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 a Jan. 6 news release. “I broke down, and I lost it!” Smith told lottery officials.

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

“I did it!” Brian Morgan excitedly told her. Morgan matched all five numbers in the Nov. 27 drawing to win a total of $1,610,754 from a Cash 5 with EZ Match game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 6 news release. “I’ve looked at it about 50 times!” the happy winner told lottery officials when claiming his prize.

A Virginia man earned some major brownie points with his aunt after gifting her a New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket that lottery officials said won a $1 million top prize.

According to Virginia Lottery, the $1 million prize was part of the New Year's Millionaire Raffle. Five tickets were sold at grocery stores, convenience stores and gas stations across the commonwealth. Those businesses include: Ticket #068764 (bought at McNair Farms Sunoco, 13470 Coppermine Road, Herndon)

After clinching the No. 1 seed for the AFC playoffs with a Week 17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Kansas City Chiefs signed linebacker Blake Lynch to their practice squad. To make room for Lynch, the team terminated the practice squad contract of…

The Caroline County woman, who usually plays the Print ‘N Play Bingo game two or three times a week, tried a 50X the Money Scratcher game instead and won $200,000, the Virginia Lottery said in a Dec. 28 post on X, formerly Twitter.