Winning online contests and lottery

The Pennsylvania Lottery has started a new baseball-themed scratch-off game featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies.

The state has awarded a $285 million contract for a major upgrade of state lottery operations to Gtech Corp., the Providence, R.I.-based vendor that has supplied the lottery’s terminals.

James Duthie hosts the live, 30-minute event from the TSN Studios, marking the second time in the 13-year history of the conventional lottery the event will be televised, and the first time since 2005.

The Senate Education Committee has voted in favor of releasing $100 million in excess lottery funds for K-12 capital projects. With five members of the committee voting in favor, Senate Bill 277 by Sen. Jim Tracy was approved.

After playing the same number for years, a 69-year-old retired police officer and serviceman won $1.1 million by playing the WA lottery.

A House panel has narrowly advanced a proposal to require the state lottery to abandon computerized drawings for its games.

BISMARCK — State lottery director Chuck Keller is retiring at the end of the month and moving into the private sector. Advertisement: FIVE STAR COLLISION & GLASS 2000 Toyota Avalon XL5, 2004 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 2003 Pontiac Alero GLS, 2006 Pontiac G6

An amendment to lower the cumulative grade point average needed to maintain a lottery scholarship failed along party lines in the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee.

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A lucky lottery player in Michigan is holding a $135 million winning grand prize ticket from the latest Mega Millions drawing.

Lottery scammers are using a fake letter from police to con people out of hundreds of pounds of their money.