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Joel Lyles won $1,000 per week for the rest of his life in the Virginia Lottery's Win for Life game. (Credit: Virginia Lottery)

Va. Man Wins $1,000 Per Week for Life

A Loudoun County man’s weekly paycheck is going to get a hefty bonus courtesy of the Virginia Lottery.

2013/06/12

File photo of powerball tickets (photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Winner of $590M Powerball Jackpot is 84-year-old

The winner of last month’s $590 million Powerball jackpot is an 84-year-old woman from Zephyrhills, Fla.

2013/06/05

A customer purchases Powerball lottery tickets for the estimated record $425 million jackpot prize. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $600 Million

Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game’s history and the world’s second largest lottery prize.

2013/05/17

Va. Man’s Lucky Lotto Streak Alive With 4th Win

Call Melvyn Wilson the king of the scratch-off ticket.

2013/05/15

Virginia Woman Wins $2 Million Powerball Prize

A Virginia woman has claimed a $2 million Powerball prize.

2013/04/26

A woman fills out a Mega Millions lottery ticket form. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Missing: Mega Millions Winning Ticket Worth $250K

The clock is ticking for the winner of a $250,000 Virginia lottery ticket to claim the prize. The winner has until March 11 to come forward or the prize money will go to the state Literary Fund, which is used to help fund schools.

2013/02/26

Mega Millions ticket (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

$26M Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold at Md. Gas Station

The Maryland Lottery says a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $26 million was sold at a gas station in Mount Airy.

2013/02/20

Fredericksburg Couple Claims $217M Jackpot

A Fredericksburg couple has claimed the second-largest jackpot ever won in Virginia.

2013/02/14

Millions Chasing Millions: Record $425M Powerball Jackpot

Eight months after a trio of ticket buyers split a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot to set a world lottery record, Powerball is offering up a prize that would be the second highest.

2012/11/27

Chris Singleton (credit: Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)

Chris Singleton On Spending $10K On Lottery Tickets: It Was That Or Blow It In The Club

Washington Wizards rookie Chris Singleton says it was worth it to buy $10,000 worth of tickets for last week’s Mega Millions lottery, adding it was “either that or blowing it in the clubs.”

106.7 The Fan–2012/04/02