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October 30, 2009
 Joseph Nailler of Palmyra had just returned home from getting a sandwich when he visited the Virginia Lottery’s Web site to check his Mega Millions ticket. The winning numbers for the October 27 drawing sure looked familiar! That’s because his ticket matched the first five numbers and missed only the Mega Ball number to win $250,000.
He bought his winning ticket at Harris-Teeter, 975 Emmet Street in Charlottesville. He used Easy Pick, allowing the computer to randomly select the numbers on his ticket
The winning numbers for that drawing were 7-13-37-46-51 and the Mega Ball number was 2.
When asked how he intends to use his winnings, Mr. Nailler replied, “We’ll spend it wisely.”
Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
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 7 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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