The odds are steep, 292.2 million to one. Those are the chances of winning the jackpot of Powerball. But an expert has some ...

From an Arkansas man trusting computer-generated numbers to a Missouri woman favoring a habitual scratch-off ticket, these stories show the different approaches to winning big. In one case, a lottery ...

A Maryland woman's strategy of sticking with the Maryland Lottery's most recently-released scratch-off tickets earned her a $100,000 prize.

Some lottery players take their time carefully picking their tickets, fixating on the right set of numbers. But for a Maryland woman, her strategy is simple: have no strategy. ”I just play,” the ...

One man is crediting his large lottery prize in Maryland to his winning strategy. A Prince George’s County resident discovered he won thousands of dollars from a scratch-off ticket he bought at a gas ...

A professional driver won $50,000 playing the lottery at a Maryland liquor store with his friend, lottery officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Two friends stick to a particular strategy when ...

To win big, it turns out all a Maryland man had to do was look at his strategy — and abandon it entirely. The Baltimore man usually buys lottery tickets at a gas station near his home, Maryland ...

Winning a major jackpot is less like finding a golden ticket and more like being handed a complex business overnight. The ...