Winning online contests and lottery

TRENTON - Someone out there is holding a Mega Millions ticket they purchased in Bridgeton for last Friday’s drawing worth $250,000, according to the New Jersey Lottery.

SPRINGDALE — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter will address the Senior Democrats of Northwest Arkansas today about the proposed constitutional amendment to establish a state lottery with net proceeds for college scholarships and grants.

A Beaufort County man has won $580,275 on a lottery ticket bought in New Bern. The state lottery said Floyd Stilley of Edward bought the Carolina Cash 5 ticket at the Wilco station on Neuse Boulevard. The drawing was held Aug. 8.

UK-STYLE lottery funding is not being considered as an option to fund Australia’s athletes, the Sports Minister has confirmed.

Lottery Grants Board Presiding Member Rick Barker today announced a grant of up to $433,000 from the Lottery Significant Projects Fund, to Hamilton City Council. The grant will enable the completion of Te Parapara Garden, New Zealand’s first public traditional Māori garden.

The Rudd government has ruled out using a UK-style lottery to fund Australia’s athletes. Some of the British team’s big improvement at the Beijing Games has been attributed to the millions of dollars generated by The National Lottery.

The Rudd government has ruled out using a UK-style lottery to fund Australia’s athletes.

Two Bowling Green brothers were arrested Sunday after allegedly trying to cash in stolen lottery tickets.

ROANOKE, Ind.—A man’s forgotten bifocals led to a $3 million lottery jackpot. Bobby Guffey usually plays the same combination of numbers representing the birthdays of his five children.

Authorities are looking for two men responsible for holding up the Lottery Supercenter on U.S. 21 in Fort Mill on Saturday afternoon at gunpoint.