Winning online contests and lottery

Police are warning about a lottery scam that nearly cost a local man thousands of dollars.

LITTLE ROCK — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign to create a state lottery to fund college scholarships has about $35,000 on hand, according to a financial report filed Tuesday with the state Ethics Commission.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Lottery’s director says changes are in store for Powerball. Chuck Keller says that’s partly because Powerball generates large jackpots less frequently than its operators would like.

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Weather Lottery Plc. said Renwick Robert Haddow lifted his stake in the company to around 15.9 million shares or 19.08 percent from a previous 13.55 percent, after buying about 4.61 million shares at 0.85 pence each.

ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - Greece’s Intralot SA. has lost out to William Hill Plc. and two Spanish companies on the tender for the license to operate the lottery in Spain’s Basque region, sources close to the matter said to Thomson Financial News.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s committee to put a state-run lottery on the ballot reported Tuesday it has more than $35,000 in the bank for its campaign.

PLANS for a summer fete in a north Wiltshire town have been rewarded in the latest round of the Lottery’s Awards for All programme.

North Dakotans are playing online lottery games at higher rates than residents of other upper Midwest states, resulting in robust revenues for the 4-year-old state venture.

I struck a nerve with last week’s column about computerized lottery drawings.

By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign to create a state lottery to fund college scholarships has about $35,000 on hand, according to a financial report filed Tuesday with the state Ethics Commission.