Winning online contests and lottery

Amid rising inflation, lottery sales in the Visayas and Mindanao surged in the first quarter, according to the exclusive online systems provider of state-run Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in those areas.

A lottery winner and convicted criminal is coming under pressure from his local council to renovate one of his houses.

It’s possible less than half the UT students first awarded Hope Lottery scholarships four years ago are graduating with them.

SEATTLE - It’s quite the Mother’s Day gift: A Seattle man who won $1 million on a Lottery scratch ticket says he will use the money to take care of his 83-year-old mom.

Lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe says Michael McManus claimed the prize Wednesday from a $1 million Washington Millionaire II Scratch ticket.

EAST DUBLIN, Ga., May 8 (UPI) — The ex-boyfriend of a Georgia woman who won $5 million in the lottery has been charged with killing her after she was found stabbed to death, police said.

SEATTLE — A winning Washington state Lottery ticket will make Mother’s Day special for a Seattle man. Lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe says Michael McManus claimed the prize Wednesday from a $1 million Washington Millionaire II Scratch ticket.

Miami-Dade parents who want to enroll their children in a Miami-Dade County Public Schools pre-kindergarten program must register their children by May 23 in order to be eligible for a lottery.

A winning Washington state Lottery ticket will make Mother’s Day special for a Seattle man.

Four years after implementing Tennessee’s HOPE lottery scholarships, officials at UT-Knoxville say they help consistently bring in stronger academic classes.