Larry Riley considered all manner of good-luck charms as accompaniment to Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery before ultimately electing to bring his wife to Secaucus, N.J. “A lot of great things have happened to me when she’s been around,” the new Golden State…

Associated Press BRIDGEPORT — A Connecticut man is suing a friend for a share of a $1 million lottery jackpot.

MORRILTON — Members of the Arkansas Lottery Commission clashed for the first time Friday over how to obtain executive director candidates for the lottery.

Chris Webber will represent the Kings at Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery. It’s a nice nod to sentiment, which, other than optimism, is about all Kings fans are left with these days.

Discrimination lawsuits filed after a 2005 shakeup in the Hoosier Lottery have cost the agency $3 million in payouts. The largest hit came this month with a nearly $2.8 million settlement resolving a federal lawsuit by eight former employees who said they were fired because they are African-American. Last year, the state-run lottery agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit by its former …