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Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing heldNews Story
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/va-lottery-raffle-2008-09-20.asp Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Virginia Lottery, with a limited period of availability of $5 tickets. The Birthday raffle differed from most other raffles conducted by Virginia and other states, that ther
Sep 21, 2008, 11:20 pm - Lottery News

Lottery practices sound, Ariz. officials sayNews Story
Despite a Valley lawyer's filing class-action lawsuits against various state lotteries, including Colorado and Indiana, alleging deceptive practices regarding Scratchers tickets, the Arizona Lottery appears to be in the clear. Although these lawsuits against state lotteries are popping up throughout the country one of the most recent was filed by a business professor in Virginia Arizona Lottery representatives say a suit against them would fail because they believe they have sound policie
Jul 23, 2008, 9:39 am - Lottery News

$85M sought for "defective" Virginia lottery ticketsNews Story
Man sues Virginia Lottery for selling $85 million in defective scratch-off tickets A lawsuit by Washington and Lee University professor Scott Hoover seeks reimbursement for purchasers of an estimated 26.5 million tickets over the past five years. He asserted that the tickets had no chance of winning the top prize promised on them. John Fishwick, a Roanoke attorney for Hoover, on Monday released copies of a lawsuit filed in Richmond Circuit Court. It seeks an $85 million judgment and an inj
Jul 1, 2008, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery scratch games still being sold after jackpots are goneNews Story
Feeling lucky today? Then don't buy a $20 scratch-off ticket for the New Jersey Lottery's $1,000,000 Explosion game. Your chances of winning the $1 million top prize are Z-E-R-O. The six top prizes were awarded months ago, but the $20 tickets are still on sale. The best prize available today is $10,000. State lotteries are coming under renewed criticism for selling scratch-off tickets after the top prizes have been given away. The latest challenge comes from a professor who says
Jun 30, 2008, 1:22 pm - Lottery News

Virginia man wins $250,000 twice in three monthsNews Story
Lottery lightning strikes twice for Chesterfield man When he won in the February 22, 2008, Mega Millions drawing, he joked with Virginia Lottery officials, I'll see you next time. Little did he know, there really would be a next time. Three months later, the same lucky lottery player was back at Lottery headquarters with another Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000. When asked about his amazing luck, Mr. Branch replied, I really can't explain it! Mr. Branch matched the first five
Jun 6, 2008, 5:58 pm - Lottery News

New Year's Eve lottery raffles from around the USANews Story
In addition to celebrating the new year last night, lottery players from around the United States were checking their raffle tickets to see if they would start 2008 as a new millionaire. Raffle-style lottery drawings were held in several states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia. (Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania drew their raffles a couple days ago.) T
Jan 1, 2008, 10:25 am - Lottery News

Virginia man claims lottery raffle prizeNews Story
Lynchburg has a new millionaire. Donnie Taylor, a 60-year-old retired graphics technician, has claimed his $1 million prize in the Virginia Lottery's latest sweepstakes, the Millionaire Raffle. (Millionaire Raffle results: https://www.lotterypost.com/va-lottery-raffle-2007-06-14.asp) He received his full check on Tuesday with 25 percent going to federal taxes and four percent to state taxes, the actual amount paid to Taylor was $710,000. Some people would say, you know, he won $7
Jun 22, 2007, 2:01 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner: 'Kind of exciting, I guess'News Story
Dorothy Elliott stays low-key. She just won the lottery $1,000 a week for the rest of her life. But when the 68-year-old Norfolk resident met with the media this morning at the 7-Eleven store where she bought the fateful Win For Life ticket, she seemed completely unfazed by her good fortune. When I looked at the numbers in the paper, I had to read them a couple of times to make sure they matched, she said. It was kind of exciting, I guess. In the Win for Life drawing on June 13, t
Jun 20, 2007, 11:20 am - Lottery News

Citizen, officer expose check lottery scamNews Story
After a Virginia resident reported a check lottery scam he received through the mail, Lt. Troy Steele thought he would give the scam artist a call. Sitting from his desk at the Culpeper Police Department, in front of this reporter, Steele called Patrick La Pierre from HKJC Lotteries to find out what he would need to do to obtain his winnings of $125,000. The winnings are supposedly from a Hong Kong Lottery but the person taking all phone calls related to the scam has a Canadian area code.
May 22, 2007, 11:23 am - Lottery News

Winning $250,000 lottery ticket to expire MondayNews Story
Virginia Lottery officials say time is running out for the person who bought a winning $250,000 ticket in Virginia Beach. That ticket is about to expire. Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket for the October 17, 2006 drawing at Food Eagle at 2021 Independence Blvd. in Virginia Beach. According to Virginia Lottery rules the ticket expires after 180 days, which will occur at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16. The winning numbers for that drawing were 06-18-20-28-38, and the Mega Ball numb
Apr 9, 2007, 6:46 pm - Lottery News