A Virginia Lottery player won $150,000 in the Powerball drawing on Oct. 9, as the nation focused on the $1.55 billion jackpot.

The profits from lottery ticket sales benefit K-12 public education in Virginia. Since the drawing on Aug. 3, there have been ten Powerball wins in Virginia of $100,000 or more.

According to the Virginia Lottery, during the 36 drawings of the Powerball jackpot run that began in July and ended with the $1.725 billion drawing Wednesday, sales of Powerball tickets in ...

As of 5 p.m., Virginia Lottery confirmed $2,837,909 in Powerball sales statewide just on Friday. More than $1.1 million in Powerball tickets were sold just between 2 pm and 5 pm.

As of 2 p.m., Virginia Lottery said Powerball sales totaled $3,578,775 – that’s more than $1.9 million in sales just between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The odds of winning are 1 in 292 million ...

No ticket in Virginia or any Powerball participating states matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing. So, Monday night’s drawing now stands at an estimated $1.55 billion!

A new study revealed the U.S. states that have the highest chances of winning the Powerball — and sadly, none of the ...