Virginia Lottery

The Virginia Lottery has taken a hit in the wake of coronavirus pandemic

Joseph K. Heaton of Haymarket, Virginia, was on his way home from work when he decided to make one of his usual stops for lottery tickets at the Sudley Shell Station in Manassas. After going through two or three scratch-offs without much luck, he joked with the store owner, asking, “Are you keeping all the winning tickets behind the counter?”...

When a Virginia man bought a Powerball ticket at a grocery store in Manassas earlier this month, he had a hunch it might be his lucky day.

An Alexandria man hoped to win the big Powerball jackpot, but wound up millions of dollars richer thanks to the scratch off ticket he bought with his leftover cash.

A group of 11 friends who play the lottery together will split $1 million after missing last week’s $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot by one number.

Congress members are pushing for funding and a new formal proposal to rebuild the Pentagon fire station destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Thirty stores across Virginia have sold three or more big ticket winners since June 2011.

Virginia officials want residents to show their gratitude for the teachers in their communities.

Waiting for a car to be repaired can be long and boring, but one Arlington man’s wait became exciting when he won $2.5 million Wednesday.

The Virginia Lottery says it earned a record $538.6 million in the most recent fiscal year on the strength of sales of instant scratch-off tickets and a huge Mega Millions jackpot drawing in December.