Winning online contests and lottery

I’m sure many have seen the billboards with pictures of cute children and the bragging claims that the Oklahoma Lottery has raised $220 million for education since 2005. Those signs are misleading about the merits of the lottery.

Kanawha County bar owners are blaming the countys expanded smoking ban for their steepest drop in video lottery sales since the regulations took effect July 1.Bar and gambling parlor customers spent about $1.2 million - or 10 percent - less on video poker …

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY.com) — The winning lottery numbers added up to seven, but something didn’t add up when dozens of people went to the Virginia Lottery Office to claim the grand prize.

About a dozen people who thought they won the grand prize in the new “Super 7’s” lottery game went to the Hampton Roads Lottery Office in Hampton to claim their prize Monday, only to find out there was a “technical error.

The Virginia Lottery announced a glitch in the system. On Sunday, the lottery started a new game called Super 7’s, but a technical problem caused the tickets to misprint. It led buyers to think they won a much bigger prize than they actually did.

Monday, October 20, 2008 at 4:43 p.m. TULSA, OKLA. (AP) — State lottery officials may ask the Legislature to put more money into prizes but a House leader doesn’t expect they’ll have much success.

VIRGINIA BEACH — A technical problem with a new Virginia Lottery game could have led hundreds of players to believe they won bigger prizes than they did.

“Misprints” led to the voiding of more than 600 Super 7’s tickets. One would’ve paid $7,777, a store employee says. — Mildred Lewis says she holds a winning ticket and the Virginia Lottery won’t pay up.

GAINESVILLE - Gainesville Police are investigating another theft case surrounding a request to cash a lottery ticket for suspects identifying themselves as illegal immigrants.

PORTLAND — Supporters of Measure 62 call it “CSI Oregon,” a way to increase spending on the Oregon State Police crime lab by carving out a chunk of lottery proceeds.