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Lottery News
Big winners reduce Iowa Lottery profitability
Iowa Lottery sales rose over the past 12 months, although profits dipped slightly amid a surge of lucky prize winners More >>
Boss wins lottery, stays on job for his staff
A Briton who won a £7.7million (US$11.9million) in a lottery has promised to continue working for the sake of his employees who had even worked for free to save his recession-hit firm More >>
$250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited
Illinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize More >>
B.C. Lottery faces lawsuit from second problem gambler
A Vancouver Island man is suing the British Columbia Lottery Corporation because the company denied him a $42,500 jackpot on the grounds he's a registered problem gambler although the BCLC has never stopped him from losing money More >>
Vacationing man wins $1M scratch-off lottery jackpot
Most folks pick up a T-shirt or a mug commemorating their vacation, but Wilman Bravo of Puerto Rico is bringing home a fat wad of green after winning $1million on a scratch-off lottery ticket More >>
Thieves try to cash stolen S.C. lottery tickets in N.C.
A Gastonia, N.C., woman accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from a Clover Mini-Mart tried to retrieve prize money in North Carolina and successfully cashed 27 winners in South Carolina before being caught More >>
Arkansas Lottery raffle bonus prizes failed to register
45 Arkansas Lottery players who purchased Arkansas Million Dollar Raffle tickets are owed $20 More >>
What a mess: B.C. Lottery Corp. shuts down gambling site
The B.C. Lottery Corp. disabled its online gambling site last week because the accounts belonging to 134 users had been compromised, organization president and CEO Michael Graydon said Tuesday More >>
Canada's new online gambling website may have been hacked
British Columbians' personal information may have been compromised when the government's online gambling website crashed last week More >>
Refreshingly candid: Ga. Lottery chief discusses future game plans
Georgia Lottery chief Margaret DeFrancisco talks about some ideas on the horizon for the Georgia Lottery and other states More >>
N.C. Lottery grows despite recession
The North Carolina Education Lottery hit the jackpot with its budget this year, significantly increasing funding for salaries and benefits despite uncertain economic times that have stalled similar line items at many private-sector firms and government agencies More >>
'Lucky': a look at the lives of lottery winners, on HBO
Director Jeffrey Blitz's enticing new documentary, "Lucky," which airs Monday night on HBO, interviews several people who found themselves irrevocably transformed by big lottery wins More >>
High demand crashes B.C. gambling website
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation's expanded online gambling website PlayNow.com crashed hours after its launch Thursday due to overwhelming popular demand, an official says More >>
Gambling addict is suing B.C. Lottery Corporation
A North Delta woman launched a lawsuit against the B.C. Lottery Corporation this week alleging the company's self-exclusion program failed to help her curb her gambling addiction More >>
Georgia Lottery profits up in 2010
Another good year for the Georgia Lottery meant more money for the state's pre-kindergarten and HOPE college scholarship programs, but it isn't enough to keep state officials from worrying about HOPE's future More >>
Wrong guy: Cops beat up lottery player
A San Jose man has hired a lawyer after police wrestled him to the ground, handcuffed him and kicked him in the face in a case of mistaken identity More >>
4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mystery
Mathematicians say the odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21million are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion -- that's 18 followed by 24 zeros More >>
First Arkansas Lottery raffle on sale Wednesday
The Arkansas Lottery is rolling out its latest game Wednesday, Million Dollar Raffle, which will award two grand prizes of $1 million each More >>
Canadian gets 9 years for U.S. lottery scam
A Vancouver man was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday for running a lottery scam in the United States that defrauded dozens of elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars More >>
Fire destroys car of Powerball lottery winner
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning car fire on the Merritt Parkway that destroyed an Audi R8 belonging to a Connecticut Powerball winner More >>
Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires More >>
Penn. Lottery players wondering, 'Where are the results?'
The Pennsylvania Lottery held its bi-annual Millionaire Raffle drawing last night, but lottery players are still wondering if their tickets are winners More >>
First N.C. Mega Millions lottery winner claims jackpot
The sole winner of a May28 Mega Millions drawing for $12million, the first jackpot-winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in North Carolina, has finally come forward More >>
Computer glitch takes down Penn. Lottery terminals
Pennsylvania Lottery officials said they've fixed a computer glitch that took down game terminals across the state for more than seven hours Thursday More >>
$260M Ohio Powerball lottery winner claims jackpot anonymously
The holder of Ohio's first Powerball jackpot prize ticket came forward Tuesday to claim the $260million prize in a blind trust More >>
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