Winning online contests and lottery

Macon police are investigating an armed robbery at a lottery store on Pio Nono Avenue. Public Information Officer Melanie Hofmann tells FOX 24 news a man dressed in all black entered the Lucky Lottery Mart at 3457 Pio Nono Avenue, displayed a weapon and demanded money.

TAMPA – Former lottery multimillionaire Rhoda Toth just lost her husband and is facing federal prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud.

Check those Powerball tickets from the April 26 drawing, especially if you bought your ticket in Kings Mountain. A ticket worth $10,000 was sold at Ricks Ole Country Store, 1557 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, according to the N.C. Education Lottery Commission.

21-year-old Brandon J. Arnold did not hit the jackpot when he was arrested for theft over $500 and tampering with lottery materials.

Oregon State Lottery Latest to Join GSA

STAMFORD, Conn., April 28, 2008 — Missouri state lottery sales could be increased as much as 10 percent - or $96 million based on 2007 sales of $963 million - by making their lottery tickets available online, according to research conducted by eLottery Inc., the web-based retailer of governmental lottery tickets.

STAMFORD, Conn., April 28, 2008 — Indiana state lottery sales could be increased as much as 10 percent — or $83 million based on 2007 sales of $825 million — by making their lottery tickets available online, according to research conducted by eLottery Inc., the web-based retailer of governmental lottery tickets.

STAMFORD, Conn., April 28, 2008 — Maryland state lottery sales could be increased as much as 10 percent - or $166 million based on 2007 sales of $1.656 billion - by making their lottery tickets available online, according to research conducted by eLottery Inc., the web-based retailer of governmental lottery tickets.

MARBLEHEAD-Fifteen hopeful future homeowners — four of them with Marblehead connections — are awaiting the results of a lottery drawing Wednesday that could win them a four-bedroom condominium home on West Shore Drive for the bargain price of $207,900.

Lawmakers discussing proposals to lower the cumulative grade point average needed to keep a lottery-funded scholarship say they hope funding board numbers to be released this week will help them decide which one is the most feasible.