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Greece aims to sell its state lottery business by the end of June, clearing the way for debt-choked country to privatise its betting monopoly OPAP, a privatisation agency official said.

Anthony Unsworth initially thought he had won several hundred pounds after a shop assistant told him his prize was too big for them to pay out.

Since 2008, the Illinois Lottery has contributed more than $4.7 million to HIV/AIDS education, prevention and support programs that serve Illinoisans, with the net proceeds of its Quality of Life special instant scratch-off games.

A 19-year-old Elgin woman who police say falsified documents in an attempt to claim a winning lottery ticket pleaded guilty to charges of attempted theft by deception.

The state privatization fund expects by Friday to have signed the contract conceding the operation of state lotteries for the next 12 years to the OPAP-led consortium, as the deal will fall through if the contract is not signed by June 30. That would result in an immediate loss of revenues totaling 190 million euros, which is the lump sum the ... (more)

As a result of the Seneca Indian Nation getting its gambling exclusivity zone restored, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is requiring the three racinos in Seneca territory to stop their marketing strategy that touched off the $620 million dispute.

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The future of a Shipley -based befriending project has been secured thanks to a A 287,639 slice of funding from the Big Lottery Fund.

"Jackpot prizes are paid in 30 annual payments," according to the California Lottery Commission .

Q. Please explain where Illinois lottery proceeds really go. We keep hearing they are used for education.

"I told him that we won, and he didn't believe me," Richardson said. "We had to look it over about three times."

A Janesville gas station sold a winning ticket for Friday's Wisconsin Lottery, carrying a jackpot valued at $34,500.

Are you wondering if anyone won the Powerball jackpot? The Powerball winning numbers for the June 15, 2013 drawing were 28, 36, 40, 48, 55, and the red Powerball number was 1. On Monday, June 17, Missouri Lottery officials announced one Powerball winner won a huge $1 million prize! The Missouri Powerball winner matched five out of six Powerball ... (more)

A woman from Queensbury will receive her $1 million prize at the lottery's headquarters in Schenectady.

A Gastonia fireman hit the jackpot in the North Carolina Education Lottery last week.

AUSTRALIANS are losing more than $93 million a year in online scams, many aimed at shoppers and mobile phone users.

Kallie Cart Web Producer: Heath Harrison Reported: Jun. 16, 2013 8:13 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 16, 2013 9:03 PM EDT Fewer people are buying lottery tickets in West Virginia.

The winning Climate Lottery numbers for winter 2013 were 41/23/80 with a Power Ball number of 38. The Power Ball number for spring 2013 for the lower 48 states was the 38th coldest on record for any spring since 1895.

The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $24 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.