Terry Hollenquest is acting as his own lawyer in a lawsuit against a friend who allegedly agreed to split the lottery prize. A Queens man claims one of his best friends is bilking him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, after improbably striking the jackpot on a lottery ticket the two had agreed to split – and refusing to share the million dollar bounty.

The Florida Lottery has had its strongest start ever to the new fiscal year, with record sales for the month of July totaling $453.52 million. This surpassed the previous July high of $415.34 million in 2014 by 9.1 percent, and generated approximately $117 million in transfers to the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund .

SAN FRANCISCO Drivers in California now can shove their credit card into a gas pump and come away with more than fuel — they can buy lottery tickets. And that’s sparking complaints from groups concerned about the continuing growth of state-sponsored gambling.

SOME of Australia’s most vulnerable workers are about to get hit. The Productivity Commission wants major cuts to their pay.

John Washington and Jacqueline Donnelly were revealed to be playing with the full winning Dee Road postcode at a presentation event on Saturday. Nineteen other residents from the neighbouring area won just shy of A 40,000 each, with ten others sharing in the remaining A 260,000 of the A 2 million prize pot.

If you are planning to see the Pope during his 2-day visit to Philly in September and you are planning to use the SEPTA rail, you need to sign-up today, Monday August 3, for the rail-pass lottery. SEPTA Regional Rail pass online lottery for the Pope ‘s visit is underway.

LANSING, Mich. The clock is ticking on a $1 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold at the CVS Pharmacy at 28th Street and Eastern.

The North Carolina Education Lottery is on the verge of cracking $2 billion in gross revenue, which allowed it to contribute a record $522 million to education initiatives in the state last year. The lottery reported $1.97 billion in ticket sales for the fiscal year that ended June 30, marking a 7.2% increase over 2013.

A file picture of a lottery kiosk in Shanghai. The winner in Anhui province was defrauded by a ticket vendor.

Riddle me this? If you have a lottery drawing and the winning numbers appear on the the TV before they’re even drawn, is the fix in? You’d think so, but we’re not in America. This took place in Serbia, so it’s ok? So says the lottery commission there.

You get them at gas stations. You get them at convenience stores. You get them at grocery stores, and cause the lines of people who want to actually buy items to be ridiculously long.

The Louisiana Lottery Corp. says a ticket bought in California won the $110 million Powerball jackpot, and a Winnsboro buyer won the $120,000 Easy 5 jackpot. It says nobody won the Lotto jackpot, which rises to an estimated $1.8 million Wednesday.

For the 12th time, Andrew Spence will be putting out the “big win” sign after Saturday’s Lotto draw. Photo / File There may be a mid-winter chill in the air but someone who decided to grab a Lotto ticket at one of Hawke’s Bay’s luckiest outlets will be feeling a fair bit of warmth in their hearts – $500,000 worth of warmth.

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A ticket sold in Missouri matched the winning numbers from Friday’s $25 million Mega Millions drawing, while a ticket sold in California won a $110 million Powerball prize. One Mega Millions ticket sold in Ohio matched five numbers and is worth $1 million, while a Powerball ticket sold in Wisconsin matched five numbers and is worth $1 million.

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The sole winning ticket for a $110 million Powerball jackpot was sold at South Los Angeles’ Choice Market, officials said Aug. 2, 2015. The owners of the store, Far Yi Hun and Larry Hun, will receive $550,000 as a retailer bonus.

Zachariah Davis, 22, enjoys playing Missouri Lottery Scratchers tickets every so often, typically as an impulse buy when he’s at a convenience store. The practice has landed this Palmyra resident with a few prizes before, but none of them compare to the $30,000 top prize he uncovered on July 29 off a “$30 Grand” Scratchers ticket.

LOS ANGELES >> A ticket with all six numbers in tonight’s multi- state Mega Millions draw was sold outside of California. One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was also sold outside of California, but the state it was sold in was not disclosed by the Multi-State Lottery Association which conducts the game.

Eleven people have been questioned and the boss of Serbia’s state lottery forced to resign in a fraud probe into an extraordinary “coincidence” in a live television draw, an interior ministry spokesman said. Those held included the hostess of Tuesday’s draw, Aleksandra Gudelj, who was made to take a lie detector test, local media reported, after a mismatch of a graphic on the screen and a number drawn sparked claims of a fix.