Winning online contests and lottery

METHUEN — Thieves who stole several books of lottery tickets from the Common Grounds Cafe won’t strike it rich. That’s because the ticket books had yet to be activated, police said. So, even if they’re lucky enough to find a winning ticket, it will be worthless, police said.

AN ISLAND community has secured a lottery windfall of more than £675,000 to help it develop green energy plans, including buying its own wind turbine.

They now have 12.6 million more reasons to smile. Daniel Fehr and Maria Linsenmier of Burnaby–parents of 7 kids–are the among the latest B.C. winners of big lottery jackpots. Fehr, 60, and Linsenmier …

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - ‘Tis the season for giving and BCLC got into the holiday spirit in a big way today, presenting cheques to two separate lottery jackpot winners from B.C.

Two break-ins at Jones Exxon on N.C. 16 in Denver resulted in the loss of $8,700 worth of North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets, authorities said today. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the break-ins occurred Saturday at 2:27 a.m. and Tuesday at 12:10 a.m. In both cases, the suspect used a dark-colored […]

Ohio Department of Natural Resourses Division of Wildlife is encouraging the community to apply for the 2008-09 Castalia Trout Fishing Lottery.

Here are the winning numbers from today’s midday New York Lottery: Numbers: 269 Lucky Sum 17 Win4: 0132 Lucky Sum 6…

Marylanders, affected like everyone else by the economy, are spending less — except when it comes to lottery tickets.

JOHNSON CITY — Area legislators have swung into action to try to keep a lottery office open somewhere in the Tri-Cities after state lottery officials last week deemed the one in Johnson City too expensive to operate cost-eff e c t i v e l y.

A couple who scooped £7.6million on the National Lottery say they will continue running their car repairs garage despite their win.