Code Golf: Tic Tac Toe

Answer 1

C#, 180 characters :

var s=new[]{0,0,0,1,2,2,3,6};
var t=new[]{1,3,4,3,2,3,1,1};
return(s.Select((p,i)=>new[]{g[p],g[p+t[i]],g[p+2*t[i]]}).FirstOrDefault(l=>l.Distinct().Count()==1)??new[]{0}).First();

(g being the grid)

Could probably be improved... I'm still working on it ;)