Idaho woman wins major lottery prize twice in 3 months An Idaho Falls woman has collected her second big check from the Idaho Lottery in just three months. Check out this story on KREM.com: http://on.krem.com/1Nun80I BOISE, Idaho – While most people would be lucky to win the lottery once, an Idaho Falls woman has collected her second big check from the Idaho Lottery in just three months.

The New Jersey Lottery will pay for tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway while it promotes a new lottery game. Eastbound tolls will be free between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Friday at the Egg Harbor toll plaza.

The proposed works in the town’s Historic Quarter Conservation Area could cost in the region of A 1.5m and would improve the environmental and economic prospects of the area. Middlesbrough Council’s executive has given the green light to the submission of a Stage 1 application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for Townscape Heritage Funding and also the authority making a contribution of A 300,000 for the delivery of the project.

The Louisiana Lottery Corporation says nobody won the two major jackpots in the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings on Wednesday night. Louisiana Lotto players matching all six numbers drawn would have won or shared a $1.95 million prize, which will rise to an estimated $2 million for Saturday.

A Glen Burnie man won $1 million in the Maryland Lottery’s Mega Millions game. In order to remain anonymous, the man agreed to have his winner’s check made out to “HTTR FOREVER,” a nod to his favorite football team whose song is “Hail to the Redskins.”

Lottery scams that prey on elderly victims is one of the most widespread and relentless scams in the country. In this Rip-Off Alert, officials discuss how one of those behind the scams was captured.

COLUMBIA, SC A Marion woman says she will finish earning her degree after winning $100,000 from the South Carolina Education Lottery. She claimed the first top prize in the Lottery’s new $5 Double Sided Dollar$ game, according to a news release from the SCEL.

“Because of this Lottery win, I can finally buy a home for my family,” said Marta Osorio, 59 in a statement. She won the money on a $250,000 Crossword instant ticket.

Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies Marie Holmes, from North Carolina, won a reported $188m on the Powerball draw back in February and received $88m after taxes and charges were applied.

AN EXTRA investment is set to be made as part of an ambitious bid to ensure a A 1.16 million lottery project to revive the fortune of Burnley’s ‘people’s park’ is successful. Councillors are being asked to release a further A 62,600 from this year’s capital programme, to support the borough council’s Heritage Lottery Fund scheme for Thompson Park.

Gordon Medenica says the gaming industry is a lot like the movie business: “You launch a bunch of movies and not every one’s a blockbuster.” It’s the same with the lottery – not every game is a hit with customers.

Two Capital Region residents won $1 million and $5 million respectively from the New York Lottery Cash X scratch-off game.

The early bird may catch the worm, but in this case a Middle Island woman who was early for her hair appointment last month ended up winning $7 million for her and her daughter in the New York Lottery’s Golden Ticket scratch-off game. “My hairdresser was really busy so I took a walk,” said Marilyn Looney, 82, who headed over to buy some tickets at the nearby Mili Cards & Smoke shop on Middle… The early bird may catch the worm, but in this case a Middle Island woman who was early for her hair appointment last month ended up winning $7 million for her and her daughter in the New York Lottery’s Golden Ticket scratch-off game.

While North Carolina legislators continue to negotiate a budget agreement , one provision is getting only a little bit of attention: a proposal to increase the percentage that the North Carolina Education Lottery can spend on advertising from 1 percent of gross sales to 1.5 percent. The Lottery timely released an announcement that the $2 billion in ticket sales this past fiscal year generated $522 million in revenue for the state, hinting that additional revenue will come from boosted advertising.

TROWBRIDGE pre-school Rainbow Early Years is celebrating after receiving a grant for almost A 10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All funding. Rainbow Early Years, which is based at Holbrook Primary School, is one of more than 80 community projects across the south west to benefit, after the Big Lottery Fund awarded a total of A 2.7 million to the region.

Officials at the Oklahoma Lottery say they’re transferring $2.8 million more than what was planned to public education. Officials say contributions from the lottery totaled more than $60 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30. More than $685 million has been contributed to education since November 2005.

A man won $1 million from a lottery scratcher he bought at a San Jose liquor store that has a recent history of winning tickets, according to the California Lottery. Tien Sy Ton’s new fortune comes by way of a “50X The Cash Scratchers” ticket he picked up at JT Liquors on Senter Road.

This guy’s errand run turned him into a multi-millionaire. Plus, a store we all run errands at is making big changes to its stores and making an even bigger statement when it comes to gender.

Three men have suffered serious burns in a flash fire at an oil company facility near Cheyenne. The men were performing welding work on a Kaiser-Francis Oil Company facility northeast of Cheyenne on Monday morning when the fire erupted.

Maryland officials say lottery sales and casino revenues contributed over a billion dollars to the state in the 2015 fiscal year, the first time the number has topped the $1 billion mark. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency said Monday that $525 million came from the lottery and $487 million from the state’s five casinos.