Winning online contests and lottery

Brevard Public Schools likely will get $1.42 million less than expected in state lottery money, new estimates show. Superintendent Richard DiPatri has told school board members they should anticipate another 2 percent cut, or roughly $10 million, after the November elections.

Brevard Public Schools likely will get $1.42 million less than expected in state lottery money, new estimates show. Superintendent Richard DiPatri has told school board members they should anticipate another 2 percent cut, or roughly $10 million, after the November elections.

DARTMOUTH — The town is conducting an affordable housing lottery to sell a farmhouse and 2 acres of land on Old Fall River Road for $165,000.

Investors are yanking their money out of financial markets. Families are holding their pocketbooks tightly. But one thing consumers apparently haven’t shied from, even in the thick of these tough economic times, is investing in luck via the state lottery.

It sounds like a good deal — cheap living in great location. It will be for one lucky public servant. The Bonita Springs City Council will conduct a lottery with the winner being able to rent a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath, one-story Florida ranch house with a lanai, garage and fireplace for $700 a month. The home […]

Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Time to double-check those receipts if you recently bought a Powerball ticket in New Mexico. New Mexico Lottery officials waited Sunday to see if anyone would come forward to present the $206.9 million winning ticket.

US federal agents and Israeli police arrested nine Israelis in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan on Friday on charges that they bilked New Yorkers out of more than $2 million through a lottery telemarketing scam.

Senator Dorsey Ridley, D-Henderson, announced Friday that higher education in Western Kentucky reaped the rewards of the Kentucky Lottery proceeds during the the 2008 fiscal year.

A legal battle over ownership of a $3.5 million winning lottery ticket could have been averted by one simple act the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation “strongly recommends” — signing the ticket.