Security checks at lottery ticket sale locations at about 200 locations statewide in recent months have revealed no improper payments of prizes to or by store personnel, Iowa’s lottery chief told a panel of state legislators on Thursday.

MIDDLETOWN — Robert Whitby, a mechanic and father of two daughters, got his own economic stimulus package this year after scratching off a $1 million prize in a New York Lottery instant game.

The Hills were excited when they won $5,000 from the Georgia Lottery. But excited doesn’t begin to cover how they felt one week later, when they won again — this time a $1 million prize.

With Saturday’s Post-Gazette report that WTAE is likely to get the contract for local TV broadcasts of lottery drawings, viewers reacted swiftly and not altogether positively.

A Gainesville man’s life may have been opened to new possibilities after winning a $1 million Georgia Lottery prize.

The Colorado Lottery is apologizing to thousands of people who received an e-mail, informing them they had won $100 for completing a survey.

A Georgia couple said the excitement they felt at winning $5,000 in the lottery was nothing compared to the thrill of winning $1 million the next week. Karen Hill, 34, of Villa Roca, said she was pleased when her husband, Chuck, came home with a $5,000 Weekly WinFall ticket, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Thursday. I never thought in a million years that I’d win anything, even the …

VILLA ROCA, Ga., June 11 (UPI) — A Georgia couple said the excitement they felt winning $5,000 in the lottery was nothing compared to the thrill of winning $1 million the next week.