An Elk Grove man has been arrested after police say he took thousands of lottery scratch off tickets from Sacramento and Bay Area stores.

Madison – Wisconsin lottery sales fell by more than $17 million in the last six months of 2008 – a 7% drop.

Congresswoman Davis says she held the lottery to give ‘everyday people’ in her congressional district the chance to attend Barack Obama’a presidential innaguration and witness history.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Even in these uncertain economic times, many people are feeling lucky. Scientific Games, a maker of scratch-off tickets, says 25 of 42 states with lotteries have experienced a higher sale of scratch-off and daily lottery games since July.

DES MOINES and#8212; The Iowa Lottery announced Monday that it’s releasing two new games this month that will help fund programs to support veterans.Proceeds from the new games will go toward the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund, which provides veterans help with medical care, job training and other needs.A $1 “Land of Liberty” pull-tab game, which goes on sale Monday, and a $1 “Freedom Rings” scratch …

Many Americans are still feeling lucky during the recession as many states are seeing an increase in lottery ticket sales.

A $48,000 Badger 5 lottery ticket was sold Saturday at a Sheboygan gas station, the Wisconsin Lottery said Monday.

When a non-profit that helps rape victims decided to hold a lottery in Alaska, there’s no way that they could have known that the $500,000 jackpot would go to a registered sex offender. But that’s just what happened when they pulled the winning ticket Friday night in the Standing Together Against Rape raffle. KTUU-TV says Alec Ahsoak, the 53-year-old winner, was convicted three times of sexually …

A company that makes scratch tickets says most states with lotteries have seen higher sales of both the tickets and daily lottery games since July, but that’s not the case in New Hampshire.