Friday, less than four hours before the Mega Millions drawing, at a 7-Eleven on Liberty Road. Martino said that the winning ticket had been sold at 7:15 p.m. The news conference, he said, was meant to 'separate fact from fiction.' Martino held the news conference after two people claimed to have won the bonanza, but had not shown their tickets to the state lottery office. 'The ticket has not been claimed,' Martino said today. He said he feared that doctored images of winning tickets over social media and April Fools' Day tales had led the real winner to dispose of their ticket.
Maryland's lottery director Stephen Martino called a news conference today to dispel rumors that the state's winner had already come forward.
The Maryland Lottery had a message for anyone who bought Mega Millions tickets at the Baltimore store where the winning ticket was sold last week: Check your tickets.
