Winning online contests and lottery

Police across Rockland today broke up a Dominican lottery gambling operation, law enforcement officials said.

Starting on Monday in Florida, a new lottery game will promise free gas for life. The headline-grabbing prizes include free gas for a year or free gas for life.

Are rising gas and food prices, layoffs, housing foreclosures or other economic trouble spots causing you to take a chance on the lottery or a trip to a casino to turn your fortunes around?

The Orioles have partnered with the Maryland Lottery to celebrate two upcoming milestone attendance marks.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign to create a state-run lottery says leaders will submit signatures Thursday to get the measure on the ballot.

Arkansas was treated to dueling lottery reports Wednesday, and they differed by $40 million. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

Thank goodness for the poor — and the poorly educated. Instead of being a drag on society, they’re actually fueling the economy — at least that part of the economy that relies on suckers who think the lottery is a good bet.

Thank goodness for the poor — and the poorly educated. Instead of being a drag on society, they’re actually fueling the economy — at least that part of the economy that relies on suckers who think the lottery is a good bet.

Infertile London couples desperate to become parents are being denied full fertility treatment by the NHS, new figures reveal today. Thousands in the capital face a postcode lottery over free IVF because health trusts are using “haphazard” eligibility criteria.

San Francisco’s public school system should abandon the complicated school assignment lottery system that attempts to diversify student populations and return to giving families preference at neighborhoods schools, according to a report scheduled for release today.