Winning online contests and lottery

The Colorado Lottery has computer problems that have led to players trying to cash winning tickets and being told they were not winners, a CALL7 investigation has found.

About 100 lottery vendors with physical disabilities on Wednesday rallied at the mouth of the road leading the home of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat at Beverly Hill housing estate.

BISHOP AUCKLAND, England, Sept. 23 (UPI) — An English couple who won a lottery jackpot worth about $7.5 million say an elderly woman claiming to be a gypsy predicted their good fortune.

LITTLE ROCK — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s response to a legal challenge of his ballot proposal for a state-run lottery for college scholarships has stirred debate over another thorny gambling issue in Arkansas: whether the state constitution bans casino gambling.

A former Texas Lottery Commission computer analyst said he accidentally copied the personal data of more than 27,000 Texas lottery winners, but Lottery officials say they’ll wait for a criminal investigation before making any changes to security systems.

Associated Press - September 23, 2008 3:55 PM ET Corrected Version AUSTIN (AP) - A former Texas Lottery Commission computer analyst says he accidentally…

AUSTIN (AP) - A former Texas Lottery Commission computer analyst says he accidentally copied the personal data of more than 27,000 Texas lottery winners.

AUSTIN — A former Texas Lottery Commission computer analyst said he accidentally copied the personal data of more than 27,000 Texas lottery winners, but Lottery officials say they’ll…

A bid to create a state-run lottery has a new supporter in its corner: Jermain Taylor.

Money comes and money goes — quickly, it would seem. In May, Lawrenceville Mayor Rex Millsaps won $250,000 from the Georgia lottery’s Mega Millions drawing. On June 3 he cashed his winnings. Three days later, most of that money was gone, minus a “substantial portion” he had set aside for his youngest daughter Karla’s wedding […]