A free case of lottery tickets is a dream come true for most people, but it didn’t play out as expected for one Virginia man, according to investigators. Turns out the dozens of tickets were stolen in ...

A proposal to legalize internet gaming in Virginia has been put on hold as lawmakers seek more time to assess its potential ...

The Virginia Lottery is launching its eighth annual Thank a Teacher Art Contest, with entries being accepted from K-12 ...

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

The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the "Virginia Pick 5 Evening" game were: ...

The Virginia Lottery said a man from Ashburn and his aunt, who lives in Emporia, Va., will split $1 million after they won ...

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 ...

Comments made at a Virginia Lottery Board meeting on Tuesday also suggest officials in the commonwealth could try to do something about it, and perhaps soon. The board received a report on the ...

The winning numbers in Monday's drawing of the "Virginia Cash 5 with EZ Match" game were: ...

A Virginia Lottery player got lucky twice in one day: once when she bought a winning ticket, and the second time when she managed not to include it among the tickets she gave away. Lolita Moore ...

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

A Virginia woman who likes playing lottery games while getting ready for work in the morning won a big jackpot prize, lottery officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Virginia woman said she ...