The winning numbers in the Rhode Island daily lottery drawing for Saturday were: 9-4-2-8

The superintendent of the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District wants lawmakers to temporarily remove limitations on how state lottery money is spent on education.

The staggering economy has brought bad news to the Massachusetts State Lottery. The agency has increased its estimate of how much it expects ticket sales to decline this year. The lottery now says it expects a 4 percent drop in sales, or about $200 million, compared to the last year.

BOSTON — The staggering economy has brought bad news to the Massachusetts State Lottery.

BOSTON – The staggering economy has brought bad news to the Massachusetts State Lottery. The agency has increased its estimate of how much it expects ticket sales to decline…

The staggering economy has brought bad news to the Massachusetts State Lottery. The agency has increased its estimate of how much it expects ticket sales to decline this year.

Parents will learn if their children can attend one of Metro’s magnet schools in a lottery drawing early next year.

Despite a weak economy, Kentucky Lottery ticket sales remain as strong as ever, lottery officials said yesterday. Statewide sales for the four months ending in October totaled $261.9 million — $4.2 million more than the first four months of the previous fiscal year.

With the economy struggling and people pinching pennies, the Massachusetts State Lottery has upped its estimate of an expected decline in ticket sales.