Winning online contests and lottery

MABELTON, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) – Someone struck it rich when they bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a Mableton gas station last week and that person still remains a mystery.

LITTLE ROCK — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign for a state-run lottery to fund scholarships had nearly $70,000 in the bank at the end of last month, according to a financial report filed Friday with the state Ethics Commission.

A new scam involving fake lottery or sweepstakes winnings is popping up in the Tri-Cities.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A campaign to create a state-run lottery reported Friday that it raised $11,000 in August. The Hope for Arkansas campaign reported spending $8,913.18 last month on legal fees, professional services and expense reimbursements.

Keno attracting players, but sales below projections Mike Winiasz of Lorain watches his neighbor pick numbers in the Ohio Lottery’s new game, Keno, but he does not indulge. “The last time I was in a lottery, I was picked No….

Eager to find money for construction projects around the state, House Democrats are taking a new look at an unpopular idea: privatizing the Illinois Lottery. The House is scheduled to convene next week to consider the idea, which has been floating around Springfield since Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed it early last year.

Eager to find money for construction projects around the state, House Democrats are taking a new look at an unpopular idea: privatizing the Illinois lottery.

Democrats in the Illinois House are inching closer to privatizing the state lottery.    The House is scheduled to meet next week to debate the idea of leasing the lottery to a private company and perhaps using the money for construction projects around the state.    Litchfield Representative Gary […]

CLEVELAND - A Cleveland woman who works on a chicken farm is celebrating an “eggs-cellent” $5 million dollar lottery win. Peggy Abernathy, 42, who lives at Turners Corner in Lumpkin County but has a Cleveland address, picked up her prize Friday.

Turn off the washing machine and check your pockets thoroughly - you could have in your possession the lottery ticket to the good life … $16.02 million worth of the good life.