A lucky Virginia lottery player bought her ticket on Christmas Day, then won a life-changing prize on New Year’s Day, officials said. Getting the ticket wasn’t an easy feat for Tarikua Dagnachew, as most stores were closed for the holiday, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 29 news release.

Virginia sports wagering exceeded $700 million for the second consecutive month, with more than $734.38 million bet during December.

A Virginia lottery player initially thought she won $1,000 — then she took a closer look, lottery officials said.

A Virginia woman scored a big prize playing Powerball, but it wasn’t her first time to strike it lucky with lottery games, officials said. Jennifer Helfman, from Alexandria, won $100,000 in the Dec. 7 Powerball drawing, about two years after winning $399,392 in an online lottery game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 21 news release.

A Virginia man won a life-changing jackpot prize while playing online lottery games after work, lottery officials said. Keith Girard, who works in finance, had just gotten home when he won about $1.5 million playing the Marvelous Money: Paradise Payout game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 17 news release.

Turns out the dozens of tickets were stolen in broad daylight and a surveillance camera revealed the suspect was well known to deputies, Stafford County Sheriff David “DP” Decatur said in a Jan. 20 Facebook post. The theft happened around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, at the Last Stop Mart convenience store near North Stafford, investigators say.

Six products from the heralded Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery will be available for the opportunity to purchase through an upcoming Virginia ABC online lottery, Virginia ABC announced Monday.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Lottery is launching its eighth annual Thank a Teacher Art Contest, with entries being accepted from K-12 students. According to Virginia Lottery, students ...

The lucky Maryland player picked up a few tickets from a new “eye-catching” game while on a coffee run, lottery officials said.

Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman decided to buy her first-ever Powerball ticket and ended up winning $150,000. Hurdle Mills resident Sydney Davis told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she went to the Country Store on Hurdle Mills Road and bought her first-ever Powerball ticket.

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Virginia Cash 5 with EZ Match" game were: (two, three, twenty-seven, thirty-nine, forty-four)