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July 20, 2009
 Otis McMurray of Bristol, Virginia started his day recently with a huge surprise.
“I checked the newspaper and I couldn’t believe my eyes,” he said.
What he saw were winning numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game – and they were his numbers! He matched all five numbers on a ticket for which he wagered 50 cents, to win $50,000.
He bought the winning ticket at Fast Mart, located at 2581 Kingsmill Pike in Bristol for the July 11 night drawing. The winning numbers were 9-11-15-22-23. He selected his own numbers.
Mr. McMurray, who retired after 40 years with the Virginia Department of Transportation, told Lottery officials he hopes to use his winnings to take a small vacation.
Cash 5 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The chances of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256.
Nearly 95 cents of each dollar spent on the Virginia Lottery by players goes back to the Commonwealth in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retailer commissions. Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have been designated solely to K-12 public school education in the Commonwealth. In that time, the Lottery has turned over more than $4 billion for Virginia’s public schools. The latest annual profits of $455 million currently represent about 6 percent of state funding for public education in Virginia. In 20 years, the Lottery has sold more than $20 billion in tickets, awarded more than $1 billion in retailer commissions and paid more than $10.9 billion in prizes to players.
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