Winning online contests and lottery

The state releases an audit that says the lottery wasn’t prepared to catch a mistake that involved selling $2 million in worthless tickets.

A mistake has delayed Denver’s lottery in assigning park permits to groups seeking to gather — or protest — during the Democratic convention.

A request for money by the Ohio Lottery Commission to expand gaming is in jeopardy.

London-based Institute of Jainology received a Heritage Lottery grant of 375,000 pounds towards the creation of an ambitious online multimedia resource which will illustrate Jain manuscripts and artifacts held by major British libraries and museums. While some in the Jain community have congratulated the institute, others have been very critical of it for accepting this […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — A state appeals court has ruled the Legislature used a correct procedure when it approved North Carolina’s lottery in 2005. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals rejected the arguments of some taxpayers and others who sued the state over how the lottery was approved.

If you thought you’d just won a fortune, would you go to work the next day? Eight women who toil in a tax office in Morgantown, West Virginia did just that on Monday, as they anxiously await confirmation that they hold the winning ticket in a $276.3 million lottery jackpot.

The Heritage Lottery Fund gives a grant of £640,000 to the ss Great Britain Trust.

RICHMOND, Va — The winner of a $100,000 lottery prize is about to run out of luck. The winning ticket, sold in Gloucester last year, is about to expire.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Lottery plans to spend almost $18 million on equipment needed to operate the state’s new Keno, a video lottery game resembling bingo that will be played at licensed restaurants and taverns.

The state Legislature used a correct procedure in 2005 when it approved a bill that created North Carolina’s lottery, according to a divided ruling by the state Court of Appeals that keeps the issue alive.