Gov. Mike Beebe has signed into law legislation setting the amounts of lottery-funded scholarships and the state’s $4.5 billion spending plan for the coming year.

The Powerball and Mega Millions lottery jackpots are now both nearing $100 million. The Powerball annuity jackpot went up to $95 million ($46.1 million cash option) last night after no one had a ticket matching the first five numbers — 4 17 35 50 57 — and the Powerball 12.

A Leola man lost $2,150 in a lottery scam, police reported on Friday.Cesar Alejandro Perez, 55, received a letter stating that he had won $100,000 in a lottery, along with a $2,980 check supposedly to cover the taxes, East Lampeter Township police said.Perez followed instructions to deposit the chec…

A lottery ticket buyer who bought a ticket in London is yet to claim a £1.2m prize, the organisers announce.

A Buffalo man who used a computer to doctor a Mega Millions lottery ticket in an attempt to win $252 million last August told authorities he had hoped to use the money to open a school for the deaf, New York Lottery officials said.