Winning online contests and lottery

California Lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.

New York came a step closer last week to securing a one-time payment to help balance its budget when Gov. David Paterson announced a favored bidder to run a video lottery terminal facility at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y.

The economy is having its impact on the sale of Kansas Lottery tickets.

Larry Moore, a professor at Columbus State University, won $225,000 in September playing the Georgia Lottery Fantasy Five game.

One Johnstown resident said he’s finally getting his 15 minutes of fame after winning $8 million in the New York State Lottery.

A Costa Rican who mistakenly washed a winning lottery ticket worth 112,000 dollars lost a court appeal to obtain the prize, a report said Wednesday.

The ticket was sold at a liquor store in Watts before an April drawing. If it’s not claimed in a week, the money will go toward state education funding. State lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.

A Moriarty man claimed the top prize for New Mexico Lottery’s “$500,000 Extravaganza” scratcher game. Lonnie Freyburger, 52, and his wife Lois claimed the half million dollar prize at lottery headquarters in Albuquerque on Tuesday.

Fans chosen in the Tampa Bay Rays’ lottery to buy tickets for a possible Game 6 in the American League Championship Series are on the clock. The winners, notified by e-mail, may begin buying tickets online at 5 p.m. today and continue until they are sold out.

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