Winning online contests and lottery

Nellie Graves, Clinton, Iowa, won $30,000, the top prize, playing an instant scratch game, “Crossword” (purple/pink newsprint) from the Iowa Lottery.

Saying some of the language in Raleigh County’s recently passed video lottery ordinance needed “cleaning up,” commissioners agreed to allow county attorney Bill Roop change some of the wording in the first few paragraphs of the measure.

Senator Dean Florez hopes the gas giveaway will encourage people to buy more lottery tickets

FAYETTEVILLE - Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 is a hot issue among voters. If approved, Arkansas will have a state lottery for the first time in history.

A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year. Kory McFarren cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket in Great Bend Monday.

LITTLE ROCK — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s campaign for a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships raised $7,000 in September, according to a financial report filed Tuesday with the state Ethics Commission.

A state senator is helping California State Lottery officials give away free gas in Bakersfield Tuesday.

BOISE — Some people have all the luck! James Polla of Boise seems to be one of those people after winning his second top prize from the Idaho Lottery in the last four months!

A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year. Kory McFarren cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket in Great Bend Monday. On July 29, the 37-year-old received six months of probation after pleading no contest […]

A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year. Kory McFarren cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket in Great Bend Monday.