Winning online contests and lottery

It’s difficult enough to win the lottery, but it’s a lot harder to win the prize advertised on the ticket if that prize no longer exists.

Internal Affairs Minister, Hon Rick Barker, has announced reappointments and appointments to the Lottery Grants Board (the Board) and five Lottery distribution committees.

State and local detectives arrest a man they say stole thousands of dollars in state lottery Scratchers tickets after a months-long investigation of more than 30 thefts.

State and local detectives arrested a man they say stole thousands of dollars in state lottery Scratchers tickets after a months-long investigation of more than 30 thefts.

State and local detectives arrested a man they say stole thousands of dollars in state lottery Scratchers tickets after a months-long investigation of more than 30 thefts. Read comments

Associated Press - August 16, 2008 8:14 PM ET CERES, Calif. (AP) - State and local detectives arrested a man they say stole thousands of dollars in state lottery Scratchers tickets after a…

A man who won $10 million in a California lottery game has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed three people.

Here are the winning numbers selected Friday night in the New Jersey State Lottery: Pick 3 0-4-9 (zero, four, nine) Straight pays $231.50. Box pays $38.50. Pair pays $23. Pick 4 0-1-3-8 (zero, one, three, eight) Straight pays $2,453. Box pays $102. Cash 5 8-10-13-33-40 (eight, ten, thirteen, thirty-three, forty) 5 of 5 pays $305,661. […]

For years, Bobby Guffey of Roanoke has been playing the same numbers in an attempt to win the Hoosier Lottery. His picks represent a combination of ages and numbers representing the months of his kids’ birthdays.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) _ A man who won $10 million in a California lottery game has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed three people.