Greenbrier resort offers table games to guests, plans video lottery
Less than a month after getting its license to offer gambling, West Virginia's historic Greenbrier resort has opened the Tavern Casino, an on-site facility for guests with table games including blackjack, three-card poker and roulette.
The 344-square-meter Tavern Casino is open to overnight guests, members of The Greenbrier Sporting Club and The Greenbrier Golf and Tennis Club, in addition to registered event and convention attendees who are staying off-property when more than 400 rooms at Gr ...
Oct 8, 2009, 8:12 am - Lottery News forum
Woman claims $250,000 just hours before lottery ticket expires
For nearly six months, Lydia Burke of Mechanicsville, Virginia, had a Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 and she didn't know it. The ticket sat in a napkin holder in her kitchen.
Then on September 23, she happened to see a news report that a Mega Millions ticket purchased at the 7-Eleven located at 2413 Staples Mill Road in Richmond was about to expire. She remembered buying a ticket at that store, so she checked the ticket in her napkin holder.
Oh my goodness, when I saw that ticket and ...
Sep 26, 2009, 8:01 am - Lottery News forum
$325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls again
Largest Mega Millions jackpot in two years will be drawn Friday
There has been another rollover in the top prize for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery expanding the jackpot to a staggering $325 million for the Friday drawing.
The lump-sum cash value is estimated to be $205 million.
It is the largest Mega Millions jackpot in two years, and if sales are brisker than expected, it may get even bigger. On August 31, 2007, four ticket-holders from Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia ...
Aug 26, 2009, 1:39 am - Lottery News forum
Mega Millions lottery jackpot zooms to $207M
The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing climbed to $207 million after no players matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's game.
Even though there were no jackpot winners, 14 lucky players managed to match the first five numbers for a $250,000 second-prize win. 3 of those tickets were sold in California, 1 in Georgia, 2 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, 1 in Massachusetts, 2 in New Jersey, 1 in New York, 1 in Texas, and 2 in Virginia.
The California second-prize winners will receiv ...
Aug 19, 2009, 10:39 pm - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery jackpot cracks $200M mark
4th biggest Powerball jackpot over the last 2 years
Mega Millions also in rarified territory
The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $213 million, with a cash option of $104.7 million.
Wednesday night was the 13th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner.
Even though there were no jackpot winners, six lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for ...
Aug 13, 2009, 3:47 pm - Lottery News forum
West Virginia Lottery brings in $20M more than expected
The West Virginia Lottery beat its forecast by $20 million during the just-completed fiscal year, despite the recession and competition from neighboring Pennsylvania, agency officials announced Wednesday.
Sales reached $1.49 billion during the 12 months that ended June 30, or just over 1 percent more than expected.
State government's share of the resulting revenues topped $616.6 million, while West Virginia's counties and municipalities together reaped nearly $16 million.
But an overall ...
Jul 22, 2009, 6:09 pm - Lottery News forum
W. Va. woman wins 9th big lottery prize
Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.
Last week, the 60-year-old South Charleston woman claimed her ninth West Virginia Lottery prize, $7,000 in the Gem 7s instant game. That brings her total winnings since last September to $159,000 from five instant tickets.
Lottery officials say Bailey has claimed a total $165,800 in prizes from instant and online games since 2000.
She's not the only lucky one in the family. Her husband Richard claimed a $6,000 instant game prize in January and a $10,000 ...
Jul 12, 2009, 10:50 am - Lottery News forum
Powerball winner's daughter found dead in home
The 42-year-old daughter of Powerball winner Jack Whittaker has been found dead in her Raleigh County, West Virginia, home.
Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputy D.E. Stafford says the body of Ginger Whittaker Bragg was found Sunday afternoon in Daniels.
Stafford said in a statement Monday that no foul play is suspected. He says the body has been sent to the state Medical Examiner's office.
Jack Whittaker became an instant celebrity on Christmas Day 2002 when he won a nearly $315 million Powe ...
Jul 7, 2009, 12:41 am - Lottery News forum
Virginia Lottery unveils Redskins scratch tickets
The Virginia Lottery and the Washington Redskins unveiled a new $50,000,000 Redskins Mania scratch ticket that will go on sale in August, in time for the start of the 2009 football season.
This is one of the first to be launched by a state lottery and an NFL team, according to a news release from the Virginia Lottery, taking advantage of a new NFL rule that allows teams to sign licensing deals with state-sponsored lotteries.
The Redskins went all out for the announcement, displaying their ...
Jun 10, 2009, 7:28 pm - Lottery News forum
Virginia high court rules that lottery must be accessible
Federal and state laws require the Virginia Lottery to ensure that its games are accessible to people with disabilities, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
But nothing in those laws specifies how accessibility must be achieved, the court said in a unanimous decision reviving a lawsuit filed by four disabled Virginians who identified 16 lottery retailers unable to accommodate their wheelchairs.
The court returned the case to Richmond Circuit Judge Margaret P. Spencer to determine what ...
Jun 5, 2009, 9:30 am - Lottery News forum
