Winning online contests and lottery

The Virginia Lottery’s 20th Birthday Raffle (a one-time drawing) was drawn Saturday night. Winning ticket number 0161034 was purchased in Salem, for a prize of $1 million paid in 20 annual installments. Three other numbers win $20,000 each: 0027938, bought in Richmond. 0144938, bought in Portsmouth. 0202183, bought in Nassawadox.

The Virginia Lottery’s latest raffle-style game, Virginia’s 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire.

Colorado Lottery officials say it’s been a record year for lottery sales in the state.

Guernsey charities receive thousands of pounds from the island lottery.

The weekly trip from his Colbert County home to the Alabama-Tennessee state line is something George Jackson does no matter what.”I like to play the lottery,” said Jackson, who lives just outside Cherokee. “I go once a week to Tennessee and buy lottery tickets.”

Lottery.co.uk is bracing itself for a September 130 Million Euro EuroMillions Superdraw. (PRWeb Sep 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1358014.htm

Lottery.co.uk is bracing itself for a September 130 Million Euro EuroMillions Superdraw.

The New Mexico Lottery sold $2 million in prize-winning lottery tickets in Otero County during the fiscal year ending June 30. The lottery also paid $315,000 in commissions to 44 local retailers for selling lottery games and cashing prize-winning tickets.