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August 19, 2009
The August 18, 2009, Mega Millions drawing really brought out the winners in Virginia. A total of 73,664 tickets purchased in the Commonwealth won prizes, including two tickets that won $250,000 each.
Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, August 21, drawing grows to an estimated $207 million.
The two Virginia tickets that won a combined $500,000 were purchased at:
* 7-Eleven, 7924 Fort Hunt Road in Alexandria
* Ottobine Country Store, 8236 Ottobine Road in Dayton
Mega Millions has been hot in Virginia this year. So far in 2009, two tickets in Virginia have matched all six numbers to hit the jackpot. Another 31 tickets have won $250,000 by matching the first five numbers and missing only the Mega Ball number. Those two jackpot winners were Joe Denette of Spotsylvania County, who won $75.6 million in the May 1 drawing (he selected the cash option of $47.8 million) and Joe and Sue Claffy of Rappahannock County, who won $19 million (they chose the cash option of $11.5 million) in the May 15 drawing.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time. For more information please go to www.valottery.com. The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately one in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.
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.
Please play responsibly.
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