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Construction of SE Kansas casino delayed because of legal dispute

The Kansas Lottery has granted a 90-day extension to the Kansas Crossing casino group for it to start work on a casino in southeast Kansas. In July, after a months-long competition, the commission awarded the Kansas Crossing group the license to build and manage a $70 million casino in Crawford County, near Pittsburg.

$1.6M Hospital Home Lottery launches

SASKATOON, SASK.; SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 – The 2015 Hospital Home Lottery begins selling tickets September 4 to this $1.6 million dollar home, September 1, 2015 An endoscopic ultrasound in the city, along with improved operating-room technology, are being targeted with the proceeds from the latest wish-home lottery in Saskatoon. The Hospital Home Lottery launched Tuesday in Saskatoon, with representatives from St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, Royal University Hospital, and the Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation on site to open the event.

Lottery sales up despite slots parlors

Several weeks after the state’s first licensed slots parlor opened its doors, state Lottery sales are up, though there has been a noticeable lag in Keno activity around the area of Plainridge Park Casino, according to the head of the Lottery. “The sales themselves were up a healthy margin,” said Michael Sweeney, the interim executive director of the Lottery.

Reckoning nears for clerk resisting same-sex marriage ruling

A court-imposed stay has expired for a Kentucky county clerk who defied a judge’s order to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Unless the nation’s highest court intervenes on her behalf, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis on Tuesday will have to choose whether to issue marriage licenses, defying her Christian conviction, or continue defying a federal judge who could fine her or send her to jail.

Here comes BBQ-scented N.C. Lottery scratch tickets

Lottery officials will unveil their new BBQ Bucks scratch-off tickets Tuesday at Clyde Cooper’s Barbecue in downtown Raleigh and at Queen City Q in Charlotte. The $2 scratch-and-sniff tickets will bring a chance to win up to $25,000 and to enter a secondary drawing for one of 10 prizes of 100 pounds of pork and a Big Green Egg to grill it on.

Rep. Pascrell to hold lottery for tickets to see Pope broadcast in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Bill Pascrell said Monday his office will hold a lottery for 9th District constituents to distribute tickets for an outdoor simulcast in Washington of Pope Francis’ speech to a joint session of Congress on the morning of Sept. 24. The free tickets will admit holders to a standing-room area on the West Lawn of the Capitol where there will be large television monitors carrying the speech the pope will give inside the House chamber.

Milbrae: Man wins lottery after using money found on street to buy ticket

A man who bought a California Lottery ticket with money he just happened to find on the floor has won $1 million. Hubert Tang had not bought a lottery ticket in 10 years, but when he found a $20 bill on the street outside San Francisco International Airport Wednesday, he used it to buy two “$1 Million Jackpot! Scratchers” tickets, according to lottery officials.