Winning online contests and lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A push to privatize the Illinois lottery faces a new roadblock - the U.S. Justice Department.

MADISON, Wis. — The nation’s financial crisis is causing a dip in one of the optional jackpots offered in Wisconsin’s Megabucks lottery game.

Associated Press - October 28, 2008 10:35 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The nation’s financial crisis is causing a dip in 1 of the optional jackpots offered in Wisconsin’s Megabucks lottery…

The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has died, the commission announced Tuesday.

Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery e-mail scams.

Associated Press - October 28, 2008 6:55 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Lottery Commission executive director Anthony Sadberry has died.

Associated Press - October 28, 2008 6:55 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Lottery Commission executive director Anthony Sadberry has died.

Not even the state lottery, as it turns out, is immune from the affects of a national economic freefall. For the first time in history, state lottery officials said Tuesday, the Megabucks jackpot option of an annuity paid in 30 annual installments was in decline because of the weak bond market. And that result comes […]

Already a well-to-do executive at an Italian banking firm, former Massapequa resident Kenan Altunis knows he won’t attract the goodwill garnered by blue-collar Joes who win the lottery.

Illinois officials face another roadblock in an attempt to privatize the lottery. The U.S. Justice Department says Illinois can hire companies to manage their lotteries, but the state must maintain control and make key decisions.