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September 13, 2009
 When someone tells Rod O’Connor of Vienna that he’s lucky, he’s likely to say, “No, I’m stubborn.” That stubbornness paid off when he won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game.
As he claimed his prize, Mr. O’Connor told Lottery officials that he’s been playing Cash 5 for years. He’s matched four numbers to win $100 on several occasions, but he’s never matched all five – until now.
He won the top prize in the September 5 Cash 5 day drawing. The winning numbers were 1-7-11-20-26. He bought the winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 537 Maple Avenue in Vienna using Easy Pick.
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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