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August 5, 2009
 Girma Tafese of Woodbridge didn’t want to cause a lot of excitement. He was in a convenience store and had just discovered that his Cash 5 ticket was worth $100,000. He quietly left the store, went home and began calling friends with the good news.
Mr. Tafese took the top prize in the July 28 Cash 5 day drawing. He bought the winning ticket at Calverton Market, located at 4133 Catlett Road in Calverton.
The winning numbers were 15-19-24-31-32. He selected his own numbers.
Mr. Tafese told Virginia Lottery officials he intends to use his winnings to help buy a new house.
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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