State lawmakers are rightly trying to squeeze more revenue out of the Georgia Lottery Corp. to support the state’s popular but struggling HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten programs. During a joint meeting of the temporary committees created by the House and Senate to study the issue, lawmakers are looking for ways to address the shrinking share of tuition that the scholarships cover.

A Boca Raton man who claimed a $10 million Florida Lotto jackpot says he used numbers found in a fortune cookie. The Florida Lottery said Wednesday that 66-year-old Richard Davis claimed the jackpot from a drawing held Aug. 22. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump sum payment of $7,057.696.

The state of Illinois is refusing to pay lottery of more than 25,000 dollars because of a state budget stalemate. Big winners of the Illinois lottery that are waiting for their money have started to join a federal lawsuit demanding all lotto sales be stopped until they are paid.

A Worcester man invented a “flamboyant life style” to con women he met through internet dating websites which netted him more than A 180,000, a court heard. Matthew Samuels told his victims a variety of stories to persuade them to part with cash over a period of four years, Worcester Crown Court was told.

A lucky lottery player bought a winning ticket at the Price Chopper in East Stroudsburg that will pay out $1,000 per week for life, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Tuesday. It is the first Cash4Life second-tier prize won in Pennsylvania since the state joined the multi-state game in April.

A Lincolnton man scored a $1 million lottery win after buying a ticket at the convenience store where he works. A Lincolnton man scored a $1 million lottery win after buying a ticket at the convenience store where he works.

Martha Norman, three, first contracted bacterial meningitis last September and then again three months later at odds of 14 million-to-one – the same as winning the lottery. Amazingly Martha took just two days to recover and was back at nursery less than a week after she fell ill.

A man in southwest China who won the lottery and swiftly divorced his wife without telling her has been ordered by a court to hand over part of his winnings, according to a newspaper report. The man won 4.6 million yuan in the lottery in February, the Chongqing Morning Post reported.

The S.C. Education Lottery announced Monday that an Augusta mom purchased a $100,000 winning ticket in Aiken while a Warrenville man won $125,000 on a scratch-off. “I’m starting a college fund,” she said looking down at the newborn asleep in her lap, according to a press release from the S.C. Education Lottery.

A Calgary couple wasted no time in cashing in their $1-million lottery ticket after finding they had matched all the winning numbers. Su Hoines said she couldn’t believe it when she checked her Lotto 6/49 ticket and had to wake up her husband John Lafreniere to double-check that the numbers were correct.

Lottery officials say the money for the prizes is there, but they don’t have the legal authority to issue payments over $25,000. Rhonda Rasche was a big winner in July, reaping a top prize of $50,000 from a $3 scratch-off lottery ticket.

FORMER banker Neil Taylor blew his entire lottery fortune, but that was nothing compared to what he would do next. HE MADE us wait, but Tony Abbott has finally responded to the leadership coup amid reports he’s “shattered” by the result.

During a joint meeting of the temporary committees created by the House and Senate to study the issue, lawmakers are looking for ways to address the shrinking share of tuition that the scholarships cover. One avenue is to increase the available money from the existing sources, and another would be to find new sources by legalizing casinos and betting on horse races.

Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. . Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, arrives for a campaign stop at the Farm & Flower Market, Monday, Sept.

Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, talks with customers during a campaign stop at the Farm & Flower Market. Monday, Sept.

In a span of just eight hours on the day after Labor Day, more than a half million dollars in prize winning tickets were presented for claim at CT Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill, including two $255,555 top prizes for the lottery’s ” 5 Card Cash ” draw game, according to the state lottery website. Jean Viera of Milford claimed the $255,555 top prize winning 5 Card Cash ticket for August 30 that contained the winning card symbols 4S – 5S – 9S – 2H – 8H.

Peel police Const. Carlton Watson was convicted on 42 charges of fraud, breach of trust and obstructing justice for an accident scam that swindled more than $1 million from insurance companies.

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Two years after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie privatized much of the state’s lottery operations, a big payoff remains out of sight. Higher costs associated with the private company that Christie hired, Northstar New Jersey, have cut the state’s income for the second straight year, creating a $136 million shortfall in the state’s 2015 budget, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press.

A Novato man who turned a few dollars into $750,000 last week with a California Lottery scratcher says he wants to feed Marin’s hungry with tamales, among other plans. “I want to use my money as an instrument to help people,” Manuel Apodaca Reyes, 45, said in a written statement.