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Alleged Lottery Ticket Thieves ArrestedNews Story
Two men who allegedly stole several stacks of lottery tickets Oct. 22 from a Virginia donut shop were bonded Tuesday in Winchester General District Court.Joshua Aaron Roy, 18, of the 1700 block of Reaves Street, Winchester, was charged on Friday with breaking and entering and receiving stolen property.His alleged accomplice, Tony Eugene Dehaven Jr., 23, of the first block of Fabric Drive, Bunker Hill, W.Va., was charged Monday with the same offenses.Winchester General District Court Judge David
Nov 13, 2003, 5:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

How a lottery win tore a family apartNews Story
Some lottery winners can't resist shouting their good fortune from the rooftops with a champagne-spraying celebration. Others prefer to keep their new-found wealth secret, fearful of begging letters and never-ending jealousy from friends and extended family. Clyde Baxter had no doubt which route he preferred in the wake of a staggering 6.75 million Lottery win seven years ago. While he felt obliged to tell his parents and two of his siblings, he refused to tell two other brothers, presumabl
Aug 3, 2006, 11:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Prolific lottery winner does it againReply
That's awesome he did it again...would like to know how/and how much he consistently bets because thats a large gap of time in yellow to be spending 12 bucks each drawing day and not even catch a box....but then again being in real estate prior to the past 3 years was very profitable.Either way it's all gravy with the cash5 hit anyhow I suppose Draw Date State Game Results Thu, Oct 13, 2011 Virginia Pick 4 Day 5-1-1-7 Sat, Apr 2, 2011 Virginia Pick 4 Night 1-5-7-1 Wed, No
Oct 20, 2011, 8:30 pm - JonnyBgood07 - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery retailers escalate boycott, halt ALL lottery ticket sales until further noticeNews Story
Virginians could have a tougher time buying lottery tickets By Kate Northrop Nearly a month after hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers participated in a temporary boycott of ticket sales to protest the ban of skill games, many of those stores are now refusing to sell tickets altogether. In protest of a recent amendment made to a bill that regulates the operation of skill games in the state, licensed Virginia Lottery retailers have taken last month's ticket sale boycott a step furth
May 11, 2024, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia becomes first state to formally legalize daily fantasy sportsNews Story
Virginia Monday signed into law the Fantasy Contests Act, a bill outlining how daily fantasy sport sites like DraftKings and FanDuel can operate legally in the state. The law is the nation's first formal recognition of the industry after months of heated legal activity in multiple states. Regulators and lawmakers around the country have sought bans on the websites on the grounds they constitute illegal online gambling. The Virginia legislature first approved the new bill in February. Governor
Mar 7, 2016, 9:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

[UPDATE] D.C. woman who tried to redeem faulty ticket admitted to forging second 'winner'News Story
By Todd Northrop A Washington, D.C. woman who enlisted the help of local media to try and claim a faulty Virginia Lottery scratch-off ticket actually tried to claim a second lottery ticket of the same exact game that she admitted was a forgery. Lottery Post reported Wednesday morning that Ardella Newman of Washington, D.C. is taking the Virginia Lottery to task for denying her claim of a scratch-off ticket that she claims is worth $20,000. The Virginia Lottery had issued a statement that t
Sep 9, 2015, 7:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Triple 8's Still Hot in Virginia LotteryNews Story
Virginia Lottery players are once again coming out ahead.Just two weeks to the day since 8-8-8 was drawn in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 game, the exact same order combination was drawn in Monday's Pick 3 day drawing.That means that every player who wagered $1.00 on the Exact Order combination won the top prize of $500. When you add it all up, Virginia Lottery players wagered a total of $363,310 for the Monday, January 10, 2005 Pick 3 day drawing, and they won a total of $1,005,025 in prizes!
Jan 11, 2005, 8:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Deadline approaching for three unclaimed $50,000 lottery tickets in VirginiaNews Story
Virginia lottery players: Better hurry and check your Powerball ticket from the historic $1.6 billion jackpot in January. Three tickets in Virginia, worth $50,000 each, have not yet been claimed from that big drawing, officials said. But the deadline to claim the prizes is fast approaching. Lottery officials said the tickets expire 5 p.m. July 12. In Virginia, winning lottery tickets expire 180 days after the drawing. So the clock is ticking. Two of the winning tickets were sold in Nort
Jul 8, 2016, 9:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins $1 million lottery twice in the same dayNews Story
Winning the lottery once in a lifetime is pretty lucky. Winning the lottery twice in the same day? Virginia Fike is one of the few people that can describe that feeling. The Berryville, Va., resident had two tickets that matched five of the six Powerball numbers in an April 7 drawing so that each ticket was worth $1 million. I'm in shock! Fike said in a news release from the Virginia lottery. In early April, Fike stopped at an Olde Stone Truck Stop in Virginia with her numbers ready an
Apr 24, 2012, 6:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery adds Sunday drawingsNews Story
In an effort to ward off losses to North Carolina, the Virginia Lottery is adding Sunday drawings, starting this weekend. Competition south of the border will cut into Virginia Lottery profits this year, but new games could limit the losses to North Carolina. You don't want to sit still and watch that flattening of sales occur, said Sheila Hill-Christian, executive director of the State Lottery Department. The North Carolina lottery, started last year, could lop profits $50 million, d
Jan 5, 2007, 1:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News