According to the Maryland Lottery, instant scratch-off sales are up almost $45 million from this time last year, and overall lottery sales are up by almost $10 million during the first 10 months of this year.

Maryland, Financials, Sales

Caleb Steele left his job long enough Thursday morning to collect the $500,000 prize he won on a scratch-off lottery ticket at a Duluth store.  Then it was back to work — installing a basketball court in the yard of a nearby home.

Georgia, Winner Stories

A UNC Charlotte freshman nursing student is one of the lucky winners of a scratch-off lottery game for $1 million.

A New York building superintendent, who spends tens of thousands of dollars a year in an attempt to win the lottery, is jealous of a doorman across the street who won a $5 million scratch-off jackpot.

Edwards, a Cave Spring resident employed at the Kellogg’s plant in Rome, received a check today for winning the Georgia Lottery scratch-off game Cash Explosion then headed to her job at the plant.