Lottery Winners Make Large Charitable Donations

Posted on August 28th, 2010

Lotteries provide a lot of money for good causes. In most lottery states the money generated by lotteries is used to fund education and provide scholarships for economically disadvantaged students who could not attend college without the lottery funded scholarships. In Pennsylvania the state lottery funds veterans and senior citizen programs. The Pennsylvania lottery provides [...]



Kansas Takes Action Against Lottery Fraud

Posted on January 2nd, 2010

During the past year there have been several news stories about lottery players being defrauded by clerks at lottery terminals throughout North America. In widely reported November news story out of Texas revealed that Texas lottery player Willis Willis was cheated out of $1 million dollars by an unscrupulous clerk at the convenience where he [...]



Powerball May Merge With British Lotto

Posted on February 11th, 2009

The news that Camelot, the company that runs the British lotto had signed an ‘exploratory agreement’ with the multi state Powerball lottery has generated excitement in lottery circles. The goal is to launch the “the world’s biggest draw” with possible jackpots of $367.4 million dollars.
There is also speculation that the Powerball lotto could partner with [...]