Winning online contests and lottery

The Kentucky Lottery Corp. estimates that it lost about $500,000 in sales the week after the remnants of Hurricane Ike knocked out power to more than 300,000 in Jefferson County.

A Fantasy 5 ticket worth more than $109,000 was purchased at a gas station in San Leandro Tuesday night and has not been claimed, the California Lottery reported Wednesday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Some guys have all the luck. And it looks like Dan Polla is one of them. The Idaho convenience store owner collected $100,000 Tuesday in a state lottery scratch-off game. Back in July, he won 50-grand.

The U.S. State Department is accepting DV-2010 green card lottery entries until noon, Dec. 1. Don’t wait until the last day.

NEWBURGH – A Town of Newburgh man is the latest person to fall victim to a phony lottery that cost him about $4,000.

PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Members of the Police Department warned residents to beware a new Canadian-based lottery scam.

ANKARA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Turkey’s Privatisation Administration (OIB) has applied to the anti-trust board for preliminary permission to begin the sale of national lottery Milli Piyango, government sources told Reuters on Thursday.

ANKARA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Turkey’s Privatisation Administration (OIB) has applied to the anti-trust board for preliminary permission to begin the sale of national lottery Milli Piyango, government sources told Reuters on Thursday.

Four Iowans are finalists for the Iowa Lottery’s chief executive officer position, the Lottery announced Wednesday.

A Gainesville resident has claimed the $1–million top prize in a Florida Lottery scratch–off game. Hemang Patel, 40, claimed his prize Tuesday at the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, a lottery news release stated.