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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
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
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
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, 12:40 am - Lottery News
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
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
Delaware legalizes sports betting
Table games are next; Maryland lawmakers worried
Standing in front a screen displaying lines for the NFL, NBA and MLB, Gov. Jack Markell Thursday signed a sports betting bill into law at a ceremony inside the VIP room at Delaware Park racetrack and casino.
After signing the legislation Markell said his administration looks forward to working with the state's three racinos to make the Delaware sports lottery as successful as possible.
There is tremendous interest in the sports lottery t
May 15, 2009, 8:45 am - Lottery News
Virginia Lottery's New Year's raffle winning numbers
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, New Year's Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Wednesday, and made four instant millionaires.
The winning numbers for all prize levels can be found on Lottery Post's Virginia Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/va).
A total of 440,000 of the $20 tickets were available for purchase. Most tickets were sold out prior to the drawing.
In addition to the four top jackpots of $1 million, other prizes include 4 winners of $50,000 and 400
Jan 1, 2009, 8:52 am - Lottery News
Virginia man wins 11 times in one lottery drawing
James Peterson of Hampton, Virginia, doesn't make it a habit to buy so many tickets when he plays the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 game, but he made an exception last Saturday.
I just had a feeling, he later said.
He purchased 11 tickets for the Dec 13 drawing and he also purchased one ticket each for his two sons. All 13 tickets contained the same five numbers: 10-13-18-23-30. Each ticket won $100,000.
Peterson's winnings came to $1.1 million.
He purchased the tickets at three differe
Dec 17, 2008, 8:40 am - Lottery News
Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing held
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