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Morganton - You can stop searching for that lost lottery ticket - if you bought it in Burke. The winners of an unclaimed $10,000 prize have the ticket and know they won, said Colonel’s Pantry Manager Kathy Burton.

California state lottery games will offer players a chance to win $250 million and $86 million for MEGAMillions and SuperLOTTO plus jackpots, respectively, according to the California Lottery. Complete Lottery Results

A News-7 poll shows even the lure of a $250 million jackpot will not send most people heading for the nearest lottery outlet. 59% per cent say they never play, no matter how large the grand prize may be. On the other hand, 16% say they always play, regardless of the jackpot size.

ATLANTA (AP) — A lucky lottery ticket could mean a quarter billion-dollar payday. Tonight’s Mega Millions lottery drawing has a jackpot worth 250 million dollars. The cash option is worth 146 million dollars. The jackpot has been building since it was last won July 6th.

The winning numbers in today’s mid-day Pennsylvania Lottery:

There has been some controversy over the Tennessee Lottery’s Cash 3 and Cash 4 games. Survey

The Tennessee Lottery should investigate whether fraud was behind a computer malfunction that affected the results for Cash 3 and Cash 4 games, the lottery board’s audit chairman says.

Ontario lottery officials are playing down complaints from a Brampton man who says the lottery terminal at his local drug store failed to detect all of the prizes on his winning Lottario ticket.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is a winner. Powerball lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold for Saturday night’s $314 million jackpot. It was purchased in Indiana.