BALTIMORE, MD—Check your tickets! A lucky individual bought a winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket in Maryland in the Tuesday, April 18, 2023 drawing. The winning ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven store located at 12405 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. Three other players in California, Iowa, and Ohio also matched five of the winning numbers in the drawing to […]
GREENBELT, MD—Two MS-13 gang members have pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges. Hernan Yanes-Rivera, a/k/a “Recio,” 22, of Adelphi, and Agustin Eugenio Rivas Rodriguez, a/k/a “Terrible,” 25, of Silver Spring, pleaded guilty this week to their participation in a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to their activities as part of the MS-13 gang. The guilty pleas were announced by […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The fourth most popular scratch-off game on the Maryland Lottery’s Top 40 list is $50,000 Cash, which went on sale December 29 with 160 top prizes of $50,000. Since February 13, ten winners have arrived at lottery headquarters to claim top prizes in the $20 game. In the last week alone, four players claimed winning $50,000 Cash scratch-offs sold […]
BALTIMORE, MD—With immigration reform remaining a hot-button issue in 2023 and senators attempting to craft a bipartisan bill, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Most & Least Ethnically Diverse Cities. To identify the most ethnically diverse places in America, WalletHub compared more than 500 of the largest U.S. cities across three key metrics: ethno-racial diversity, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland has three new millionaires after a week when two people bought second-tier winning Mega Millions tickets in Upper Marlboro and White Hall, and a third person in Waldorf bought a FAST PLAY progressive jackpot ticket worth $1,540,419. As of January 9, only one of the three life-changing prizes had been claimed. The $1 million Mega Millions win in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A $1 million scratch-off winner in Severn and a Multi-Match jackpot-winning ticket worth $690,000 sold in Landover were the biggest Maryland Lottery prizes of the week. Meanwhile, another five players landed prizes of $100,000 on tickets sold in Baltimore (two), Glen Burnie, Landover and Waldorf. In all, 43 players across the state won or claimed prizes of $10,000 or […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment adding two new defendants to the nine defendants previously charged in relation to a Maryland and California unemployment insurance fraud scheme. The superseding indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and stealing a post office key. The superseding indictment was returned on […]
BALTIMORE, MD—United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division this week announced that Maryland-based developer Stavrou Associates, Inc. and related entities have agreed to pay $185,000 to settle claims that they violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act […]