Winning online contests and lottery

If you can’t win it big in the lottery, you hope the ones who do seem worthy of the prize. Which is why few can be disappointed that a Minnesota couple has come forward to claim one of the biggest jackpots in North American history — a whopping $180 million.

In the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, a council member is suggesting that the city launch its own lottery game to raise money for cash-strapped public schools.

FREDERICK - The Maryland Lottery says someone purchased a lottery ticket worth more than $1.1 million from a store in Frederick. The ticket was sold Monday at Beckley’s Country Store on Willow Road, and it contains the winning numbers drawn in Wednesday night’s Multi-Match drawing.

The Maryland Lottery says someone purchased a lottery ticket worth more than $1.1 million from a store in Frederick.

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.

After nearly four months of keeping a secret, 73-year-old Carl Hunter of Metairie claimed the $97 million Powerball jackpot from the Jan. 16 drawing at Louisiana Lottery headquarters this morning.

Carl Hunter lost two homes during Hurricane Katrina. Those were bad times. Then Hunter won $97 million in the Louisiana lottery. These are good times. “I’m retiring, you know, naturally,” Hunter, a 73-year-old construction company owner, tells the Associated Press….

WORCESTER - A Worcester city councilor is suggesting that the city launch its own lottery game to raise money for cash-strapped public schools. District 1 Councilor Joffrey…

A mysterious software bug in 17 lottery machines used by the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board in Washington left several dozen winning instant ticketholders unable to immediately cash their prize tickets last week.

A Worcester city councilor is suggesting that the city launch its own lottery game to raise money for cash-strapped public schools.