Avid bowls fan Vic Eden, 80, scooped the A 1m Lotto Millionaire Raffle jackpot on Saturday, and still cannot believe his luck. The retired mechanical engineer, who worked at Lea Hall Colliery, thought his big win had come last year, when he scooped A 3,000 on EuroMillions.

IT’S DISAPPOINTING – but not surprising – to hear that the private company running the state’s lottery system is still not meeting its initial projections. With more than a decade remaining on the 15-year contract pushed through by the Christie administration, Democrats are right to question whether the first two years of a privatized lottery system are benefiting the state.

A federal judge in North Dakota sentenced a Jamaican man to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for a lottery scam that authorities say cost victims around the United States millions of dollars. A jury in May convicted 26-year-old Sanjay Williams, of Montego Bay, St James, of 35 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.

The Big Lottery Fund is to announce a new five year funding programme which will see A 250m handed to charities and community groups in Scotland today. Having been granted a reprieve in George Osborne’s spending review – which had been predicted to see a A 30m cut to its annual budget – the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland is to make grants of A 10000 to A 1 million available to help finance projects promising to improve lives and communities.

Bracebridge sports fan Richard Antrobus has picked up a cheque of $123,416 from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commision. He won the money on a POOLS, Football Pool Card #58 set of games recently.

A Selma farm-equipment driver has won $1 million – the biggest prize winnable on a $10 California Lottery Silver & Gold Scratchers ticket, lottery officials announced Wednesday. Jesus Sanchez, 44, won the amount on Saturday and told lottery officials he was “a hard worker” and plans to keep working.

A Selma farm-equipment driver has won $1 million – the biggest prize winnable on a $10 California Lottery Silver & Gold Scratchers ticket, lottery officials announced Wednesday. Jesus Sanchez, 44, won the amount on Saturday and told lottery officials he was “a hard worker” and plans to keep working.

The new millionaire, Howard G., is a longtime fan of Wheel of Fortune slots and said he plans to retire comfortably with his life-changing jackpot. Howard G. is one of over IGT launched Wheel of Fortune slots in 1996 and solidified the Company’s leadership in Wide Area Progressive technology.

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say cost victims around the country millions of dollars. Twenty-six-year-old Sanjay Williams, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, was convicted by a jury in May of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say cost victims around the country millions of dollars. Twenty-six-year-old Sanjay Williams, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, was convicted by a jury in May of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.

The lucky players will find out how much they have each won in a ceremony on Saturday in the Vale of Glamorgan Lucky winners are in the process of being contacted, and are being invited to attend a special event on Saturday, November 28, to receive their cheques. The ceremony will be held within the grounds of the National Trust ‘s Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan .

The lucky players will find out how much they have each won in a ceremony on Saturday in the Vale of Glamorgan Lucky winners are in the process of being contacted, and are being invited to attend a special event on Saturday, November 28, to receive their cheques. The ceremony will be held within the grounds of the National Trust ‘s Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan .

Chang Tong Chen is handed a $10 million check for his winning lottery ticket, a little over $5 million of which he gets to keep after taxes. Chen, 51, was the lucky winner of the state’s $10,000 a week For Life scratch off game after buying a game card in Queens last month, lottery officials announced Tuesday.

The Bradford West MP led a debate in Parliament’s Westminster Hall yesterday about the proposals, leaked by Whitehall sources ahead of today’s Autumn Statement. Chancellor George Osborne is said to be planning to take up to A 320 million from the Big Lottery Fund to compensate the Arts Council for planned Government cuts.

The Bradford West MP led a debate in Parliament’s Westminster Hall yesterday about the proposals, leaked by Whitehall sources ahead of today’s Autumn Statement. Chancellor George Osborne is said to be planning to take up to A 320 million from the Big Lottery Fund to compensate the Arts Council for planned Government cuts.

When you go to buy a lottery ticket, you hope to turn it in to the store clerk and collect a big prize. However a recent sting by the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Lottery Enforcement Division show that, some store employees were trying to take those big winnings to keep for themselves.

TRENTON, N.J., – New Jersey Lottery officials testified at a legislative hearing in Trenton that a partnership with a private firm to assist in sales and marketing has helped the state, despite revenue figures that are lower than projected estimates. New numbers for fiscal 2015 put lottery revenues at $960 million, down a half percent from the previous year and well off the over one billion projected by bringing in Northstar.

The Des Moines Register reports that 49-year-old Mike Hartman of Winfield and 75-year-old Betty Downs of Burlington claimed their prizes Monday. Hartman won his prize in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday.

The Des Moines Register reports that 49-year-old Mike Hartman of Winfield and 75-year-old Betty Downs of Burlington claimed their prizes Monday. Hartman won his prize in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday.

The call comes after figures showed demand for discretionary support payments from college students is outstripping the amount of money available. Recent figures show applications for bursaries and childcare allowances rose 15 per cent in the past three years, yet the amount of support available increased by only five per cent – from A 95 million to just over A 100m.