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The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.
No one is complaining about a $100,000 mistake made by a southern New Jersey store clerk.
European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.
The Oregon Lottery Commission has voted unanimously to maintain compensation rates for video lottery retailers despite claims by education advocates that schools should get a bigger share.
Powerball's launch in Arkansas may feel more like New Year's Eve than Halloween with a party in Little Rock marking the start of ticket sales Saturday night.
An attorney for a man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot says the Texas Lottery Commission still considers the store clerk who allegedly stole the ticket to be the winner.
Education advocates are pressing the Oregon Lottery Commission to reduce what they say are overly generous payouts to bars and taverns that host the state's video gambling machines.
He might be the New Hampshire Lottery's winningest loser.
A 67-year-old who claims he was defrauded out of a $1 million winning lottery ticket said he will sue the Texas Lottery Commission for the money unless it pays him.
A Christian college that had exempted Arkansas' lottery from a student gambling ban reversed course on Friday and said students can't buy the tickets after all.
The nation's two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery, the head of a lottery association said Tuesday.
Investigators said Thursday they found no wrongdoing at Bulgaria's national lottery after the same winning numbers were picked in two consecutive draws.
The Denver Broncos and the Colorado Lottery have announced an instant ticket game that includes a chance to win 2010 season tickets.
A lucky lotto player in Tuscany won Italy's record euro147.8 million ($211.8 million) state lottery Saturday, pocketing what has been billed as Europe's biggest jackpot.
A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other for a share of a winning $500,000 lottery ticket.
Edward Williams is the definition of lucky after winning the lottery for a second time in less than a year.
Edward Williams is the definition of lucky after winning the lottery for a second time in a year. Williams, 47, of Wichita won $75,000 in September playing a $10 scratch ticket. Then on Wednesday, he defied the odds again when matched all the numbers in the Super Kansas Cash drawing to win a jackpot worth nearly $900,000.
A person familiar with details of the partnership says the Houston Texans will unveil an instant-win game featuring their logo through the Texas Lottery on Tuesday.
One week after Chuck Hill won $5,000 in the Georgia Lottery's Weekly WinFall drawing, his wife did even better. Karen Hill bought a World Class Millions scratch-off ticket on her way to work at City Chevron in Villa Rica. Her $20 ticket won $1 million.
The Washington Redskins are a lottery team, albeit one with no pingpong balls to worry about.
An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars ($10 million) 10 months ago, a state lottery agency said.
Hail to the Redskins — especially if that scratch-off is a winner.
Those longtime losers from Los Angeles were big winners Tuesday night.
An unemployed woman who won $1 million in a Maine State Lottery game has collected her winnings — four years after she bought the scratch ticket in a store that's since burned down. Brenda Ripton told the Central Maine Morning Sentinel that she had received her $700,000 check from the lottery on Thursday.
Deadbeat Lottery Agents Owe State MillionsBOSTON -- The Massachusetts Lottery generates millions of dollars to help cities and towns, but not everyone collecting the money from ticket sales is giving it back. NewsCenter 5's Sean Kelly reported on Thursday that 219 lottery agents owe the state $2.8 million.
Why the lottery is bad for your healthConsider the woman in an Irish village who, many years ago, won a sum which, at that time and to those people, was inconceivably large.
We are all nervous of speaking to strangers, especially those whom we might like or fancy.
Store clerk indicted for stealing $1 million lottery ticket is declared winnerA Texas county has indicted a store clerk for allegedly stealing a winning $1 million lottery ticket, but the state lottery commission tells the original buyer that it considers the clerk to be the winner and won't pay up, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
Texas Lottery | Lotto board: Victim will not get money The lotto-theft victim, whose million-dollar ticket was claimed by someone else, will not get any money from the Lotto Commission. They justified the decision by saying the suspect signed the back of the lotto ticket, so he is the winner in their eyes.
Clerk Accused Of Stealing $1M Lottery PrizeAUSTIN, Texas -- A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said.
Harding University says students can't play lotteryA Christian college that had exempted Arkansas' lottery from a student gambling ban has reversed course and says students can't buy the tickets after all.
Lottery Hoax Causes Riot at Ohio Coat StoreLinda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an hours-long shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store, police Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins said.
Lottery winner causes riot at coat store - Weird news- msnbc.comWoman in Limo tells everyone in the store she won the lottery and is going to pay for everyones purchases up to $500.00. So everyone starts grabbing clothes and calling friends and relatives. She leaves to go get the money at her bank and doesn't return to pay.
Wealth distribution entered our national consciousness during the 2008 Presidential campaign; the flashpoint being the infamous Joe 'the Plummer" incident when then candidate Obama was caught on tape discussing the merits of wealth distribution.
UK millionaire lottery winners still live in subsidized housing because they still 'worry about money'Lotto winners Stan and Pat Cable are still renting their £65-a-week council house - 17 months after pocketing £3.9million [$6.2 million]. The couple have no plans to move from their beloved home of 28 years and can't kick the habit of living on a tight budget.
Bulgaria probe says lottery repeat a fluke"4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were selected by a machine — in a different order — on consecutive draws televised live on Sept. 6 and Sept. 10."
Bulgarian lottery repeat probedThe Bulgarian authorities have ordered an investigation after the same six numbers were drawn in two consecutive rounds of the national lottery.
White Powder Forces Evacuation At State Lottery CommissionOKLAHOMA CITY -- White powder in a bag has forced the evacuation of part of the Oklahoma lottery commission on Tuesday, police said.
Free college tuition plan would tap lottery, casinosMichigan's qualifying high school grads can get free college tuition through a proposed plan that draws on the state's lotteries, casinos and donations, state Rep. Fred Durhal Jr. said today.
Wrong Ticket Nets Man $50K Lottery PrizeBALTIMORE -- A northwest Baltimore man decided to keep and scratch off a ticket mistakenly given to him by a clerk -- and he's now $50,000 richer.
Derren Brown to predict lottery results | TV UKDerren Brown will attempt to predict the lottery results this Wednesday in the first episode of his new series, The Events.
Machines will soon sell scratch-off Florida Lottery tickets Scratch-off Florida Lottery tickets are one of the quickest, easiest ways for gamblers to take a chance at riches -- and, for the most part, come up empty.
Illegal immigrant scores big Swedish lottery winAn illegal immigrant who scored a big win with a lottery scratch card in Sweden appeared on television on Saturday to collect his winnings even though authorities have been trying to deport him.
Retired State Worker Wins $ 260M Powerball JackpotA retired state worker wins $ 260M in the 30 state Powerball Lottery.
Teenage Lottery Millionaire Callie Rogers Who Won £1.9m Broke at 22Former teenage lottery millionaire Callie Rogers is said to be facing bankruptcy after blowing all of her £1.9million jackpot.
'Crazy bloke' kept $2m lotto ticket in tinA Newcastle man who won a $2 million Lotto prize avoided claiming his winnings for seven months while he prepared himself mentally.
Hallelujah! Mich. church wins $70,000 in lottery, will pay no taxesThe $10 ticket was purchased at a convenience store in Haslett, five miles northeast of downtown Lansing. The lottery Web site says the odds of a single ticket winning $70,000 in Lucky 7s are one in 55,556.
Italian businessman shares lottery win with employeesAn Italian businessman has shared a third of his 963,000 euro (1.36 million dollar) lottery win with his employees as he had promised, La Repubblica daily reported Wednesday. Skip related content
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