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August 5, 2009
 Christie Tharpe of Saxe received five times the thrill when she won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Five Times the Money Scratcher game.
“I’m excited, to say the least,” she told Lottery officials when she claimed her $100,000 prize.
Ms. Tharpe bought the winning ticket at Old 26 Grocery, located at 9641 Scuffletown Road in Randolph.
Five Times the Money is one of dozens of Scratcher games offered by the Virginia Lottery. This is the second Five Times the Money ticket to win the $100,000 prize, which means there are three top-prize-winning tickets yet to be claimed.
Ms. Tharpe said she intends to save her winnings.
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 nearly $3.9 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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