When it rains, it pours. That’s what a lottery buyer in Anyang, Henan province, must have felt, albeit with the greatest of pleasant twist. The Henan native spent just 176 yuan to buy 88 lottery tickets, and couldn’t believe his luck when the winners were declared on Thursday.

Arkansas Lottery Commission raked in about $1.2 million in scratch-off ticket sales on its first official day of statewide gambling.

BOSTON (AP) — The popular lottery game Powerball is coming to Massachusetts. Powerball officials voted Wednesday to let Massachusetts join the multi-state game after turning the state down earlier this year. The rejection caused problems because lawmakers had included expected Powerball revenues in the budget. …

By Roby Brock When the Arkansas Lottery was created, it was structured in a way that it would borrow funds to pay for its start-up costs and would eventually be self-sufficient. Lottery officials are now projecting that if sales trends continue at expected levels, the lottery will be debt-free by next week. Legislators appropriated $6 million for [...]

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.

For the past year, Jemps St. Fleur and his uncle, Chrisnel Josaphat, have been collecting $100 a week from their relatives to play the lottery.

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

Two new Long Island lottery winners plan to put their $1-million prizes toward vehicles – one on paying off a motor home and the other on a new car.