casino, is in Perryville. It is owned by Penn National Gaming; the casino opened on September 30, 2010. It has a gaming floor of , with over 1,500 slot machines....

, and on the Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore refers to many places, including:* Eastern Shore of Maryland* Eastern Shore of Virginia* Eastern Shore * Eastern Shore , of Mobile BayOther uses, a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919...

, the minimum age is 21.

Winning Maryland Lottery numbers are shown on various Baltimore television stations.

Maryland's latest Mega Millions jackpot winner was for the September 9, 2008 drawing. It was sold in Baltimore; the ticket holder, a 49-year-old woman, claimed the prize anonymously on September 15. It is worth $24 million annuity; the cash option

Present value

Present value, also known as present discounted value, is the value on a given date of a future payment or series of future payments, discounted to reflect the time value of money and other factors such as investment risk...

 of approximately $15 million was chosen instead.

Keno

Keno is played at Maryland Lottery retailers that have a monitor. Its drawings are every four minutes. Prices, prizes, and options vary.

Racetrax

Racetrax is played at Maryland Lottery retailers that have a monitor. Like Keno, it is a computer-animated game, but with a horse-racing motif. Prices, prizes, and options vary.

Bonus Match 5

Bonus Match 5 is once daily; its top prize is $50,000. Players get one game for $1, 3 boards for $2, 4 boards for $3, 6 boards for $4, 7 boards for $5, or 9 boards for $6. Bonus Match 5 draws 5 regular balls from 1 to 39, and one of the remaining 34 balls, the Bonus Ball. To win $50,000, all 5 regular numbers on one line must be matched. The Bonus Ball does not apply to the top prize.

Multi-Match

Multi-Match is drawn Mondays and Thursdays. It draws 6 numbers from 1 to 43. Players get 3 lines for $2.

Mega Millions (multi-lottery game)

On September 6, 1996, six lotteries, including Maryland's, began The Big Game; it became Mega Millions in 2002. Since 2005, the jackpots have started at $12 million. The Megaplier option will be coming to Maryland Lottery in January, 2011.

Powerball (multi-lottery game)

Powerball, from the Multi-State Lottery Association

Multi-State Lottery Association

The Multi-State Lottery Association is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 33 member lotteries MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, including Powerball, Mega Millions), video lottery, and instant ...

(MUSL), is played in 44 jurisdictions. The game began in 1992. On October 13, 2009, the Mega Millions consortium and MUSL reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in US lottery jurisdictions. Maryland joined Powerball on January 31, 2010.