Winning online contests and lottery

Anyone who bought a lottery ticket for Saturday’s Powerball drawing from a Hookerton convenience store may want to check their numbers. Lottery officials said an unknown person bought the $30,000 ticket at the Main Street Mini Mart, 124 E. Main St. in Hookerton, but no one has yet claimed the money.

The B.C. Lottery Corp. is considering a swipe card system in its effort to address the issue of lottery retailer fraud.

A grant of up to $1.5 million from the Lottery Significant Projects Fund will allow the Otago Natural History Trust to construct a visitor and education centre at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker announced today.

The B.C. Lottery Corp. is considering a player card system in its effort to address the issue of lottery retailer fraud.

The privatization process for Turkey’s state-owned national lottery, Milli Piyango (MP), is expected to begin in August.

A Palm Beach County woman has claimed Wednesday’s $20 million Lotto jackpot, the Florida Lottery announced today.

A proposed constitutional amendment creating a state-run lottery has been approved to appear on this fall’s ballot.

A proposed constitutional amendment creating a state-run lottery has been approved to appear on this fall’s ballot. A spokeswoman for the Arkansas secretary of state’s office said workers had certified the proposed lottery amendment for the November ballot.

State revenue officials say Pennsylvania Lottery sales rose by just a fraction of a percentage point in the 2007-08 fiscal year.

HARRISBURG — Earlier this year, there were fears that the growth of slots gambling in Pennsylvania would hurt the sales of state lottery tickets, but those fears have proven to be unfounded.