Virginia Lottery To Streamline Costs By No Longer Televising Daily Draw Show<\/a><\/p>\nAlthough I rarely play the daily number games, the drawing shows were a little bit of fun to watch. I still miss that catchy theme music that they had before they changed it in 2006. Oh well, we’ll still sing along with “Virginia’s Winning Numbers!”<\/p>\n
Seriously, I guess it makes sense to cut costs wherever they can. I didn’t realize that the Virginia Lottery paid the TV station to broadcast the drawings. I would have thought that having the drawings on your station would get more viewers, but now I see it was just paid advertising. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tonight’s your last chance to watch the drawings.<\/p>\n
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