Winning online contests and lottery

Ft. Mitchell police are asking for the public’s help in catching a suspect who stole an entire case of scratch-off lottery tickets. “It is pretty brazen,” said Sergeant Jim Bussman, of the Ft. Mitchell police department.

Thousands of parents packed the Harlem Armory Thursday, waiting for a lottery that would determine which children would fill the 600 seats of a popular Harlem charter school.

Think of it as a heavenly lottery. Sixty-thousand tickets. Sixty-seven million U.S. Catholics. One remaining papal Mass. When Pope Benedict XVI celebrates his final U.S. Mass at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, Philip Prassas will be one of the lucky ones.

OWEGO Did you buy a Take Five lottery ticket from Lawler’s Grocery Store in Owego last week? You could be the winner of $56,816 if you have the number 4-9-12-21-34.

Caught on tape Tuesday morning, three Orangeburg police officers stopped a man accused of trying to cash in a stolen lottery ticket at the Corner Pantry store. The man is taken to the ground before he can get out the door. Police say it looks like the accused thief was just at the wrong place […]

Lottery officials say people don’t want to spend money on a lottery ticket after paying high gas prices.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Lottery officials say they brought in $2.6 billion for education spending in the last fiscal year. Incoming revenue totaled $7.5 billion. Most of that went to lottery payouts.

As the school year comes to a close, Columbus schools will open a new chapter — a chapter marked by true choice. Tuesday, elementary school students enrolled in Columbus Municipal School District entered into an electronic lottery.

The five potential Wyandotte County casino managers will present their proposals to Kansas Lottery commissioners May 19-20.

A legislative study committee wants to give several dozen counties a one-year windfall in lottery money for school construction.