Winning online contests and lottery

Someone walked out of the Super Stop Deli two years ago with a lottery ticket soon to be worth $250,000.

Gambling halls can’t seem to open fast enough in Western New York: The Seneca Niagara Casino. Seneca Allegany Casino. The upcoming Buffalo Creek. But at lottery counters across the region, business is foundering, even dropping in some communities, including those where casinos operate.

South Carolina lottery sales are up 3.7 percent despite high gas prices, food costs and unemployment. The increase 15.7 million-dollar increase from last spring goes against usual trends that show higher gas prices taking away the extra cash that normally goes to lotto tickets.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina lottery sales are up 3.7 percent despite high gas prices, food costs and unemployment. The increase $15.7 million increase from last spring goes against usual trends that show higher gas prices taking away the extra cash that normally goes to lotto tickets.

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Every day, Western New Yorkers spend a million dollars on lottery tickets, hoping for a big payoff. They buy scratch-off tickets for as little as $1 or as much as $20 a ticket, or they play the state’s “pick your numbers” games.

CLEVELAND - A woman who told police she bought and lost a lottery ticket worth $162 million all but admitted yesterday she made it up, saying tearfully: “I wanted to win so bad for my kids and my family. I apologize.”

Christina Love unwrinkled a worn $10 bill Friday afternoon to pay for gas at the H&H Mart in Rock Hill. Then, she reached in her pocket and pulled out a couple bucks for scratch-off lottery tickets.