Winning online contests and lottery

About a dozen people voiced gratitude to Houston County commissioners April 8 for improvements to and maintenance of Wildcat Landing Park, but criticized a plan that would allow site selection in a lottery-type procedure.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has withdrawn a proposal to award the District’s lottery contract to a new company.

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CHICOPEE - A Chicopee man is the first $1 million winner of the Limited Edition World Series Red Sox Instant Ticket and collected his first $50,000 check before taxes at Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters in Braintree yesterday.

A new survey shows that half of all Vermont lottery players attended college, most graduated and some hold higher degrees.

A new survey shows that half of all Vermont lottery players attended college, most graduated and some hold higher degrees.

A £4m plan to open part of the gardens of the Bishop’s Palace in Wells to the public receives a lottery boost.

Rep. Michael Obuchowski, D-Rockingham, would like the state lottery to generate more revenue and fast.

While a third of lottery players say their education ended after high school, a new survey suggests that half of all players have attended college, most graduated and significant percentage hold post-graduate degrees.

Honorably discharged veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could use lottery funds to attend school under legislation advancing in the Senate.