Winning online contests and lottery

Texans could buy lottery tickets at the checkout lines in supermarkets and big-box department stores, at coffee shops and cabarets.

It was a spur-of-the-moment choice that paid off big time. Brandi Rogers of Graham was riding in a car when she suddenly asked her fiancee to stop and get her a lottery ticket. (Credit: “From Staff Reports”)

The boss of a charity lottery has been jailed for pocketing thousands of pounds and taking his family on the dream holiday which was supposed to be the grand prize.

We think you’ll agree that this is an odds story. For three days in a row, the same exact numbers came up in Tennessee’s Cash 3 lottery drawing. • On Thursday, the winning number was 0-7-7. • On Friday, the…

Saying it would generate more cash for the state, New Jersey Senate President Richard Codey will push a plan to expand the New Jersey Lottery by selling tickets at big box stores such as Home Depot or Target, adding internet sales and even allowing people to play the games with their cell phones.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has violated the public trust and can’t justify hiding documents about its internal probe into a $21.5 million win by a Cambridge convenience store owner, the province’s privacy commission has ruled.

With less than two weeks left until the application deadline, available lottery slots at Freeman and Snipes magnet schools outnumber candidates seeking to get in.

For the first time in a while, the Tampa Bay Lightning have something to celebrate. The Lightning won yesterday’s NHL draft lottery, earning the right to select first overall in June’s entry draft.

There was no lucky payoff in the NHL draft lottery last night for the Islanders, who remained fifth in the selection order after the No. 1 pick - and the chance to select high-scoring forward Steve Stamkos - went to Tampa Bay, which had the worst record in the league. So the Isles will have […]