Winning online contests and lottery

ANOKA, Minn. - A Minneapolis man who won $200,000 in the Powerball lottery convinced authorities in Anoka County that he couldn’t afford an attorney to represent him on a traffic violation - so he was granted a public defender. Advertisement: Red Wing Shoe Store $20 […]

RALEIGH — It will be difficult to replace North Carolina’s biggest booster of the state lottery when outgoing Gov. Mike Easley leaves office in January.

Having eight 50-win teams in the West playoffs underscores how much work the conference’s lottery teams face during the offseason. Let’s take a look …

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s biggest lottery booster is less than a year away from leaving office. No one championed the lottery like Gov. Mike Easley, who pressed legislators for 4 1/2 years before they narrowly approved the North Carolina Education Lottery.

STAMFORD, Conn., April 21, 2008 — Ohio state lottery sales could be increased as much as 10 percent - or $231 million based on 2007 sales of $2.314 billion - by making their lottery tickets available online, according to research conducted by eLottery Inc., the web-based retailer of governmental lottery tickets.

Someone purchased a winning Fantasy 5 Lottery ticket in Manatee County and will collect more than $55,900.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter claims that a state lottery would help Arkansas families afford to send their kids to college. Fayetteville Superintendent Bobby New said a lottery would just add to the financial stress already plaguing many families in the state. Halter’s proposal, which requires a constitutional amendment to remove the ban on lotteries, is […]

One of the new millionaires won the money from the Georgia Lottery with a number most people consider unlucky.

A rise in scam letters promising guaranteed prizes in a Spanish lottery has sparked a warning from West Yorkshire Police. (21/04/2008)

The public will have the chance to get in on fun in the Alcova sun, thanks to recent changes in the Natrona County Commission’s land lease lottery system.