A Bakersfield woman became a millionaire overnight, but state leaders say she should never have been given the chance to win. Josephina Sineriez won $2.8 million as a contestant on a California lottery game show, but she wouldn’t have even been a contestant if it weren’t for a problem with the lottery show’s ping pong balls.

Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the Washington State Lottery:

David M. Brophy’s weekly Saturday lottery purchase turned out to be a big winner last month.

Holders of winning lottery tickets valued at more than $500 can choose to mail their tickets in to receive their winnings or can drive to the Little Rock Claim Center, Union Plaza at 124 West Capitol Ave. The center is in the same building as other lottery offices.

LITTLE ROCK — Scratch-off lottery tickets go on sale Monday in Arkansas, but Gov. Mike Beebe says he won’t be a customer.

State lawmakers call for a probe into whether nine players on the ‘Make Me a Millionaire’ TV show were shortchanged and an equal number won more than they would have without the error. California Lottery officials acknowledged Wednesday that a procedural mix-up on its “Make Me a Millionaire” television show in February may have affected which games the contestants played and therefore how much …

The Virginia Lottery covered the cost of the car and the taxes on it, meaning his prize was worth more than $100,000.