How do I make this little box go away.

You have to open them, then delete them. That will make the box go away.

You have to read the email and then delect it. I remember the frst time mine wouldn't go away.

well all you have to do is open the alet again and delete it, you can see the delete button at the right side of the alert after that your all good. that box will dissappear.

That is a great question! Sometimes it says I have 5 alerts and sometimes it says I have more or less - but I don't know if it means that MyLot is alerting me to something, if it is talking about my messages and pending friend requests. I still have quite a bit to learn also ~Donna

LOL this has been answered but it was funny because I had the same problem when I finally got online today. I opened and read it but it was still there. As others said it stayed there until I deleted the message. I wanted to save it so I could refer back when I get bored and want to check out the new interests.