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Assemblyman Paul Cook says the state’s budget crisis warrants a new look at allowing a private company to run the California Lottery. “I think there would be (a reason for privatizing) if we could have a sale or a compromise that the proceeds could be tied to education,” he said last week.

BARNSTABLE — Is Cape Cod getting shortchanged by the lottery?

Lottery officials said Friday that the woman who won the fourth-largest Lotto jackpot in San Diego history has exercised her right not to reveal her name.

Is Cape Cod getting shortchanged by the lottery? Some Cape officials think so.

BARNSTABLE - Is Cape Cod getting shortchanged by the lottery? Some Cape officials think so. Last year, the Cape’s 15 municipalities received about $11.7 million dollars…

Is Cape Cod getting shortchanged by the lottery? Some Cape officials think so. Last year, the Cape’s 15 municipalities received about $11.7 million dollars in local aid from the lottery.

State leaders were counting on a certain amount of money from new lottery games to help pay for education, but now it looks as though their projections were too optimistic.

With the prospect that his team could win 50 games and still end up in the draft lottery, Golden State coach Don Nelson believes it’s time the NBA got rid of conference ties and took the best 16 teams for the playoffs.

The Kansas Lottery had a hard time choosing which of two companies would supply and operate the central gaming system for the state’s new casinos and racetrack slot machines, according to the lottery’s executive director. This week, it selected GTECH, a Rhode Island-based company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company based […]

For towns on the Cape, the odds of a sizable payout from the state Lottery are slim.