Winning online contests and lottery

CLEVELAND — Dan Metelsky, deputy director for sales and product development for the Ohio Lottery Commission, will retire as of Aug. 29.

Police have arrested a man in connection with three lottery ticket thefts in the city in the last week.

Someone has purchased the lottery ticket worth more than $3-million and may not know it!

LITTLE ROCK (AP) - The state ethics commission says Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter’s office is not required to file reports with the state detailing how much it spends on work related to his proposed amendment creating a lottery — unless it spends more than $500 and expressly advocates for its passage.

A mistake in his usual lottery ticket numbers proved lucky for an Indiana man who won $3 million in the Hoosier Lottery.When he realized he had gotten one number wrong, Bobby Guffey of Roaknoke returned to the Econoasis in Huntington and bought another ticket with the right numbers, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported. That […]

ROANOKE, Ind., Aug. 15 (UPI) — A mistake in his usual lottery ticket numbers proved lucky for an Indiana man who won $3 million in the Hoosier Lottery.

The Missouri Lottery said Friday that it transferred $22.4 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs.

The state ethics commission says Lt. Governor Bill Halter’s office is not required to file reports with the state detailing how much it spends on work related to his proposed amendment creating a lottery — unless it spends more than $500 and expressly advocates for its passage.

The son of a state legislator who voted for the N.C. Education Lottery is a winner. Dewey Hill Jr. of Whiteville said he had planned on shopping around for a new truck when he was notified that he’d won a 2008 Ford F-150 Lariat through the Carolina Cash 5 “Get Truckin’” promotion.

ROANOKE, Ind. - A man’s forgotten bifocals led to a $3 million lottery jackpot.