More than 1,000 bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look ...

The Virginia Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Jan. 16, 2025, results for each game: DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day. Night: 3 ...

Virginia may be for lovers, but gaming regulators there may not be fond of offshore sportsbooks and casino sites that take ...

If you love to create art and are looking for a new way to show off your talent. The Virginia Lottery is teaming up with The ...

Lolita Moore didn’t say exactly how many lottery tickets she bought, but it was enough that she felt compelled to share with ...

Elizabeth Butterfield, a small business owner who likes to play some of the online games while getting ready for work in the ...

“I did it!” Brian Morgan excitedly told her. Morgan matched all five numbers in the Nov. 27 drawing to win a total of ...

A lottery player wasn’t wearing her glasses when she checked her ticket and was happy when she thought she won $20 in ...

More than 460,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery ...

Randall Smith was sitting in his car when he won a $100,000 top prize from a Money Tree ticket, the Virginia Lottery said in ...

The Powerball jackpot rose to $303 million ahead of Wednesday night's drawing. Check here to see if it's your lucky day.

Money from lotteries often funds public programs. But some argue that gambling games serve as taxes on the poor.