The BC Lottery Corp. says it is paying nine gamblers nearly $1.1 million because of a software error in one of its online video games. The error was found in a bonus feature, called a progressive jackpot, in the online slot-machine game the Wizard of Odds.

An ominous haze from forest fires has engulfed Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. Take a look at these photos posted to Instagram and other sources.

BEEBE, AR – If you bought a lottery ticket in Beebe recently you may want to check your numbers. According to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, a ticket worth $3 million was sold at the Doublebees #136 on W. Mississippi in Beebe.

America’s student loan crisis is heavy weight that hangs over the heads of millions of people young and old, often preventing them from living the life they once dreamed of. One New Jersey legislator has a patronizing and useless pseudo-solution to this problem.

Alabama lawmakers are heading back into a special session either next month or after Labor Day. They will address a serious General Fund deficit.

Terry Bradbury, 74, used to earn 25 a week as a professional footballer in the 1960s, but is now celebrating becoming an overnight millionaire after he hit the jackpot in Saturday’s draw. The ex-midfielder, who now lives in Buxton, Derbyshire, said: “The news really is still sinking in.

By Erin Jordan , The Gazette You’re nearly 100 times more likely to be killed by a shark than win the Powerball jackpot. A Powerball ticket is printed at the Wilson Ave HyVee in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

If you like playing the lottery, you’ll probably be interested in knowing the places where more winning tickets are sold than most others in Florida. Of the thousands of retail stores that sell Florida Lottery tickets, some sold only one ticket worth more than $600 in the past six months, but others sold hundreds.

Bryan Evans , Beverly Todd, Shelagh de Sousa and Bill Smith of Marlin Travel Oak Bay with the winning lottery numbers, a series they selected themselves and have played for two years, that scored a $1 million win last week. Below, fifth winner Shan Brindle reacts to the news.

The Nebraska Lottery recently distributed among its beneficiary funds $9,448,216, derived from a share of Scratch and Lotto ticket sales for the previous three months. A total of $564,607,092 has been distributed in quarterly transfers since the Nebraska Lottery began operation on September 11, 1993.

Melissa Dean didn’t think the scratch ticket she bought – in itself out character – was a winner. Then an alert clerk took a second look.

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Executive Director Carole Hedinger said the winning tickets were the only five sold for Monday’s drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: 27, 37, 39, 41 and 43. “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at One Stop Food Mart, Crown Liquor, Bayonne News, Joe’s Liquor & Deli and 7-Eleven #15168 ,” said Hedinger.

Wyoming Department of Transportation officials are considering recent grievances within the Highway Patrol as they look to appoint a new top official for the agency. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that according to employee surveys and interviews with troopers, low morale and high turnover have been troubling the Highway Patrol.

Changes by New York and other states are going to make the odds of winning the Powerball grand prize worse. Photo Credit: Getty Images Changes by New York and other states are going to make the odds of winning the Powerball grand prize worse.

A locked room, a fat suit, and a pump-and-dump stock scheme: They’re all part of what the cops say is the ultimate attempt to rig the lotto. It was two days before Christmas in 2010 and Eddie Tipton had a $16.5 million lottery winner in his pocket.

A trip around the world? Early retirement? Fancy new house? Everybody’s got a dream and the lottery is what dreams are made of. “It’s a lucky place,” said Fran Lewis as she purchased lottery tickets at Murray Bros.

A proposal to develop a new 17m heritage centre to hold most of Suffolk’s Records at Ipswich’s UCS campus is expected to be endorsed by the county’s cabinet next week. The proposed centre would rely on funding from Heritage Lottery Fund – but the county council is prepared to put A 5m into the project.

State officials say Maryland’s five casinos generated $91.4 million in revenue in June. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency said in a news release Monday that June 2015 casino revenue increased from June 2014 by $19.3 million, or nearly 27 percent.

Eddy Mushibuka is shown in a handout photo. An Ottawa man got lucky in Edmonton, winning $12.5 million in a Lotto-Max draw.