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Va. woman wins $1 million while showing friend how to play lotteryNews Story
By Todd Northrop A Virginia woman won $1 million Tuesday after attempting to show her friend how to play a scratch-off ticket lottery. Merry Thomas took her friend Julie to the Giant Food store on Town and Country Road in Fredericksburg where she showed her how to work the self-serve machine to scan for a winning ticket. Julie's ticket won $12. Merry's ticket won $1 million. I've been freaking out since then! Merry said. Right in front of my eyes, I saw this woman turn into a
Mar 22, 2017, 8:32 am - Lottery News

Virginia couple wins lottery for fourth timeNews Story
A Virginia couple has gotten good at winning the lottery, claiming their fourth major prize on Valentine's Day. Calvin and Zatera Spencer are building quite a collection of those oversized Virginia Lottery souvenir checks. In March 2014, Lottery Post reported the Portsmouth couple had a lucky month, winning $1 million in the March 12 Powerball drawing, $50,000 in the March 26 Pick 4 drawing and the $1 million prize in the $100 Million Cash Extravaganza Scratcher game. (See Lucky Va. cou
Feb 26, 2017, 10:10 am - Lottery News

US lottery operators worry as fewer millennials line up to playNews Story
Young Americans are showing less interest in buying lotto tickets than their parents, prompting lottery officials to worry about the odds for future growth. While overall ticket sales rose 9 percent last year versus 2015, the number of millennials adults in their late teens to early 30s who play is falling. That is creating consternation among leaders of the industry, which generates $80 billion in annual revenue, more than the combined U.S. sales of movie tickets, music and concerts.
Feb 10, 2017, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Virginia nixes online lottery ticket salesNews Story
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee jettisoned legislation that would have allowed the Virginia Lottery to sell tickets on the Internet. Convenience store owners were among those opposed to the bill that would have opened the door to online gambling. This is the first time a Virginia Assembly Committee has voted on the issue. Del. Roxann Robinson introduced the bill, which was defeated 6-1 in a House General Laws subcommittee. The commonwealth is always looking for additional fundin
Jan 19, 2017, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

New Jersey makes case to Supreme Court on sports bettingNews Story
New Jersey's chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied. The state argued in briefs this week that Congress is barred from forcing states to repeal or reinstate their own laws. That's a reference to an issue at the heart of a lawsuit by the NCAA and the four major pro sports leagues, who argue a 1992 federal law barring all but four states from authorizing sports gambling derails N
Dec 28, 2016, 8:45 pm - Lottery News

Mistake lottery ticket wins NJ man $1 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop A New Jersey man has won a multi-state Cash4Life prize worth $1 million because of a lottery ticket that was sold to him accidentally. New Jersey Lottery officials reported the second-prize winning Cash4Life ticket was sold at Sam's Day Nite Food Store, 1200 River Ave., and matched five numbers but not the Cash Ball in the Dec. 1 drawing. The winning numbers were were 17, 23, 30, 49 and 55. The Cash Ball drawn was 1, according to lottery officials. The store owners said
Dec 7, 2016, 12:08 pm - Lottery News

Infamous lottery winner's house burnsNews Story
Jack's back with more heartbreak Firefighters from all over Bland County converged on Deer Run Estates in Rocky Gap, West Virginia, on Friday morning to battle a blaze at lottery winner Jack Whittaker's house. Whittaker said he was on his way to Ghent, West Virginia, to work when his wife, who was inside the brick structure, called him about the fire. Fire crews got the call at 6:59 a.m. and the house was already engulfed in flames when they arrived. Whittaker's wife smelled smoke an
Dec 2, 2016, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

$420.9 million Powerball jackpot won in TennesseeNews Story
6th Powerball Jackpot Won in Tennessee By Todd Northrop For the sixth time, a Tennessee Lottery player has won a Powerball jackpot this time it's a $420.9 million grand prize for a very lucky person who purchased a ticket in Lafayette (Macon County). The incredible ticket, which matched all six Powerball numbers drawn Saturday, Nov. 26, is also the 200th ticket sold by the Tennessee Lottery worth $1 million or more. The Lottery advises the as-yet unknown ticket-holder to sign the bac
Nov 27, 2016, 8:14 pm - Lottery News

$403 MILLION: Powerball jackpot to guarantee a happy holidays for lucky winnerNews Story
By Todd Northrop While you're out Black Friday shopping, don't forget to pick up some Powerball tickets. For the fourth time this year, the multi-state Powerball lottery game's jackpot has crossed over the $400 million mark, and entered into the realm of wealth so vast that it's hard to imagine. After nobody won Wednesday's $374.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $403 million for Saturday's drawing the 13th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time. But
Nov 25, 2016, 9:07 am - Lottery News

$359 MILLION: Powerball jackpot heats upNews Story
By Todd Northrop As Winter approaches and temperatures cool throughout much of the United States, the multi-state Powerball lottery game is trying to keep things hot. For the fourth time in 2016, a Powerball jackpot has exceeded $300 million and has entered into the top 25 US jackpots of all time. The new high-water mark of $359 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $333.5 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash
Nov 20, 2016, 9:54 am - Lottery News