South Suburban Parks and Recreation District recently was awarded the The Colorado Lottery’s 2009 Starburst Community Award for using funds to create Reynolds Landing Park in Littleton.

If the first day is any indication, the new lottery program will be a big hit, at least in Maumelle. Employees at most of the retailers selling lottery scratch off tickets in the city said they had a run on business with lines all day long.

A Gaston County man won’t keep the 2010 Ford Mustang V6 convertible he won in a second chance lottery drawing. Because he was laid off from Stock Building Supply five months ago, Wayne McCoig plans to sell the car for cash. McCoig, 44,

Congratulations to Emma and Douglas Chase of Schumacher who won $75,000 playing Family Feud (INSTANT Lottery Game No. 1551).

A former Kansas radio executive who admitted that he embezzled to support an addiction to scratch-off lottery tickets won a $96,000 lottery prize.

A former Kansas radio executive who admitted that he embezzled to support an addiction to scratch-off lottery tickets won a $96,000 lottery prize. Prosecutors say the prize money will go toward paying restitution to Paul W. Lyle’s former employer, American Media Investments.

Recent New York Lottery winners show off their winning checks at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. They are Woon-Sook Chon, left, of Flushing, Roberta Andreoli, of Hollis Hills, Lottery spokeswoman Gretchen Dizer, Enrique Rosa, of the Bronx,

Some Connecticut Lottery numbers were incorrect in today’s Register. Here are the correct winning numbers for drawings on Thursday, Oct. 1:

Paul W. Lyle learned that he won the grand prize in a Kansas Lottery second-chance drawing at his preliminary hearing 11 days ago.

The Texas Lottery Commission pulled the plug Friday on the proposed game that would have allowed players to become instant winners by handing their money to a clerk for a ticket printed from a lottery terminal.