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September 1, 2009
 Jenny Kyser of Madison Heights wasn’t sure if she could drive her car. It had nothing to do with her driving skills. It was because she had just discovered she had a Virginia Lottery ticket in her possession worth $150,000.
“When I told my boyfriend, he said to ‘just drive home,’” she later said. But with all the excitement, it was easier said than done.
Ms. Kyser won the top prize in the Molten Money Scratcher game. She bought the winning ticket at Food Lion, located at 192 Amelon Square in Madison Heights, where she had gone to get groceries.
“I woke up this morning and it’s like a dream,” she told Lottery officials when she claimed her prize.
This was the first top prize to be claimed since the Molten Money game began on August 11, 2009. Two top prizes remain. Ms. Kyser, who works as a waitress, said the winnings will pay for a trip that she already had planned.
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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