The Greater New England area can evoke images of luxurious getaways. But what really lies beyond this coast,

both archives of dark history and more modern mysteries, all of which I have set out to uncover.

I'm Kylie Lowe, investigative journalist and host of Dark Down East. Each week, I dig deeper into the cases from the place I call

home and into the stories of the people at the hearts of them. Listen to Dark Down East now,

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Lot of fever! Show us your lot of tickets!

In the mid-1980s, a strange new phenomenon swept across America.

The largest lump sum cash payment in the history of the Maryland State Lottery.

Lottery jackpots, unlike anything the world had ever known, so big they would drive media coverage,

which inspired more people to play, which only made the jackpots bigger.

This cyclical effect became known as lottery fever.

This September in Florida, a record $105 million jackpot sparked the latest outbreak of lottery fever.

Attention shoppers.

CB's Foods Villa Park has just been notified that we sold the $42 million winning Illinois lottery ticket.

In the 80s, lottery winners became minor celebrities.

How did you pick the numbers?

What did the numbers mean?

Do you play regularly?

And the drawings themselves were a TV

staple, or at least they certainly were in Massachusetts. Number one, one, 12, 31, 34, here's number

five, one, five, 12. So long story short, a friend sent me a article that was saying that the lottery was doing a open call for hosts,

and they thought I'd be great for it.

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