On Christmas Eve, a Bedford County nurse decided to buy a lottery ticket and keep it in her Bible. Turns out that ticket won her a million dollars.

It started as a quiet evening at home, but it turned into a life-changing moment for one Prince William County man who struck gold—or rather, $4.3 million—playing a Virginia Lottery game online. Manoj Chhetry,

Manoj Chhetry, from Woodbridge, won a jackpot prize worth $4,303,499 in the Dec. 22 drawing for the Merry Money Mania game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 22 news release. Chhetry told lottery officials he thought it was a scam at first and had to call his wife to help him verify that he really had won. “I didn’t know what happened!” he 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.

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.

It was a quiet evening, and Manoj Chhetry was sitting at home, a little bored, as he later recalled to Virginia Lottery officials. So, the Woodbridge man went online to play some Virginia Lottery games,

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.

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 ...

While watching a Christmas Day football game on TV, a Virginia man decided to try his luck with online lottery games — and it led him to a big jackpot win, lottery officials said. Stanley Dawson said he “cried tears of joy,

A Virginia player won a big Powerball prize about two years after winning thousands in an online lottery game, the Virginia Lottery said. Vladimir Sukhachev Getty Images/iStockphoto A Virginia ...