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A Maryland man visiting Atlantic City last weekend won a nearly $4 million jackpot while playing a $5 slot machine that offered a progressive jackpot. The gambler, who asked that his name and personal information not be released, was playing at the Bogata Hotel Casino & Spa late Sunday night when he hit it big.

Kansas and Maryland, where folks claimed portions of last month's Mega Millions prize, are among six states that let winners remain secret.

The Illinois Lottery says the final winner of the record $656 million Mega Million jackpot has come forward. Lottery officials said Monday that the single winner will be revealed Wednesday. The other two winning tickets already have been anonymously claimed in Maryland and Kansas.

The holder of one of three winning tickets in a record $656 million Mega Millions drawing has come forward to claim a share, Maryland Lottery officials said Monday.

The Maryland woman who claims to have one of the winning tickets to the largest Mega Millions jackpot in history called a press conference yesterday, didn’t speak and asked – through her lawyer – for the press to leave her alone.

If you didn’t buy your ticket in Illinois, Kansas or Maryland, you are out of luck. What is $640 million divided by three? More math than jackpot winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland will ever have to do again. Mega Millions announced Saturday that winning tickets for Friday’s record-breaking lottery were bought in those states. Americans spent nearly $1.5 billion on tickets, according to The Associated Press. The numbers drawn were 2, 4, 23, 38 and 46, and the “Mega Ball” was 23.