Winning online contests and lottery

Kansas Lottery officials already had more than their hands full with the selection of gaming license applicants for their four casinos so they really didn’t need another problem.

The Connecticut Lottery Corp. says it set a record during the last fiscal year with $998.5 million in sales.

LITTLE ROCK - Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign for a state lottery to fund college scholarships has raised more than $470,000, the campaign reported Tuesday in a filing with the state Ethics Commission.

LITTLE ROCK - Lt. Gov. Bill Halter said Tuesday his proposal for a state lottery to fund college scholarships is a public policy issue and therefore appropriate for his staff to spend time on during office hours.

The Maryland Lottery said it has achieved its 11th straight year of record sales, topping $1.673 billion and surpassing state estimates for the fiscal year.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A campaign to create a state-run lottery to help pay for college scholarships reports that it has raised more than $470,000. Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s Hope for Arkansas campaign reported today that it raised $40,066 and spent $25,183 in June. The report puts its total contributions at $477,917 and leaves the […]

The Georgia Lottery announced Tuesday that sales for fiscal 2008, which ended June 30, were just under $3.52 billion, a record in the 15-year history of the games.

LITTLE ROCK - A campaign to create a state-run lottery to help pay for college scholarships reported Monday that it had raised more than $470,000.

Oregon State Police lottery detectives on Tuesday arrested a Portland man in connection with an investigation into lottery tickets stolen during a burglary of a Rockaway Beach convenience store last year. Lawrence Delano Temple, 50, a resident of southeast Portland, was arrested on 49 counts of …

Four times members of Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s staff have traveled to various corners of Arkansas to speak about the lottery proposal.