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Below are Virginia Lottery news releases for 2008.

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5/12/2008 Virginia Lottery Pick 4 Players Win Big With 1-2-3-4
PLAYERS WIN A TOTAL OF $2.1 MILLION IN MAY 10 DAY DRAWING

Virginia Lottery players who selected the number combination 1-2-3-4 broke the bank in the May 10, 2008, Pick 4 day drawing. For the first...
5/9/2008 “I Hollered And I Jumped!” Portsmouth Man Wins Top Prize In “$100,000 Casino Action”
Wayne Person of Portsmouth called his wife as he was driving home and told her she would have to park the car in the garage when he got home.

“I was too nervous to do it!” he recalled.

Mr. Per...
5/9/2008 Quick Grocery Store Visit Brings Home The Bacon - Fredericksburg Man Wins $250,000
Scott Merriman of Fredericksburg offered to run an errand for his wife while she made shepherd’s pie for the family. While he was buying corn at the grocery store, he picked up a Mega Millions ticket...
5/9/2008 His Ship Comes In - Retired Shipyard Worker Wins Top Prize In “$100,000 Mega Multiplier”
David Posey of Suffolk knew right away that he had a winning ticket – but his wife didn’t believe him. When he finally convinced her he had won $100,000 from the Virginia Lottery, she had instruction...
5/9/2008 Man Selects Numbers Honoring His Wife – And Wins $100,000
When James Pitt of Newport News selected his numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, he used at least one number close to his heart. It was 32 years ago that his wife passed away at the age of...
5/7/2008 Salem Man Finds a $250,000 Lottery Ticket In His Car Just Days Before The Ticket Expires!
Imagine driving around for five and a half months, not knowing your car contains a piece of paper worth $250,000. That is exactly what happened to Thomas Broyles of Salem.

Mr. Broyles bought a ...
5/7/2008 He Stopped To Buy a Soda And Ended Up Winning $100,000
Jeffrey Bowser of Woodbridge didn’t have to leave Virginia to be a big Vegas winner. He played the Virginia Lottery Scratcher game Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas and won the top prize of $100,000!

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5/7/2008 Highway Construction Worker Is In The Fast Lane After Winning $100,000
When Craig Clatterbuck of Front Royal won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, the prize had special meaning for his family. He bought the ticket on April 29, his daughter’s third bir...
5/6/2008 Richmond Man Wins A Ca$h Windfall From Virginia Lottery
Norvell Jones of Richmond is a writer. His latest book is titled The World’s Most Creative (& Dangerous) Quote Book. The former teacher started an unexpected chapter in his own life when he d...
5/5/2008 Newly Retired Portsmouth Man Wins $52,000
James Baker of Portsmouth just retired this year. So it was a nice added bonus when he discovered he had won $52,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For life game. He matched five of the first six num...
5/1/2008 Retailer Tells Falls Church Woman She Has Winning Ticket
Suzanne Moreira of Falls Church played Cash 5 while she was at a local convenience store to pick up soda recently. Her computer had crashed, so she couldn’t check her numbers on the Virginia Lottery’s...
4/30/2008 Two Lynchburg-Area Friends Split $1 Million In “Tax Free Million” Game
Debra Jefferson of Madison Heights and Ingrid Olson of Lynchburg have been friends for about two years. Sometimes they play the lottery together. “When we feel lucky, we do,” said Ms. Jefferson.

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4/28/2008 One Ticket In Chesapeake Wins $1,000 Per Week For The Life Of The Winner
The Win For Life game is hot in Virginia. One ticket in the Saturday, April 26, Win For Life drawing matched the six winning numbers to win $1,000 per week for the life of the winner.

Whoever ha...
4/25/2008 Goal!! Soccer Player Shoots And Scores In Win For Life Game
Marlon Bolanos of Lorton is a former member of the Guatemalan national soccer team. When he played the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game, he selected his numbers using the numbers that once adorned...
4/25/2008 Locust Grove Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life Game
Wilbert Brown Jr. of Locust Grove was sitting at his computer, checking the winning numbers for the previous night’s Win For Life Drawing. That’s when he made a shocking discovery.

“As I went down...
4/23/2008 More Than 1,800 Nominations Received For “Super Teacher” Awards
When it comes to super teachers, Virginia has them in abundance. Officials with the Virginia Lottery, the Virginia PTA and Virginia-based The Supply Room Companies received concrete proof of that whe...
4/21/2008 Virginians Try To Get Their Own Piece Of The Boardwalk
Richmond, Virginia – Virginians can collect up to $15,000 when they PASS GO on the new Virginia Lottery Monopoly Scratcher. With a $15,000 top prize and the ability to win up to nine ways on a ticket...
4/18/2008 25-Year-Old Harrisonburg Man Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life
Gadiel Luciano of Harrisonburg used a unique method to select his numbers when he played the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game. He spotted the numbers on the rear-view mirror of his father’s ’92 F...
4/16/2008 Tow Truck Operator Wins An Uplifting Prize In “Hit $200,000” Game
Richard Seay of Richmond had just won $10 in a Virginia Lottery Scratcher game. So he used his winnings to purchase a Hit $200,000 ticket. He took the ticket out to his tow truck and scratched it. A...
4/16/2008 Roanoke Woman Takes Top Prize In “$100,000 Double Action 2” Game
Joyce Anderson of Roanoke is a very lucky person. She scratched to win the top prize of $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s $100,000 Double Action 2, The Sequel game.

She purchased the winning tic...
4/14/2008 A Visit To Her Granddaughter Results In $100,000 Lottery Win
Julliette Brooks of Dumfries was “just driving by” when she decided to stop at Five Forks Food Mart in Hopewell. While she was there, she played the Virginia Lottery Scratcher game Big Money. She ga...
4/14/2008 Giles County Man Wins $100,000 In “Kings And Queens” Game
Don’t tell Edwin Lafon of Pembroke that if you win the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Kings and Queens Scratcher game, you have to act like a king.

“My knees were quivering,” he later told L...
4/14/2008 Ticket Purchased In Harrisonburg Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life
Virginians are on a winning streak in the Win For Life game. On Saturday, April 12, someone bought a Win For Life ticket at the 7-Eleven located at 380 North Mason Street in Harrisonburg. That ticke...
4/11/2008 He Won $250,000 – Now He`s Going Fishing!
When Raymond Thurman of Chesterfield discovered that the Mega Millions ticket in his hand was worth $250,000, it was not a calm moment.

“I was going nuts!” he told Virginia Lottery officials.

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4/11/2008 He Selected Numbers From The Weather Report – And Won $100,000!
Thomas Peay of Richmond used a unique method to pick his five numbers for the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game. He watched the weather report on CBS 6 TV and wrote down some of the temperatures he saw....
4/10/2008 A Great Trip Home From Work: Discovering You Won $100,000
Asrat Woldeslassie of Alexandria was on her way home from work with her husband when they stopped to check on some Virginia Lottery tickets.

“We checked the number and we just couldn’t believe it...
4/10/2008 Corrections Officer Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life – With The First Ticket She Ever Bought!
Johnesha Bagby of Mechanicsville had never played the lottery before she bought the Win For Life Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery. The first time was a charm! The ticket won the top prize ...
4/10/2008 It`s A Super Day For Richmond Man Who Wins $177,777
Malcolm Case of Richmond has a routine. He goes to the store every morning for coffee. That routine was interrupted when he played the Virginia Lottery’s Super Ruby Red 7’s Scratcher game – and won ...
4/9/2008 Nine Virginians Each Win A Trip For Four To Los Angeles For A Chance To Compete In “Deal Or No Deal”™
THEY TAKE NINE TOP PRIZES IN VIRGINIA LOTTERY’S DEAL OR NO DEAL™ SWEEPSTAKES

When is a losing ticket actually a winner? Just ask the nine winners of the Virginia Lottery’s Deal or no Deal™ Sweepst...
4/7/2008 Retiree Matches Them All To Win $100,000 In Cash 5
“Sometimes you need to look at the ticket a thousand times!”

That’s what Theodore Stephenson of Norfolk did when he thought he matched all five numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game. And h...
4/7/2008 Martinsville Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life Game
David Walker of Martinsville likes to play two different sets of numbers in the Win For Life game. That strategy paid off when he matched five of the first six numbers plus the Free Ball number to wi...
4/4/2008 Hampton Woman Wins A Treasure Chest Of $100,000
Queenie Powell of Hampton enjoys Virginia Lottery Scratcher games. Or as she puts it: “I’m one of those people that like to scratch.”

Her enjoyment turned to shock when she bought a Treasure Chest...
4/4/2008 Husband And Wife`s Birthdates Bring Home $52,000
William Harouff of Covington has always used his wife’s and his own birthdates since he began playing Win For Life. For the March 19, 2008, drawing, those numbers granted him the $52,000 Win For Life...
4/4/2008 Springfield Man Wins Big With Win For Life Ticket
When James Dickinson purchases a lottery ticket, he usually checks the newspaper for the winning numbers. For some reason he had a good feeling when he played Win For Life recently, so he didn’t wan...
4/3/2008 Abingdon Woman Hits It Big! Small Business Owner Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions Drawing
It’s a good thing Judith Marsh of Abingdon didn’t act too quickly. When she asked a friend to read the winning numbers in the March 28, 2008, Mega Millions drawing, she started with just the Mega Bal...
4/3/2008 She Went To Buy Some Ice – And Ended Up With Cold Cash!
Bonnie Blake of Roanoke went to the store with her fiancé to purchase some ice. While she was there, her fiancé suggested she play Mega Millions, which she had never played before. The first time wa...
4/3/2008 Hampton Woman Has The Winning Prescription
Linda McNeil of Hampton had just left the doctor’s office when she stopped to buy a Win For Life ticket from the Virginia Lottery. The numbers on her ticket were a winning prescription! She matched ...
4/2/2008 Insurance Agent Wins a Premium Prize: $150,000 From The Virginia Lottery
Talk about a lucky day! Timothy Grant of Bowling Green won $150 playing a Virginia Lottery game. He didn’t intend to play again that day, but he liked the look of the new Platinum 7’s Scratcher tick...
4/2/2008 Richmond Man Feels Like a King After Winning “Kings And Queens” Game
William Coburn of Richmond has every right to feel regal. He played the Virginia Lottery’s Kings and Queens Scratcher game and won the top prize of $100,000.

Mr. Coburn, who works as a control dis...
4/2/2008 Campbell County Man Wins $1,000 Per Week For Ten Years
Cary Simonton of Evington was on his lunch break when he stopped to buy a Weekly Grand Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery. He then took it back and scratched it at the welding table where he ...
4/1/2008 Vienna Man Wins $250,000 – Just One Number From The Jackpot
When Eric Arbuckle of Vienna went to the store to cash in some winning lottery tickets, he was told that one of the tickets could not be cashed there. When he asked the clerk why, the clerk pointed t...
3/31/2008 He Went To Pay His Insurance – And Ended Up With A $250,000 Lottery Prize
Ernest Bailey of Richmond intended to drop off his insurance payment, but the office was closed for lunch. So he went to a nearby store to get a printout of recent Virginia Lottery winning numbers. ...
3/28/2008 After Four Months, Winchester Man Claims Top Prize In Win For Life
The mystery has been solved. The question “Where is that winning ticket?” has finally been answered.

For four months, Sushil Thapa of Winchester was in possession of a top-prize ticket in the Virg...
3/21/2008 Pittsylvania County Woman Wins Big - Four Years After Her Mother Did The Same Thing!
It’s often good to follow the example of your parents. However, that’s probably not what LaToya Hunt of Hurt was thinking when she played the Virginia Lottery’s Super Blackjack game. Sure, her mothe...
3/21/2008 Dinwiddie Woman Wins $52,000 In Win For Life Game - “One Dollar Brings All This!”
Patricia Perkins of Dinwiddie had just won three dollars in a Scratcher game, so she decided to use her winnings to play two other games: Win For Life and Mega Millions. That decision won her $52,000...
3/19/2008 Chesapeake Man Wins $1 Million While Talking On The Phone
It’s not that Bobby Reed of Chesapeake wanted to keep a secret from his wife. It’s just that he couldn’t believe his luck. When he scratched a $100 Million Cash Extravaganza ticket from the Virginia...
3/19/2008 After a Trip To The Doctor, Fairfax Man Wins $250,000
Most people don’t like to go to the doctor. But Charles Moat of Fairfax might change his opinion of that. He was on his way home from the doctor when he stopped and played the Virginia Lottery’s Sup...
3/19/2008 $100,000 Cash 5 Winner Plans To Spend Some Time With Mickey And Minnie
When Jerry Penick of Danville checked his daily Virginia Lottery text notifications, he was shocked when he saw his Cash 5 numbers. He even went to a Lottery retailer to double-check to see if he ha...
3/18/2008 Spotsylvania Man Wins Big With $100 Million Cash Extravaganza Ticket
The night George Cole of Spotsylvania decided to buy a Scratcher ticket he couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw he won $1 million. He purchased the lucky $100 Million Cash Extravaganza ticket at 7-...
3/18/2008 Winning Ticket Sold In Gloucester Will Expire If Winner Doesn`t Come Forward
Where is that ticket?

Someone bought a ticket for the September 27, 2007, Cash 5 night drawing at Food Lion, located at 7465 Hargett Blvd. in Gloucester. That ticket turned out to be a $100,000 wi...
3/17/2008 Aces Are Wild For Hampton Man
“It’s overwhelming. When I walk, my steps are lighter.”

That’s how James Robinson, Sr. of Hampton felt as he claimed the top prize of $177,777 in the Virginia Lottery’s Aces Wild Scratcher game....
3/11/2008 Doctor Appointment Gets Put On Hold For Winning Lottery Ticket
Judy Roller of Church Hill, TN was on her way to the doctor’s office when she stopped at Overbrook Market in Weber City to redeem a $25 winning ticket she bought the week prior. Instead of taking he...
3/3/2008 Truck Driver Loads Up With $100,000 From The Virginia Lottery
Andrew Davis of Stokesdale, North Carolina often stops for gas and Virginia Lottery tickets at Smiley’s Fuel City in Raphine, Virginia while he’s driving his route. He might stop there four times a w...
3/3/2008 Chesterfield Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions
Kevin Branch of Chesterfield was joking when he said, “I’ll be going down to the Lottery soon.” He didn’t really think he would have the chance to redeem a ticket for $250,000. But just a few days a...
2/29/2008 Win For Life Delivers For Chesapeake Letter Carrier
Jasper Ingram of Chesapeake delivers mail for the U. S. Postal Service. However, for the rest of his life, something special will be delivered to him each week: a payment from the Virginia Lottery. ...
2/28/2008 Couple Thought They Won $200 And Ended Up With $250,000
Tonya Shanholtz of Stephenson, Virginia, did not hesitate to hide a winning Virginia Lottery ticket worth $250,000 ticket in her lockbox. Excited and nervous, she wanted to make sure it was in a saf...
2/27/2008 Just One Number Away From The Jackpot, Campbell County Man Wins $250,000
Chet Carwile of Rustburg thought a friend might be playing a joke on him. The friend had given him a piece of paper with the winning numbers from the February 22, 2008, Mega Millions drawing. His ti...
2/27/2008 Annandale Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions
Clementqui Nguyen of Annandale doesn’t play Mega Millions often, but he says, “When I see the big money, I play.”

Not only did he play for the big money, but he won big money in the February 15, 20...
2/23/2008 One Ticket Wins Mega Millions Jackpot – Three Virginia Tickets Each Win $250,000
JACKPOT RUN EARNS NEARLY $14 MILLION FOR VIRGINIA’S K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS

One ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $270 million jackpot in the February 22, 2008, Mega Millions drawing....
2/22/2008 Excitement Growing In Virginia As The Largest Jackpot In The World Gets Even Larger!
With an estimated $270 million jackpot, the Mega Millions game is living up to its name and generating mega-excitement in Virginia. Lottery officials expect about 3,500,000 Mega Millions tickets to b...
2/15/2008 Spotsylvania Couple Wins Big – For The Third Time!
Mark and Sue Cutlip may want to get a reserved parking spot in front of the Virginia Lottery’s Customer Service Center in Woodbridge. It’s getting to be a familiar sight to see the Spotsylvania coupl...
2/12/2008 Roanoke Man Wins $100,000 On A “Crazy Day”
When Eric Johnson of Roanoke realized his Cash 5 ticket had won $100,000, he didn’t say anything, but he must have had a difficult time hiding it. A friend came up to him and asked, “What’s wrong wit...
2/11/2008 Things To Do Today: 1. Go Out To Dinner; 2. Win $100,000 - Grundy Woman Wins Big!
Linnie Hurd of Grundy and her husband were on their way home after eating out, when they stopped to buy some Virginia Lottery tickets. The first ticket she played was the new $100,000 Double Action 2...
2/11/2008 Wythe County Man Finds A $52,000 Ticket In His Pocket
Have you ever discovered a forgotten dollar bill in the pocket of your shirt or pants? If so, imagine how Vander Jones of Max Meadows felt when he discovered a Virginia Lottery ticket worth $52,000! ...
2/11/2008 “This Is The Winner” Was Meant as a Joke – But The Ticket Ended Up Winning $250,000
Rachael Mann’s husband was only joking when he handed her a Mega Millions ticket and said, “Here, this is the winner.” It turns out he was absolutely right. When the numbers were drawn for the Janua...
2/8/2008 Mega Millions Jackpot Raised To Estimated $125 Million!
With higher than expected sales in Virginia and the 11 other Mega Millions states, Mega Millions officials today raised the estimated jackpot for the Friday, February 8, 2008, drawing from $122 millio...
2/7/2008 Bowling Green Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life Game
Ronald Madray of Bowling Green is studying to become a teacher. The $52,000 he won from the Virginia Lottery will certainly help!

Mr. Madrey matched five of the first six numbers plus the Free Bal...
2/6/2008 “I Just Started Jumping And Hollering” - West Virginia Woman Wins $100,000 In Virginia
Carolyn Ingram of Bluefield, West Virginia, likes to travel the short distance to Virginia in order to play Virginia Lottery games. The trip was more than worth it on January 24, 2008, when she won $...
2/1/2008 Retired Plumber Cleans Up With Six Winning Tickets In The Same Drawing
“I never play one play. I always play multiple times with the same numbers.”

That strategy worked for Thomas Zoby of Virginia Beach. He bought six tickets for the January 8, 2008, Virginia Lotter...
2/1/2008 Woman Credits Northern Virginia Traffic With Helping Her Win $1,000 Per Week For Life
Margaret Penn of Springfield never thought she would be thankful for Northern Virginia traffic. “But if the traffic hadn’t been bad, I wouldn’t have bought the ticket at that store,” she said.

“Tha...
2/1/2008 Cash 5 Is Twice As Nice For Manassas Man Who Wins $200,000
Charles Nedorolik of Manassas has been playing the same numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game for some time now. The numbers, 6-9-11-18-23, represent family birthdays. Now they have new mean...
1/31/2008 He Works For An Aerospace Engineering Firm, And He Won A Galactic Prize In Win For Life
Harvey Hodges of Leesburg told his boss that he had to go on a “very important errand.” He didn’t tell his co-workers that the “errand” was to redeem a lottery ticket worth $52,000, which he won in t...
1/31/2008 A Winning Team In Front Royal - Husband Buys Wife Ticket That Ends Up Winning $100,000
When it comes to Virginia Lottery tickets, Nancy Andrews of Front Royal has an arrangement with her husband. “I give him the money and he picks up the tickets for me,” she said.

That teamwork paid ...
1/30/2008 “It’s Just A Great Feeling!” - Fairfax Man Wins $250,000 Playing Mega Millions
Anthony Fazio of Fairfax usually doesn’t talk in advance about good things happening, for fear that they won’t come true. So now he can talk all he wants about winning big in Mega Millions. It happe...
1/30/2008 Mathematician Hits All The Right Numbers To Win $52,000
Joseph Chin of Williamsburg is an accountant and mathematician. On November 24, 2007, his numbers came in! He won $52,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game.

Mr. Chin matched five of the...
1/28/2008 Richmond Woman Finds A $100,000 Lottery Ticket In Her Wallet
You’ve heard the phrase “What’s in your wallet?” Apparently no one asked Virginia Grainer of Richmond, because she walked around with a $100,000 Virginia Lottery ticket in her wallet for nearly a mon...
1/25/2008 Governor Kaine Announces Appointment Of Lottery Director
RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced the appointment of Paula I. Otto as Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery. Otto replaces Sheila Hill-Christian, who stepped down in October.
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1/25/2008 Virginia Lottery Pick 4 Players Break The Bank With The Combination 0-0-0-0
Zero was a very lucky number for Virginia Lottery players on January 24, 2008. The combination 0-0-0-0 was drawn in the nightly Pick 4 game drawing.

Though players wagered a total of $27...
1/24/2008 Custodian Cleans Up In Win For Life Game
The Win For Life game is hot in Virginia! In the past 21 months, there have been 17 top prize winners in the Commonwealth. Henry Mullins of Norfolk discovered he was that 17th winner when he checked...
1/23/2008 Tax Consultant Gets A Mega Millions Return Of $250,000
As a tax consultant, Samir Ghosh of Arlington works with numbers. He also plays with numbers in the Mega Millions game. The numbers matched up for him in the January 8, 2008 Mega Millions drawing to...
1/23/2008 Stocking Stuffer Wins $100,000 For Martinsville Man
“Okay, I won something.”

That was the first thing Christopher Clark of Martinsville thought as he scratched the $100,000 Mega Multiplier ticket he had just taken out of his Christmas stocking. The...
1/23/2008 Husband Gives His Wife A Quarter-Million-Dollar Christmas Present: A Mega Millions Ticket
Can you keep a secret? Chuck Vinch of Alexandria sure can.

When he discovered that he had won $250,000 in the December 18, 2007, Mega Millions drawing, he quietly put the winning ticket in a box...
1/16/2008 Triple Play! Three Winning Tickets In The Same Drawing = $300,000 For Richmond Woman
Victoria O’Connell of Richmond makes it a habit to purchase three tickets in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, each with five identical numbers, for one drawing. That’s what she did for the Decembe...
1/16/2008 “Those Numbers Sound Very Familiar” - Richmond Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions
Imagine this: You are sitting at home watching football on a Sunday afternoon. During a commercial, you check the winning numbers from the previous Friday’s Mega Millions drawing. You think to your...
1/16/2008 Building Contractor From Pulaski Nails The Top Prize
Danny Brunk, Jr. of Pulaski was sitting in his truck when he scratched the Hit $200,000 ticket from the Virginia Lottery that he had just purchased. When he realized he had won the game’s top prize, ...
1/16/2008 Family Birthdays Pay Off For Richmond Woman
Patsy Turner of Richmond is not likely to forget the numbers 3,5,6,7, and 8 any time soon. Those numbers correspond to birthdays of her family members. They also happen to be the numbers she used to...
1/15/2008 “This One Is A Winner” - Hampton Man Scratches To Win $500,000
When Howard Pace of Hampton purchased a Lightning 7’s Scratcher ticket, the clerk handed it to him and said jokingly, “This one is a winner.”

Little did he know, the ticket was, indeed, a winner. ...
1/15/2008 Lightning Strikes Twice For Norfolk Woman
SHE WINS $100,000 IN CASH 5 GAME TWICE WITHIN TWO MONTHS!

Don’t tell Ethyl Mae Riddick of Norfolk that lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. She knows better. When she won $100,000 in th...
1/15/2008 Nurse From Essex County Has The Winning Prescription
Sharita Whitehead of Dunnsville made a lot of phone calls on December 18, 2007. She just couldn’t wait to tell her family members the big news that she had won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s...
1/14/2008 His Ship Comes In: Charter Boat Captain Wins $250,000
Marc McCorkle of Virginia Beach spends a lot of time on the water. He is self-employed as a commercial and recreational boat captain, a job that keeps him traveling for long stretches at a time. On ...
1/14/2008 “I Feel Very Lucky” - Glen Allen Man Wins $50,000 In Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Donald Simmons of Glen Allen started 2008 like no other New Year. He logged on to his computer and checked the Virginia Lottery’s website to see if his Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket...
1/14/2008 Christmas Present Wins $50,000 For Highland County Woman
When she opened the present from her boyfriend on Christmas Day, it was just a piece of paper. But shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, that slip of paper suddenly made Cindy Huertas of Montere...
1/11/2008 Portsmouth Man Shares A Million Dollar Birthday Present
Edward Perry of Portsmouth wasn’t overly excited about ushering in the new year. He worked on New Year’s Eve, had some dinner and fell asleep early. A week went by and he needed to take his truck to t...
1/10/2008 Fitness Expert Gets A Real Kick Out Of Winning $250,000
Wayne Adams of South Boston knows a lot about keeping in top physical condition. He teaches karate and kickboxing – and he recently put the finishing touches on an exercise DVD. Now he has a little ...
1/10/2008 Retired Mail Carrier Receives A Special Delivery From Virginia`s New Year`s Millionaire Raffle
Howard Watson of Arvonia was one of many Virginia Lottery players who tried their luck at Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. One of the tickets he purchased was #174841. When the winning numb...
1/9/2008 Winchester Man Is Third $1 Million Winner in Virginia`s New Year`s Millionaire Raffle
Not many people started 2008 quite like Don Stotler of Winchester. On New Year’s Day, he checked the numbers on his Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets, and discovered that one of them w...
1/8/2008 Winning Weekend In Win For Life Game! Four Virginians Win Second-Highest Prize
Win For Life was definitely a “winning” game for four Virginians on Saturday, December 22, 2007. That’s because they all matched five of the first six numbers plus the Free Ball to win the game’s sec...
1/7/2008 Hampton Woman Wins $1 Million In Virginia`s New Year`s Millionaire Raffle
Ruby Braswell of Hampton had a fifty-fifty choice. Her son bought two tickets for Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle – one for each of them. He then held the two tickets in front of her.

“I...
1/4/2008 Seven Co-Workers Split $50,000 From Virginia`s New Year`s Millionaire Raffle
Seven co-workers had an agreement: Each would buy one ticket for Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle – and if one of those tickets won, they would split the prize. And that is exactly what happe...
1/3/2008 Auto Repair and Tire Shop General Manager Drives Home a $1 Million Winning Ticket
It was New Year’s Eve – the final day of sales in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. Susan Hogan of Berryville was at work, but she decided to walk next door and purchase a ticket. That turne...