Winning online contests and lottery

PARKERSBURG - The Board of Zoning Appeals tabled a request by a local fraternal organization seeking an appeal to operate video lottery machines. The Board of Zoning Appeals met briefly Wednesday night, with just three of its five members present. Just enough for a quorum. At stake was a request by the Parkersburg Elks to […]

Reports filed with the state Ethics Commission show that four groups campaigning against a state-run lottery have nearly twice as much cash in the bank as the committee promoting the lottery amendment.

I’m getting lots of letters about the DV-2010 green card lottery. Let’s review a few key points. First, the natives of some countries are excluded from this year’s green card lottery.

The economy is having its impact on the sale of Kansas Lottery tickets, according to lottery officials.

California Lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.

New York came a step closer last week to securing a one-time payment to help balance its budget when Gov. David Paterson announced a favored bidder to run a video lottery terminal facility at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y.

The economy is having its impact on the sale of Kansas Lottery tickets.

Larry Moore, a professor at Columbus State University, won $225,000 in September playing the Georgia Lottery Fantasy Five game.

One Johnstown resident said he’s finally getting his 15 minutes of fame after winning $8 million in the New York State Lottery.

The economy is having its impact on the sale of Kansas Lottery tickets. Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten said Wednesday that ticket sales between July 1 and last Saturday are down 4 percent over the same period of time last year. Van Petten said the economy has been a factor, but […]