Winning online contests and lottery

Officials in charge of North Carolina’s lottery sure would like to have its tickets available at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Costco, Rite Aid and other large retailers.

The New York Lottery sends out promotional materials all the time encouraging people to play its many games. A Cheektowaga viewer who responded to one of the offers found out it was costing her more than she realized.

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - British Columbia Lottery Corporation will announce the first winner of the SportsFunder Gold Medal Figure Skating ticket. The winner, an Aldergrove woman, becomes the very first person in the world to secure tickets to a gold medal figure skating event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

BOSTON — The state lottery’s new Billion Dollar Blockbuster game is selling at a startling pace, already passing $600 million in sales.

The Massachusetts Lottery’s new Billion Dollar Blockbuster game is selling at a startling pace, already passing $600 million in sales. The game, launched last fall, is on track to reach its goal of $1.3 billion in sales in a year, the state Treasurer’s Office said Monday.

The state lottery’s new Billion Dollar Blockbuster game is selling at a startling pace.

A spokesman for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation says there’s no reason to think the province’s video lottery terminals are being used for illegal purposes.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Pay raises for employees at the North Carolina Lottery could be more than double those other state employees will receive, and the Lottery Commission is spending $45,000 for a study to see if the pay for its workers is too low.