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August 20, 2009
 Alfred Coe of Alexandria won some retirement money in the Virginia Lottery’s August 6 Cash 5 day drawing. His ticket matched all five numbers to win the top prize of $100,000.
“I haven’t been able to sleep since then,” he told Lottery officials as he claimed his prize.
Mr. Coe, who worked as a glass cutter before retiring, bought the ticket at Safeway, located at 299 South Van Dorn Street in Alexandria. The winning numbers were 3-7-17-22-34. He used the Easy Pick function, allowing the terminal to randomly select the numbers on his ticket.
Mr. Coe told Virginia Lottery officials he had no immediate plans for his winnings, although he does intend to help family members.
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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