Winning online contests and lottery

RICHMOND — Virginia Lottery officials are looking for the owner of a ticket worth $100,000. Someone bought the Sept. 27 winning Cash 5 ticket at a Food Lion in Gloucester and hasn’t redeemed it. Officials said the ticket expires at 5 p.m. March 25, because tickets expire 180 days from the […]

The North Carolina lottery won a key victory Tuesday when the N.C. Court of Appeals rejected claims by lottery opponents that the legislature botched its rushed creation in August 2005.

NASHVILLE - A new audit concludes that lottery players bought more than $2 million in Tennessee lottery tickets last summer that had no chance of winning because of a computer programming error.

A lottery determining which groups will get permits to use Denver parks around the time of the Democratic National Convention has been halted while city officials respond to complaints that members of a protest group were left out of the process.

Charlotte-area residents who were shut out in an effort to buy tickets for next month’s local performances of “Wicked” will have another opportunity, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center officials said this afternoon. A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of seats will be held daily for “Wicked,” which will be performed April 9 through April 20 […]

DENVER A lottery determining which groups will get permits to use Denver parks around the time of the Democratic National Convention has been halted while city officials respond to complaints that members of a protest group were left out of the…

DENVER - A blind lottery to win first rights to make full application for use of downtown Denver parks for protests during the Democratic National Convention was cut short Tuesday afternoon when it was discovered that not all of those who had made initial applications were being accurately represented by cards going into the draw.

After claiming a Powerball ticket worth $276.3 million, eight employees of a sheriff’s department tax office talked Tuesday about their relationships, helping family first - and getting back to work. The women showed up at West Virginia Lottery headquarters in Charleston to accept a check for $1 million. The rest of the prize money will […]

RALEIGH, N.C.- The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that state lawmakers lawfully approved the bill that created North Carolina’s lottery, but the court’s split decision means the issue probably will end up at the state’s highest court.

COLUMBUS — Republican lawmakers on a key panel said Tuesday they would block a governor’s request to allot money quickly to expand lottery gaming throughout the state, leading Gov. Ted Strickland to pull the funding request.