Winning online contests and lottery

A lucky Columbia woman left home for a snack and came back with $10,000 after winning a scratch-off lottery game Saturday. Darylicia Wilkerson bought two $5 tickets from the Petro Mart at 500 N. College Ave. and her “Lucky 7’s” card paid off.

New statistics show the state lottery experienced about a 60 percent increase in sales this spring, compared to the same time last year.

LONDON, England (AP) — A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist has won the right to sue the attacker who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison.

The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board will distribute $102.91 million to its distribution committees and $63.34 million to the statutory bodies that it funds in 2008 / 2009.

Embarrassing computer blunders in the Kansas Lottery’s Pick 3 game last week could cost international gaming giant Gtech a contract to run Kansas’ state-owned casino games.

MADISON, Wis. - Sales of state lottery tickets dipped about 3 percent in fiscal year 2006-07, according to a state audit released Tuesday. The Legislative Audit Bureau’s annual review of the lottery blamed the decline on a smaller number of large Powerball jackpots.

Idaho public schools are getting ready to reap the rewards of another record year for the state lottery.

A lawsuit filed in Virginia claiming breach of contract against the Virginia Lottery, has some folks worried they never had a chance of cashing in.

Tue, Jul 8, 2008 (1:54 p.m.) A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist has won the right to sue the attacker who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison.

A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist in 1998 has won the right to sue the attacker who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison.