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October 22, 2009
 When Silvio Estrada of Alexandria won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Right on the Money Scratcher game, the win could not have come at a better time. He and his wife are expecting their fourth child.
“I’m really, really happy,” the construction worker told Virginia Lottery officials as he claimed his prize.
He bought the winning ticket at Super Mini Mart, located at 8792-A Sacramento Drive in Alexandria.
Right on the Money is one of dozens of Scratcher games offered by the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5 all the way up to $100,000. This is the second ticket to win the top prize in Right on the Money, which means there is one $100,000 ticket yet to be claimed.
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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