Winning online contests and lottery

LITTLE ROCK — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign for a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships raised $75,000 in July, including a $50,000 contribution from financier Warren Stephens and $25,000 from a Little Rock couple whose total contributions to the campaign have now reached $425,000.

Keno, the new Ohio Lottery game that allows players to gamble every four minutes, didn’t exactly get a ringing endorsement from Roy Cook.

DES MOINES (AP) - Feeling lucky? You might be if you’re a Tim or a Kellie. Those were the luckiest names for men and women playing Iowa Lottery games since the lottery started in 1985.

A Macon man has won $50,000 in the Georgia Lottery’s Jumbo Bucks Classic game, according to a lottery news release.

Monday, August 04, 2008 at 4:01 p.m. Those of you who buy Texas lottery tickets could soon be losing money if the Arkansas voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment to allow a state lottery.

Financier Warren Stephens has pitched in $50,000 toward a campaign to create a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships.

Financier Warren Stephens has pitched in $50,000 toward a campaign to create a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships in Arkansas.

If Arkansas voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing a state lottery, the most affected could be those in neighboring states.  Retailers in border cities in Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas ring up some of their state’s best sales for lotteries. An Arkansas lottery, if approved in November, could cut into those sales into the millions […]

The instant scratch-off “$130 Million Blockbuster” game offers players more chances at winning a prize than any other North Carolina lottery ticket to date.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Lottery says the new Keno game is operating smoothly through its first drawings. The new bingo-like lottery game began Monday at 11:04 a.m and continues every four minutes.