The Massachusetts State Lottery is a major source of local aid for cities and towns, delivering hundreds of millions of dollars annually that communities use to improve public safety, schools and ...

HARVARD — A steady flow of customers pulled up to the Harvard General Store one recent afternoon, picking up groceries, beer and wine, or prepared foods like quiche lorraine and split pea and ham soup ...

Some Wake County leaders say they’re getting less lottery money by keeping local taxes low. One state lawmaker says he has a plan to change that, but his idea could meet resistance. Currently, money ...

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Many Floridians who advocated a state lottery did so, they said virtuously and repeatedly, to help education. Now they have a chance to prove the stated reason wasn’t mere camouflage. They could ...

This week the folks who run the Mega Millions lottery explained why it's become so popular: They've made the game more popular by altering the odds. Now you have a smaller chance of winning. Before ...