Winning online contests and lottery

BAGUIO: By all indications, the planned test runs of the controversial small-town lottery in Baguio will not push through, as various sectors led by the various church congregations strongly opposed the plan.

DENVER — When is a lottery scratch ticket not just a scratch ticket? When it’s a scratch, and sniff, ticket. Starting Monday, the Colorado Lottery will begin selling $3 Scented Crossword tickets through lottery retailers statewide.

LITTLE ROCK — Despite declaring in mid-May he had the necessary signatures to qualify his proposed constitutional amendment for the November ballot, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign to create a state lottery spent nearly $100,000 on signature-gathering for the month.

A state board has authorized the Ohio Lottery to do business with a new vendor after more than two decades of work with another company.

Starting Monday, the Colorado Lottery will begin selling $3 Scented Crossword tickets through lottery retailers statewide and they’re available in three varieties: Crossword Bouquet, Chocolate Crossword and Coffee Crossword.

The N.C. Education Lottery is introducing two new instant scratch-off tickets.

A state board has authorized the Ohio Lottery to do business with a new vendor after two decades with the existing one. Opponents are calling the new vendor too inexperienced.

About 200 lottery vendors with physical disablities on Tuesday held a rally at the residence of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej demanding a cancellation of lottery vending machines planned to introduce in September.

LITTLE ROCK — Despite declaring in mid-May he had the necessary signatures to qualify his proposed constitutional amendment for the November ballot, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign to create a state lottery spent nearly $100,000 on signature-gathering for the month.

The Ohio Lottery took steps yesterday to divorce itself from the company that handles Mega Millions, Pick 3 and other popular games, but it appears that the breakup will be messy.