Winning online contests and lottery

Changes are in store for Powerball, the flagship game of North Dakota’s lottery, in part because it generates large jackpots less frequently than its operators would like, the state lottery director says.

Changes are in store for Powerball, the flagship game of North Dakota’s lottery, in part because it generates large jackpots less frequently than its operators would like, the state lottery director says. Chuck Keller, who briefed the Legislature’s interim Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about the lottery’s operations, declined to give any details about the changes […]

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The next time you buy a lottery scratch ticket, you might want to take a second look at it. Zainulabdin Ali, 22, was charged with influencing the selection of a winner of a lottery game.

Two people in Center, Texas, say they’ve won a multi-million dollar jackpot in a Texas lottery scratch-off game. Chhavy Khourn and Tasha Leon say they will split the $7. 5 million jackpot in the new Super Set for Life game. Texas lottery officials say any prize over $1 million must

A man from Branson has claimed a $4 million instant prize from a Missouri Scratchers lottery game - the largest prize in the history of the Missouri Lottery’s scratch-off games.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s committee to put a state-run lottery on the ballot says it has more than $35,000 in the bank for its campaign. The “Hope for Arkansas” campaign reported Tuesday that it raised only $30 in March and spent $47,946, according to documents filed with the state Ethics Commission.

The store will get $35,000 for selling the winning ticket, said Texas Lottery spokeswoman Robyn Smith.

Winning horses picked Monday night for the California Lottery’s Daily Derby game: 1st: 02, Lucky Star.

BISMARCK - North Dakota has 400 places across the state to buy lottery tickets. More businesses want to offer the game, but the state’s lottery director says the number of sales locations isn’t likely to grow.

Here are the winning numbers selected today in the midday New Jersey State Lottery drawing: