Winning online contests and lottery

Iowa Lottery officials visited Council Bluffs Tuesday to spread the word about a pair of new games that will benefit veterans and their families. Staff photo/Tim Johnson

A new gaming compact between the state and leaders of the Nez Perce Tribe should clear the return of the Idaho Lottery games to more than a dozen northern communities.

Associated Press - July 16, 2008 7:14 PM ET LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - A new gaming compact between the state and leaders of the Nez Perce Tribe should clear the return of the Idaho Lottery games…

INDIANAPOLIS — Paul Till of Anderson won $50,000 playing the Hoosier Lottery last week. Till has been playing Lucky 5 for many years, but according to a news release, it paid off last week when he hit all five numbers in the July 12 evening drawing: 5, 10, 16, 21 and 28.

Letters claim winners are selected at random;  Arizona Lottery Officials say winners are never notified by mail

Two South Lebanon residents have won nice chunks of change playing the lottery in the past month.

Five players of Ohio Lottery instant and on-line games in the Cincinnati area have won $315,000 between them in the last month.

Iowa Lottery officials visited Council Bluffs Tuesday to spread the word about a pair of new games that will benefit veterans and their families. Staff photo/Tim Johnson

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

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office is looking for three young men who robbed a convenience store of $5,000 in lottery tickets. One man looks straight at a surveillance camera while cashing some of the stolen lottery tickets.