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September 28, 2009
 Derek Hughes of Clifton was refueling his car when it happened. “Something told me to buy a ticket,” he later said.
That something was right. He bought a Mega Millions ticket and won $250,000.
He bought the ticket at Davis General Store, located at 7600 Clifton Road in Fairfax Station, for the September 4 drawing. He selected numbers corresponding to his birthday and some of the favorite years of his life (not including this year!).
When the winning numbers, 2-4-6-21-44 and the Mega Ball 37, were drawn, he knew he matched a few of them. “I thought I’d won about ten dollars,” he said. “Then I went to bed.”
Mr. Hughes said she intends to use his winnings to pay bills and invest for retirement.
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 $439.1 million currently represent about 6 percent of state funding for public education in Virginia. In 21 years, the Lottery has sold more than $21.1 billion in tickets, awarded more than $1.1 billion in retailer commissions and paid more than $11.6 billion in prizes to players.
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