Winning online contests and lottery

The identity of a Yakima, Washington, couple who won a $6.6 million Lotto jackpot has been revealed after a judge ruled in favor of the state lottery that winners cannot claim jackpots anonymously.

Doris Biskamp of Silsbee became the first winner of a motorcycle when she spontaneously bought a scratch-off lottery ticket last week.

Nine friends from Roswell came to the New Mexico Lottery today to collect a Powerball jackpot of $206.9 million — the New Mexico Lottery’s largest prize ever.

Ryan Goodwin, 23, of Colwich says he doesn’t play lottery games all that often, which makes his extraordinary luck even more unusual. Shortly after he turned 18, Goodwin won $4,000 on a $1 Kansas Lottery instant ticket. Today, he claimed $5,000 on another $1 ticket.

Lottery winners who would like to keep their newfound wealth a secret can’t withhold their identities from the public. That was established in the case of a Yakima couple who won $6.6 million…

Lottery winners who would like to keep their newfound wealth a secret can’t withhold their identities from the public.

Associated Press - October 3, 2008 12:05 PM ET YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Lottery winners who would like to keep their newfound wealth a secret can’t withhold their identities from the public.

At least four senior citizens across the United States have fallen victim to a 65-year-old man’s scam involving an alleged lottery win, authorities allege.FBI Special Agent Gregory Fine alleged in an affidavit for Kim Moy Hioe’s ongoing U.S. District Court trial that the suspect informed his elderly targets that they had won the lottery as […]

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 3 (UPI) — At least four senior citizens across the United States have fallen victim to a 65-year-old man’s scam involving an alleged lottery win, authorities allege.

The Massachusetts State Lottery says last year’s $20 scratch ticket is the most successful in American lottery history, and is betting on another one.