Winning online contests and lottery

The Illinois Lottery had a record fiscal year 2008 with more than $2 billion in sales. The lottery reported in a statement last week that its $2.078 billion in sales is the most it has earned in its 34-year history. The figure is 2.8 percent more than fiscal year 2007 sales.

The Virginia Lottery is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events, including an opportunity to vote for the best lottery commercial and share your favorite memory of the state-run numbers games. 

Since well before the Virginia Lottery was established in 1988, the Catlett family has been in the convenience store business.

A booth at afair offered info about the lottery for the Orion, a city-subsidized condo development at an urban renewal site on nearby Third Ave. Frustrated after a recent round of househunting, Maria Pagan and her husband Jose Jimenez decided to give it a try.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Lottery had a record fiscal year 2008 with more than $2 billion in sales. The lottery reported in a statement last week that its $2.078 billion in sales is the most it has earned in its 34-year history. The figure is 2.8% more than fiscal year 2007 sales.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Lottery is marking its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events. The first lottery tickets were sold on September 20, 1988. The only game

The Virginia Lottery is marking its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Lottery is marking its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events. The first lottery tickets were sold on September 20, 1988. The only game was a “Match 3″ scratch-off ticket that cost a dollar and paid a top prize of $5,000.

RICHMOND, (AP) - The Virginia Lottery is marking its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events. The first lottery tickets were sold on September 20, 1988.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Lottery is marking its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events. The first lottery tickets were sold on September 20, 1988. The only game was a “Match 3″ scratch-off ticket that cost a dollar and paid a top prize of $5,000.