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The South Carolina Education Lottery won’t be paying for any K-12 education next month. The State Department of Education’s finance director, Len Richardson, says, “It’s just a cash-flow issue, not a cut to the lottery appropriations, just a cash-flow problem for the department.”

Scientific Games Corp., which makes lottery products, said Thursday strong scratch ticket sales helped it post an adjusted fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street’s predictions.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Brent House of Poplar Bluff is $1 million richer after winning a Missouri Lottery scratch-off game. The 33-year-old House claimed one of 16 prizes on the lottery’s “4 Million…

Somewhere in Morgan Hill, a millionaire is walking around and he or she may not even know it. The ticket is worth $9 million but no one has come forward to claim the prize yet, according to lottery officials.

Associated Press - February 28, 2008 3:45 PM ET NASHVILLE - Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey has signaled a possible compromise on lottery scholarship retention standards.

This leap year is giving a $9 million lottery winner, who has not come forward, an extra day to claim the prize. Officials say it’s the second time a winning ticket from Newark has gone unclaimed in less than a year. Last April, no one claimed a $19 million prize.

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — The weakening economy apparently is taking its toll on sales of lottery scratch-off games and Powerball tickets in Minnesota. Lottery ticket sales in Minnesota fell 17 percent in January, to $34 million from $41 m

GREENVILLE - A shortfall in state lottery revenues means public schools across South Carolina won’t get any money from the lottery in March, officials said. Lottery proceeds are down $5.5 million from July to January when compared to the same period the year before, lottery spokeswoman Julie Huffman told The Greenville News.

GREENVILLE - A shortfall in state lottery revenues means public schools across South Carolina won’t get any money from the lottery in March, officials said.

A shortfall in state lottery revenues means public schools across South Carolina won’t get any money from the lottery in March, officials said. Lottery proceeds are down $5.5 million from July to January when compared to the same period the year before, lottery spokeswoman Julie Huffman told The Greenville News. State law requires college scholarships are funded before K-12 public schools, so …