The Arkansas Higher Education Board has set an Aug. 10 deadline for notifying recipients of lottery-funded scholarships whether they have received an award.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Lottery is making a last call for bids from private companies looking to manage the agency’s operations. The lottery will accept bids through 4 p.m. Friday. And Lottery spokeswoman

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Lottery posted an increase in profits for fiscal year 2009-10, Executive Director Ed Trees announced today, as the PA Lottery released its annual report online. Fiscal year 2009-10 was the fifth-best year for ticket sales and fourth-best for profits in the Lottery’s history.

Associated Press – July 30, 2010 1:24 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Lottery is making a last call for bids from private companies looking to manage the agency’s operations.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Lottery is making a last call for bids from private companies looking to manage the agency’s operations. The lottery will accept bids through 4 p.m. Friday. And Lottery spokeswoman Susan Hofer says officials aren’t releasing information about the bidders until Aug. 12.

Florida Lottery winner Jason Fry gets a charge out of business ownership.

The odds of winning the lottery are slim, but a number of area residents–especially senior citizens–received phone calls recently notifying them of their new-found fortunes. Bay Village Detective Jay Elish said the big scam this year is a lottery scheme in which foreign callers falsely notify people they won the lottery.