If the lure of millions of dollars won’t work on some, the Arkansas Lottery Commission now offers the opportunity of converting non-winning scratch-off tickets into points to purchase items from the commission’s Internet store.

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By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Some state lawmakers say they’re worried that the wrangling over the state lottery that’s occurred during Arkansas’ first-ever fiscal session — a session that Gov. Mike Beebe and legislative leaders said should be limited in scope — sets a troubling precedent. “This is the floodgate we were told not [...]

The Associated Press The woman charged with first-degree murder in connection with the homicide of a Florida Lottery winner was held without bail on Saturday. Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore was charged Friday, more than two weeks after she was first arrested in connection with the death of Abraham Shakespeare.

Standing in front of a judge for the second time in nearly three weeks, Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore now faces a charge of first degree murder in the death of millionaire lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.

Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore, the woman charged with murder in the slaying of lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, will remain behind bars without bail.

It seems Redwood City has all the luck of the lottery these days. In one week, three stores sold winning lottery tickets for a combined cash prize of $674,000, the California Lottery said. The first winning ticket was purchased Feb. 11. That ticket was a Daily Derby in which players need to correctly…

A Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a lottery millionaire whose body was found buried under fresh concrete, authorities said Friday night.