Winning online contests and lottery

The pull-tab parlor running what’s billed as the largest lottery in Alaska history does not currently have a valid gaming license for this year and, until it does, the lottery cannot go on, state gaming officials said Monday.

The Nebraska Lottery says it gave out nearly $7 million to various beneficiaries over the past three months. The lottery says more than $6.7 million collected from scratch ticket and lotto ticket sales was distributed last week.

St. Augustine gas station owner Raju Patel sells lottery tickets, but when she heard this week she could possibly win $105 million in the Powerball Lottery, she bought in.

Someone in St. Joseph could be sitting on a million dollars. A $1.6 million winning lottery ticket was sold at Break Time on Lake Avenue. The ticket matched all six numbers drawn Saturday for the jackpot.

The Michigan Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle is back in action, now with its tenth drawing conducted.

A Memphis couple claimed their lottery winnings at the Tennessee Lottery headquarters in Nashville Monday. Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Hargrove gave the $200,000 check to Jimmy and Ruby Davis. They won on the $1 quick pick.

The winner of a NIS 4.2 million Mifal Hapayis lottery prize will have to divide his winnings with his ex-wife, the court has ruled, since the two had been married at the time he bought he ticket.

A Billings man has claimed a $100,000 prize in the Montana Millionaire lottery.

When it comes to spending money on the lottery in a recession, all bets are off.

Two local tickets from last night’s California Lottery Fantasy 5 drawing split a jackpot valued at more than $380,000, officials said today.