Winning online contests and lottery

The odds of winning the Virginia Lottery may be better than chances that the state turns it over to private business.

A COMMUNITY project that will transform a Yorkshire village in which Prince Charles has taken a interest has gained money from the Big Lottery Fund. (31/03/2008 09:35:29)

YOUNG people in South and West Yorkshire will receive thousands of pounds of lottery money to produce short films. (31/03/2008 09:33:40)

Imagine you bought the ticket that won the Louisiana lottery.

Like many people, I have my own particular system for playing the lottery. The difference is that mine pays off every time.

When the games began on April 1, 2006, no one knew quite what to expect. In many ways, they still don’t. The “North Carolina Education Lottery,” enacted when Gov. Mike Easley signed it into law in August 2005, started with a bang.

Here are the winning numbers selected Sunday in the midday New Jersey State Lottery: Pick 3: 1-2-2 (one, two, two) Straight pays $207.50. Box pays $69. Pair pays $20.50. Pick 4: 6-0-0-1 (six, zero, zero, one) Straight pays $2,121. Box pays $176.50.

Associated Press - March 30, 2008 1:14 PM ET HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana lottery says there were a few winners in Saturday night’s lottery drawings.

ANKARA - A tender for the privatization of Turkey’s national lottery is expected for May or may be June, as major international lottery operators as well as national firms are expressing willingness for the lucrative business, sources have said.

The US state of Oregon is running a lottery which pays out health insurance in a move which seems like a last hope for thousands of low-income families.