Winning online contests and lottery

Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them — especially low-income people, who spend a larger percentage of their incomes on lottery tickets than do the wealthier segments of society. A new Carnegie Mellon University study sheds light on the […]

A purported assignment of a lottery winner’s remaining payments as part of a divorce proceeding was invalid, this district’s Court of Appeal has ruled.

    The DNR aimed to give Michigan hunters a fairer shot at antlerless deer licenses, and that means one entry per hunter in the license lottery.

Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them — especially low-income people, who spend a greater percentage of their incomes on lottery tickets than the wealthier segments of society. A new study points to income as an influential factor in […]

Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them — especially low-income people, who spend a larger percentage of their incomes on lottery tickets than do the wealthier segments of society.

The Colorado Rapids added former Southern Methodist University midfielder Bruno Guarda a day after winning a Major League Soccer lottery.

There could be another millionaire in Jersey by the end of the week. Either that, or a syndicate will take a share of the top prize in the Jersey Hospice Care lottery. The winning ticket will be drawn tomorrow at a party on the terrace of the Grand Hotel.

Sport England wants your views on how to fund sport in your community. Sport England has launched a public consultation to make sure future sports projects can access up to £45 million of sports lottery funding as quickly and simply as possible.

TRENTON - A winning ticket for Tuesday night’s $126 million Mega Millions drawing was sold at Newark’s A&J Seabra Supermarkets, state lottery officials said yesterday.