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Texas lottery officials move ahead with bidding

Bidding on a new lucrative Texas lottery contract should move forward because there's no evidence that state consultant Gartner Inc. and the lottery's current operator GTECH Corp. improperly shared information about the process, a lottery official said Tuesday.

Judge: Scammed lottery winner to receive $395K

A district judge says nearly $400,000 seized from the accounts of a man who stole a Texas maintenance worker's lottery ticket must be handed to the scammed jackpot winner.

No bail for woman charged in lotto winner's death

The woman charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a Florida Lottery winner has been ordered held without bail.

Better Business Bureau's name stolen for scam

Successful con artists know how to make themselves look and sound legitimate. A favorite trick is to use the name of a reputable company or organization. Right now, scammers are targeting people across the country claiming to be with the Better Business Bureau. And according to the real BBB, the crooks have already stolen tens of thousands of dollars this way.

Friend charged with hiding Fla. lotto winner death

Just over a week ago, a friend of a missing Florida lottery winner approached an acquaintance with a chilling request, according to detectives: Dig up the body of the dead man in her backyard.

Critics question wisdom of Confucius-brand lottery

China's state-run lottery is offering Confucius-themed tickets with colorful drawings of the ancient philosopher and his proverbs, drawing discussion over whether gambling and his teachings are a good fit.

States begin offering Mega Millions, Powerball tix

Dozens of states have begun selling Powerball and Mega Millions tickets in what could be a step toward an eventual national lottery.

Body in backyard is missing Fla. lottery winner's

Winning $30 million in the Florida Lottery should have been the best thing that ever happened to Abraham Shakespeare. But with his newfound wealth came a string of bad choices and hangers-on who constantly hit him up for money. Nine months ago, he vanished. Friends and family hoped he was on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean. On Friday, detectives confirmed that a body buried under a concrete slab in a rural backyard was his.

Ohio Lottery winner received check day she died

A lottery winner who was struck and killed by a car in northern Ohio on the day she got her check had just spent some of the money on wedding rings for her and her husband.

Donovan pitches Mexico sports lottery

American soccer star Landon Donovan is so famous in Mexico that he's appearing in a new TV commercial for a product he'd never be promoting in the United States — gambling on a soccer lottery.

County says NY lottery winners owe $1 million

Richard and Mary Morrison have plans for their $165 million lottery jackpot: paying off their mortgage, opening a restaurant, and helping the poor, as well as Richard Morrison's pet cause of celebrating the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

UK police probe death of young lottery winner

Police were investigating Thursday the death of a man who became a millionaire after winning Britain's National Lottery when he was 17.

Lawmaker introduces bill affecting Okla. Lottery

A state senator has filed legislation he says will improve the Oklahoma Lottery.

State auditor begins close look at Ohio Lottery

The state auditor is beginning a review of the Ohio Lottery, an undertaking the lottery has called unreasonable and unnecessary.

Fla. sheriff fears missing lottery winner killed

In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare — a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother — won $30 million in the Florida lottery. His good fortune may have cost him his life.

Spanish lottery hands out more than $3 billion

Spain's Christmas lottery showered hundreds of thousand of euros (dollars) in prize money on the country's capital Tuesday.

NC lottery retailers can win jackpot now, too

North Carolina's 6,100 lottery retailers will now get more than publicity when someone wins a big jackpot at their stores — they'll get cash, too.

Store owner pleads guilty to stealing ticket

A store owner pleaded guilty Friday to fraud and theft for keeping a winning multimillion dollar lottery ticket for himself when the real winners brought it in to be validated.

Ark. lotto repeal study stalls in committee

A proposal to study whether Arkansas should repeal the state's lottery stalled before a legislative panel, with lottery critics acknowledging that eliminating the games approved by voters appeared unlikely.

Greek firm Intralot chosen to run D.C. lottery

A Greek firm has been granted a contract to run the D.C. Lottery.

State auditor orders audit at Ohio Lottery

The state auditor has ordered a performance audit of the Ohio Lottery over the uncertainties of gambling revenue, but the lottery has balked at the idea and asked that the idea be reconsidered.

Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions tickets

The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.

NJ clerk sells winning lottery ticket by mistake

No one is complaining about a $100,000 mistake made by a southern New Jersey store clerk.

2 tickets win UK's largest lottery payout

European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.

No change for Oregon video lottery retailer payout

The Oregon Lottery Commission has voted unanimously to maintain compensation rates for video lottery retailers despite claims by education advocates that schools should get a bigger share.