LANSING — The Michigan Lottery is launching a raffle game that gives players the chance to buy a $10 ticket and win up to $700,000.

Sometime this week, the state lottery will make its three-billionth dollar. Tickets went on sale in March 2006, and total sales will reach $3 billion this week, lottery director Tom Shaheen said.

Students and faculty from Horry-Georgetown Technical College joined more than 300 other technical college students Tuesday at the Statehouse to rally for Lottery Tuition Assistance program money in next year’s budget. Joe Duncan, 33, of Loris, said he wouldn’t be able to afford classes at HGTC without lottery assistance. Duncan works full time at an auto parts store, but he hopes to work as a …

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is accepting moose lottery permit applications online at www.mefishwildlife.com.

TORONTO (Feb 25, 2009) — In recent weeks, Martin Neva couldn’t shake the feeling that he was about to win something. The retired accountant from Sudbury, and his wife Marlene buy lottery tickets every week, but they’d never won a prize of more than $100. Neva’s feeling has paid off handsomely, as he and his wife Marlene had one of the four winning tickets for last weekend’s mammoth Lotto 6-49 …

Cambridge (Feb 25, 2009) — There is still time to buy a lottery ticket in a fundraiser for new medical equipment at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Tickets are more than 70 per cent sold out, with cash draws to occur March 2 to March 31. Prizes range from $1,000 to $5,000. Tickets are $25 and give buyers 22 chances to win $1,000. Call 519-740-4966.

A winning Fantasy 5 lottery ticket worth $118,752 was purchased recently at a Palo Alto convenience store, lottery officials announced Monday.

Sometime this week, the state lottery will make its three-billionth dollar.

Responding to tough economic times, the Michigan Lottery is launching its latest raffle game — and you won’t see a $50 ticket price, or a $2 million top prize.