Lottery players in North Carolina who win big money in the games — from a Powerball jackpot to a $600 scratch-off ticket win — can't keep it a secret.

State law says the names of lottery winners and what they won are public information.

But a House bill set for a hearing Wednesday would change that, requiring confidentiality unless the winners consent to having their information released.

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County, said he's concerned current technology makes it too easy to track down people's information, and that winners are being used to generate interest in the games.

Itching to buy a lottery ticket but can't leave the house? Have one delivered.

At least that's the idea behind a bill state Assemblyman John Burzichelli has introduced.

The measure (A4018) would allow courier services to deliver New Jersey lottery tickets throughout the state. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) said similar services are common in Europe.

"If you're either too busy or can't get out of the house, you can make arrangements," he said.

Currently, New Jersey lottery players can buy tickets only in person. An effort to institute an online lottery in the state failed in 2011.

For 18 years, an unremarkable blue machine has been a fixture at corner convenience stores, its tired keys accepting millions of bets from players hoping a lucky string of numbers — a kid's birthday, an old address — will just this once bend the rules of probability and change everything.

But, with casino gambling coming to Massachusetts, the state lottery is looking to replace the 8,500 aging blue terminals and the massive computer system that processes nearly $5 billion in bets a year. Lottery officials hope the sophisticated technology in newer terminals will help them hang onto loyal customers tempted by glitzy slot machines and table games.

The North Carolina woman holding one of three winning tickets for the Feb. 11 Powerball drawing has cashed in her ticket.

Years of playing Quick Pick tickets every day paid off for 70-year-old Jesus Davila Jr. in January when he won $265 million -- the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history.

The Georgia Lottery tonight is kicking off the first drawing of its latest Georgia-only lotto game: Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match.

A long-running battle to claim the winnings of a 19-year-old lottery ticket has been revived in the legislature.

Nearly four dozen New Jersey lottery winners collected their prizes with false Social Security numbers belonging to dead people, according to an audit of the state lottery system.

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow big lottery winners to keep their identity a secret, but they would have to pay for that privilege.

A man started playing the lottery six years ago when numbers flashed into his head, and now he is a millionaire.