On May 19, California voters will have a chance to change the state lottery for the first time since it started in 1984. Proposition 1C would allow the state to borrow $5 billion from future lottery profits to help balance the state’s 2009-10 budget.

More than 100 lottery agents from across the state came to Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill Thursday to protest a cut in ticket commissions by the Connecticut Lottery Corp.

A lottery player in Spain has won 126 million euros (112 milion pounds), the biggest ever European jackpot for a single ticket, lottery organiser EuroMillions said Saturday.

A lottery player in Spain has won 126 million euros ($169 million), the biggest ever European jackpot for a single ticket, lottery organizer EuroMillions said on Saturday.