Winning online contests and lottery

Scammers have been targeting South Africans, leading them to believe they had won lottery bonuses they had never bought tickets for.

TEMPLE TERRACE — Police have called for the public’s help in identifying two women they say conned another woman out of $4,500 after assuring her they had won $250,000 in the Florida Lottery. The women, both Hispanic, asked a middle-aged…

The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they’ll see this message. National Lottery operator Gidani on Thursday warned of international lottery scams claiming that people are winning hundreds of thousands of euros and dollars.

Arlington County police said con artists have been targeting Spanish speaking individuals in a lottery ticket scam.

A Middleton woman won the top prize — $100,000 — on the Jewels of the Nile scratch-off game, Maryland Lottery officials said this week.

A New York pastor says one of his congregants donated a winning lottery ticket worth $3 million to his church.

AUSTIN – As state revenue from the Texas Lottery continues to decline, two Senate committees on Wednesday began searching for ways to boost the state’s take from the games of chance – including the possible privatization of the entire lottery operation.

An Assembly committee wants to hear about how the disparity in the state’s lottery sales and winnings affects the poor in Buffalo, who are less likely to win when they play the lottery, based on the types of tickets they buy.

A LOCAL family will appear on BBC2’s Primetime on Monday, hoping to convince viewers to support a bid for Big Lottery funding.

A New York pastor says one of his congregants donated a winning lottery ticket worth $3 million to his church.