Winning online contests and lottery

A lottery ticket sold in Nova Scotia for last night’s draw fetched almost $4 million. Meanwhile, the first Early Bird draw for the VOCM Cares Canadian Red Cross Live Free for a Year Lottery rook place last night. Roberta Kendell of Ramea was holding lucky number 0782 and walks away with $12 hundred.

The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $135 million Friday.

The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Idaho’s Powerball lottery, worth about $37.8 million, are 18-20-25-31-36         POWERBALL: 7     The winning numbers in Idaho’s Wild Card lottery, worth about $613,000 are 2-5-12-18-30.

Starting Monday, North Carolina’s lottery will begin a 3 p.m. drawing to attract more people to a low-stakes game that is a consistent money-maker, the Carolina Pick 3.

Starting Monday, the state lottery will begin a 3 p.m. drawing to attract more people to a low-stakes game that makes money, the Carolina Pick 3.

Winchester — It took four months, but the winning “Win for Life” Virginia Lottery ticket, sold on Nov. 24 at a Frederick County convenience store, has been claimed.

“Crazy Charlie” is crazy like a fox. After laying down $40 a week for tickets in the N.C. lottery “ever since it started,” Charles Crouch scored a $200,000 win in the March 22 Powerball drawing.

FIRST National Bank’s “million- a-month account” competition was an illegal lottery, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled yesterday.

Silicon Valley employers are anxious about the upcoming lottery for H1-B visas.

The head of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation says prizes could be hurt and the state might receive less money in lottery proceeds under a plan lawmakers are considering to help fund the budget.