Winning online contests and lottery

Associated Press - May 16, 2008 11:05 AM ET LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (AP) - A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket.

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (AP) — A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket. Police say 48-year-old Ronald Wittenberg of Lackawanna did not respond to the train’s blaring horn as it approached him from behind as he walked between the rails.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s controversial plan to borrow against future state lottery revenue has been successful in other states, but California may find it difficult to raise enough money from lottery ticket sales to repay bonds used to bridge its giant…

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state programs.

LITTLE ROCK - A campaign to put a state-run lottery before voters in November reported Thursday that it raised more than $55,000 last month.

Anxious to avoid deep cuts in education spending, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today on Wednesday proposed dramatically expanding the state lottery and slashing programs for the poor and disabled instead, to help close a budget gap now pegged at $17.2 billion.

LITTLE ROCK - Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign to create a state lottery to fund college scholarships raised $55,689 and spent $61,541 during the month of April, according to a financial report filed Thursday with the state Ethics Commission.

Two of the most anticipated events for South Florida sports fans this year — the NFL Draft and the NBA draft lottery — aren’t even games.

Threatened with legal action, Ohio Lottery officials agreed yesterday to turn over documents that will show a Rhode Island company why it’s likely losing a multimillion-dollar contract to run most of the lottery’s computers.

A Miami-Dade judge on Thursday said the wife of a lottery winner cannot go forward with a lawsuit against her husband until she can provide a legal argument to support her claim for half of his jackpot.