West Virginia Lottery
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The West Virginia Lottery is the state-run agency that oversees lottery games and regulates licensed gambling operations throughout West Virginia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Virginia Lottery canonical | 1 |
| West Virginia Lottery Commission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11786053 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Virginia Lottery Context triple: [Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, hasGamingLicenseJurisdiction, West Virginia Lottery]
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A.
Hoy, West Virginia
Hoy, West Virginia is an unincorporated rural community located in Hampshire County in the eastern part of the state.
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B.
West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked, mountainous U.S. state in the Appalachian region, known for its coal mining history, outdoor recreation, and distinct cultural heritage.
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C.
WV
WV is the postcode area covering Wolverhampton and surrounding parts of the West Midlands in England.
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D.
Rock, West Virginia
Rock, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Mercer County known for its rural Appalachian setting in the southern part of the state.
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E.
Ada, West Virginia
Ada, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in Mercer County in the southern part of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Virginia Lottery Target entity description: The West Virginia Lottery is the state-run agency that oversees lottery games and regulates licensed gambling operations throughout West Virginia.
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A.
Hoy, West Virginia
Hoy, West Virginia is an unincorporated rural community located in Hampshire County in the eastern part of the state.
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B.
West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked, mountainous U.S. state in the Appalachian region, known for its coal mining history, outdoor recreation, and distinct cultural heritage.
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C.
WV
WV is the postcode area covering Wolverhampton and surrounding parts of the West Midlands in England.
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D.
Rock, West Virginia
Rock, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Mercer County known for its rural Appalachian setting in the southern part of the state.
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E.
Ada, West Virginia
Ada, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in Mercer County in the southern part of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
state lottery ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | West Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| funds | state programs in West Virginia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
draw games
ⓘ
instant games ⓘ multi-state draw games ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ |
| inception | 1980s ⓘ |
| industry |
gambling
ⓘ
lottery ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | West Virginia ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | state agency ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
State of West Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
West Virginia
|
| ownedBy |
State of West Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
West Virginia
|
| parentOrganization | Government of West Virginia ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
Mega Millions
ⓘ
Multi-State Lottery Association ⓘ Powerball ⓘ |
| purpose |
generate revenue for the State of West Virginia
ⓘ
regulation of licensed gambling operations in West Virginia ⓘ |
| regulates |
limited video lottery
ⓘ
lottery games in West Virginia ⓘ racetrack video lottery ⓘ table games at licensed facilities ⓘ video lottery ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| website | https://wvlottery.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: West Virginia Lottery Description of subject: The West Virginia Lottery is the state-run agency that oversees lottery games and regulates licensed gambling operations throughout West Virginia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack
→
regulationJurisdiction
→
West Virginia Lottery Commission
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linked to: West Virginia Lottery