Winning online contests and lottery

RICHMOND, VA (NBC12) - The lottery has reached a compromise with the people that bought misprinted winner tickets. The misprint left many people mistakenly thinking they had won tens of thousands of dollars.

Players who bought Fast Play Super 7’s lottery tickets will be compensated for a technical problem that erroneously led them to think they won cash prizes.

An ailing economy fueled lower West Virginia Lottery revenues, as sales fell by $14 million, or 10.5 percent, from August to September.

FORT MILL — The owner of two Fort Mill lottery stores faces multiple charges after authorities say he sold illegal lottery tickets and pocketed the money. Authorities Wednesday night issued arrest warrants against Jayson Carl Parker, 31, of Fort Mill in connection with illegal scratch-off tickets sold at Lotto World and Lottery Super Store, both […]

The owner of two Fort Mill lottery stores faces multiple charges after authorities said he sold illegal lottery tickets and pocketed the money. Authorities Wednesday night issued arrest warrants against 31-year-old Jayson Carl Parker, 31, of Fort Mill in connection with illegal scratch-off tickets sold at Lotto World and Lottery Super Store, both stores in […]

On Target: California Lottery officials are searching for the person who bought a winning ticket worth more than $100,000 at a San Francisco store. The Fantasy 5 ticket — purchased at San Francisco Gifts and News at 350 California St. — matched all five winning numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing.

Iowa’s Veterans Trust Fund received nearly $1 million on Thursday, the first revenue from special Iowa Lottery scratch games, state officials announced.

Township officials confirmed Thursday that they will hold an affordable housing lottery in two weeks for The Oaks at Toms River, a new senior community.

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY.com) — Lottery officials announced Thursday that people who had bought misprinted tickets for a recently added game that said they’d won will receive some compensation for the tickets.

A food vendor who had been playing the lottery for a decade has won Malaysia’s biggest ever jackpot of 20 million ringgit (5.7 million dollars), reports said Friday.