Winning online contests and lottery

MIDDLETOWN – State Police have charged two men who are on parole in connection with the passage of phony $20 bills for lottery tickets.

RALEIGH — There’s a new member of the North Carolina Education Lottery Commission. Pam Medlin of Greensboro has been appointed to the commission by Gov. Mike Easley, who made the announcement Monday.

A recent list of 31 county judges and mayors who support having a state lottery includes the Forrest City mayor, but does not include the St. Francis County judge.

The controversial Big Lottery Fund will be axed under a Conservative Government - and every penny given to charities. David Cameron has attacked Labour for diverting cash to help fund its pet projects.

The controversial Big Lottery Fund will be axed under a Conservative Government - and every penny given to charities. David Cameron has attacked Labour for diverting cash to help fund its pet projects.

Pam Medlin of Greensboro is the newest member of the North Carolina Education Lottery Commission.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - There’s a new member of the North Carolina Education Lottery Commission. Pam Medlin of Greensboro has been appointed to the commission by Gov. Mike Easley, who made the announcement Monday.

Ohioans will soon get a chance to hit the jackpot with a new video lottery game that will be in restaurants and bars across northeast Ohio.

A former homeless man who now works as a chef at the hostel that took him in wins £2.6m on the lottery.

An NYPD cop’s wife was targeted for a push-in robbery because she had stashed $20,000 worth of lottery winnings for another man - and didn’t tell her husband, police sources said.