Winning online contests and lottery

The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night in Idaho’s Powerball lottery, worth about $75.4 million, are 3, 25, 45, 51, 55.     POWERBALL: 13         The winning numbers in Idaho’s Wild Card lottery, worth about $115,000, are 9, 10, 13, 17, 25.

Thanks to a grant of up to $784,892 from the Lottery Significant Projects Fund, Nelson will soon have a new multi-sport, indoor stadium. The grant was made to the Saxton Field Sports Stadium Society and will fund the completion of the new facility.

An Ontario woman whose family’s string of lottery wins prompted a police investigation said they were just lucky to have won dozens of lottery prizes totalling more than $1.2 million.

A Northwestern Ontario family which was investigated for its lucky streak of lottery wins, maintains they won it all fair and square. The Jackson family ran the Jellicoe Trading Post for more than 30 years, and racked up 167 lottery wins totaling $1.2-million over a nine-year span.

Gov. Steve Beshear is appointing a new member to the Kentucky Lottery Corp. board of directors. Larry J. O’Bryan of Louisville is replacing James F. Sullivan on the board that oversees the state lottery. O’Bryan owns a manufacturing company in Louisville. Sullivan recently resigned his spot on the board. […]

Rep. Greg Stumbo is circulating a draft of a bill that could be filed for next year’s legislative session that would allow video-lottery terminals at most Kentucky racetracks.

New York City doorman Richie Randazzo had said he wouldn’t quit his day job after winning a $5 million lottery, and he didn’t. He got fired.

This summer, about one million Texas homes are getting a coupon in the mail from the Texas Lottery. It’s intended to help sell scratch-off tickets, but critics say it’s a risky way to promote gambling.

A New York City doorman who kept his day job at an exclusive Park Avenue apartment building after winning a $5 million lottery has been shown the door.

A New York City doorman who kept his day job at an exclusive Park Avenue apartment building after winning a $5 million lottery has been shown the door.