Gambling

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (172+ words) Rhonda Starkell was having a sleepless night, so she decided to check her Lotto 649 numbers at 2:30 a.m. and found something that made falling asleep virtually impossible — a $1-million jackpot. “I went onto WCLC’s website and was checking my numbers and then…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (354+ words) Once again, the latest Lotto Max draw failed to produce a winner so you know what that means — a bigger jackpot for Friday. The Lotto Max jackpot has climbed to $80 million and is begging to be won. That said, there…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (522+ words) Add Boston.com as your preferred source on Google to see more of our stories. Plaintiff Daniel Vest, of West Virginia, has spent thousands of dollars with DraftKings, which led the company to inundate him with promotions, according to the…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (386+ words) A $40-million lottery ticket in Ontario will expire soon if no one claims it. The Lotto Max ticket is from the Oct. 28, 2025 draw was sold in Ontario, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission confirmed. The ticket was purchased at a…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (494+ words) The last time online poker had a scandal like this, it nearly killed the game. This week's version has a different shape, and in one way a worse one. It's a hammer blow to a brittle industry already teetering on…...

6+ day, 52+ min ago   (903+ words) October 2, 2026 — 5:00am Failures at two of the world’s most popular gaming platforms have drawn the criticism of Australia’s online safety regulator, who warns that the technology giants risk exposing children to exploitation, abuse and violent extremism materials. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (977+ words) October 1, 2026 — 7:00pm For 19-year-old Kathy Nguyen, Pokemon – and its motley crew of monsters – has been a fixture of her life since she first spotted them on the franchise’s 1990s television series. “I just fell in love with it. And I think it…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (335+ words) The good news — no one won last Friday’s $60-million Lotto Max jackpot. The even better news — no one won Tuesday night’s $65-million jackpot, which means this Friday’s jackpot has reached a whopping $70 million. That said, there were still some big…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (52+ words) Sault Star No ticket won Tuesday’s Lotto Max jackpot of $65 million. Numbers drawn were 6, 10, 13, 22, 23, 43 and 49. Bonus number was 17, Ontario Lottery and Gaming says. Prizes to be won Friday include 10 Maxmillions and 70 chances at $100,000....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (630+ words) "That someone who really wants to bet on the Alberta election, I think they probably could find some site that allows them to do that." Hundreds of people are putting money on the outcome of the upcoming Alberta referendum on…...