Winning online contests and lottery

California lottery players originally had just 6 months to claim Mega winnings, while those in other states had 12. The change takes effect Jan. 1.

No ticket matched all six numbers drawn for the California Lottery’s “SuperLotto Plus” game Wednesday night, which had a jackpot of $13 million.

LITTLE ROCK — Opponents of a proposed state lottery for college scholarships began their so-called “Truth Campaign” on Wednesday, initially focusing on churches and some 10,000 church-goers in a grass-roots effort to defeat Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s proposed constitutional amendment.

(FORT MITCHELL, KY) — The search is on for a bandit Fort Mitchell Police say robbed a store of it’s lottery tickets, and is now cashing them all over the Tri-state.

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Lottery Director Margaret “Peggy” Gordon says she will retire June 30th. Gordon has been director for four years. She announced her retirement Tuesday.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and some lawmakers are newly interested in a push to privatize the state lottery as one of the least painful possibilities for addressing California’s financial troubles.

A man who won more than $40,000 on The Price is Right a few years ago is $50,000 richer thanks to a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket.

Lottery opponents announced Wednesday a grass-roots churchbased campaign to spread their message about economic and moral dangers of state-sponsored gambling. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

PORTSMOUTH — Record-blasting gasoline prices and a declining economy are having a detrimental impact on state educational funding in a surprising way — through a decrease in gambling revenue from various lottery games, including instant…

The Atlantic Lottery Corp. has changed the way it handles sensitive gaming information after a report found several weaknesses in its security systems, officials with the agency claimed Wednesday.