The Mega mystery may be solved Tuesday -- or maybe not.

The holder of the winning ticket from Maryland has come forward to claim a share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions lottery drawing, state lottery officials announced Monday.

Three winning tickets were sold across the country, but speculation about the Maryland ticket reached fever pitch last week when a Maryland woman, Mirlande Wilson, 37, said she had the ticket, then alternately claimed she had lost it and had hidden it inside the McDonald's restaurant where she works. Her attorney, who admitted he couldn't back up her story, said she wanted to be left alone.

Was she telling the truth? Was it all a hoax? Even after lottery officials hold their news conference at 8 a.m. Tuesday, we still may not know.

The winner has chosen to remain anonymous -- Maryland does not require lottery winners to be identified -- but officials expected to share some details at a news conference Tuesday morning.