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A person buys a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a store on July 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions is now $1.1 billion, the second-largest jackpot in game history.
The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was created in 1987 when Virginians voted in a statewide referendum in favor of a state lottery. The first ticket was sold on September 20, 1988. All profits from Virginia Lottery ticket sales go to K-12 public education, as required by Virginia's constitution.
State lotteries have become a significant source of revenue for states, raising $17.6 billion in profits for state budgets in the 2009 fiscal year (FY) with 11 states collecting more revenue from their state lottery than from their state corporate income tax during FY2009. [10] Lottery policies within states can have conflicting goals. [11]
The Mountain Road Lottery was a project conceived in 1767 by George Washington, Captain Thomas Bullitt, and others. Captain Bullitt had served with Washington in the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The idea was to build a road through the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia and to construct a resort in the area now ...
The grade schools in Gloucester County, where Minton lives, received more than $2.7 million in lottery funds last fiscal year, and so far this fiscal year, the lottery has raised more than $867 ...
“All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia,” lottery officials said. “Stafford County received more than $16.2 million in Lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal ...
“All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia,” lottery officials said. King George County “received more than $2 million in Lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal ...
Since the team's first competition in 1892, Tech has played in over 1,100 sanctioned football games. Virginia Tech faced the Boston College Eagles in the 2007 ACC Championship game, the final game of the 2007 regular season. The Virginia Tech Hokies college football program are part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA ...