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Below are Virginia Lottery news releases for 2009.
To view a different year or search by keyword, use the Lottery News Search to your right. To read a news release, click on the title. |
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| 11/19/2009 |
Teacher Assistant Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game |
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Jean Rodriguez of Virginia Beach has something in common with the Virginia Lottery. Both have a vested interest in education. Now the high school special education teacher assistant has something els... |
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| 11/17/2009 |
Redskins Mania VIP Prize Winners Announced |
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The Virginia Lottery has announced the winners and finalists of the fifth Redskins Mania second-chance drawings. Redskins Mania players entered their non-winning tickets for a chance to win once-in-a... |
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| 11/16/2009 |
Dollars And Diamonds And A $150,000 Winning Ticket |
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Stacie Dawson of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, had a $10 winning ticket from the Virginia Lottery. When she redeemed that ticket, she used the winnings to buy a Dollars and Diamonds ticket. That ticket ... |
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| 11/13/2009 |
Second Time Is A Charm For Raphine "Maximum" Winner |
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Don’t call Jennifer Andrus of Raphine a quitter. She recently played the Virginia Lottery’s Maximum Millions game and did not win. She came back to the same store later in the day and bought another t... |
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| 11/10/2009 |
Someone May Be About To Throw Away $250,000 |
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The clock is ticking. There is little time left. A Mega Millions ticket that is now worth $250,000 will become a worthless slip of paper, unless the winner claims the prize before 5:00 p.m. on Novembe... |
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| 11/3/2009 |
Martinsville Man Wins A $500,000 Treat On Halloween |
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When Maurice Hairston of Martinsville walked in to the Virginia Lottery’s customer service center in Roanoke, he had barely slept in two days. He handed over a top-prize-winning ticket in the $500,000... |
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| 10/30/2009 |
Fredericksburg Man Is "Tickled" To Win $250,000 |
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Paul Newton of Fredericksburg reached into his pocket for a pack of gum, but instead he grabbed the Mega Millions ticket that was also in there. When he checked the winning numbers, he suddenly reali... |
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| 10/29/2009 |
Nurse In Augusta County Wins $52,000 |
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Patricia Hanger of Greenville selected the numbers on her Win For Life ticket using family birthdays. Later, when the ticket matched five of the first six numbers plus the Free Ball number in the Oct... |
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| 10/28/2009 |
Chester Woman Wins $150,000 In “Stacks Of Cash” Game |
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When Patricia Wyatt of Chester said to herself, “I think I’ll buy me a ticket,” she never dreamed it would be a top-prize winner. But it was. Her Stacks of Cash ticket won the game’s top prize of $15... |
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| 10/22/2009 |
Deer Hunter Bags $100,000 From The Virginia Lottery |
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Mark Hooker of Pinnacle, North Carolina, was in Virginia to scout some land for deer hunting. He stopped by the Super C Store at 6365 Salem Highway in Stuart and bought some Virginia Lottery tickets. ... |
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| 10/22/2009 |
Construction Worker Scratches To Win $100,000 |
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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 fou... |
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| 10/20/2009 |
Things To Do Today: 1. Get A Haircut; 2. Win $500,000 |
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Daniel Randolph of Roanoke had one thing on his Saturday morning agenda: a haircut. After that important task was complete, he stopped at a nearby store to play some Virginia Lottery games. He bough... |
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| 10/19/2009 |
Leesburg Couple Wins $52,000 In Win For Life Game |
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Marguerite McCauley of Leesburg and her husband had never won a big lottery prize – until the September 30 Win For Life drawing. That’s when they won $52,000.
“It’s surreal,” she told Lottery offic... |
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| 10/13/2009 |
Woodbridge Woman Wins A 2010 Corvette® Convertible |
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When Gloria Ferro of Woodbridge went to play Bingo, she had a very different card to share with her friends. It was a Virginia Lottery Scratcher ticket that won the top prize in the Lottery’s Corvette... |
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| 10/6/2009 |
Navy Technician Matches Five Numbers To Win $250,000 |
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Moruf Olayiwola of Glenn Dale, Maryland, thought he might have won a prize in the September 29 Mega Millions drawing. His wife looked at the ticket and told him he won $150. That wasn’t quite correc... |
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| 10/5/2009 |
Retired School Teacher Wins $150,000 |
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As a retired math teacher, Ralph Ransom of Hampton has something in common with the Virginia Lottery. Both have an interest in education in Virginia. Now Mr. Ransom has another connection to the Lo... |
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| 9/29/2009 |
Grundy Man Wins $50,000 Playing Cash 5 |
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When David Seitz of Grundy won $50,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, it was a case of déjà vu. Two years ago, he won the same amount in the same game. But that didn’t make it any less surpr... |
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| 9/23/2009 |
Payroll Clerk Wins a Big Check In Mega Millions |
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As a payroll clerk, Ronda Mayberry of Monroe might know a thing or two about writing checks with other people’s names on them. But recently she was the recipient of a big check bearing her name. She... |
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| 9/23/2009 |
Hillsville Man Wins a New Corvette® Convertible |
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First, Dennis Roberts of Hillsville won $30 in a Virginia Lottery Scratcher game. He used that to buy a few more tickets, which won $15. Once again, he used that to buy a few more tickets. This tim... |
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| 9/18/2009 |
Business Partners in Bristol Share $1 Million Prize |
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When Angela Hayes of Bristol, Tennessee, played Mega Millions recently, she bought a few Virginia Lottery Scratcher tickets, too. She won $20 on $120 Million Cash Blowout, so she bought a few more of ... |
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| 9/17/2009 |
Brothers’ Birthdates Are Worth $100,000 |
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It might not seem significant that Larry Bowles of Fredericksburg and his brothers were all born in the 1950s. But by using that number 19 and adding in a few birthdates, Bowles had a Cash 5 ticket w... |
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| 9/13/2009 |
Alexandria Woman Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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The Mega Millions jackpot was up to $170 million when Suzanne Kintley of Alexandria bought some tickets for the August 18 drawing. She had won $6 the previous week, so she might have been feeling a b... |
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| 9/9/2009 |
Crane Operator Wins An Uplifting Prize: $100,000 |
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Paula McCracken of Bryans Road, Maryland, was on her way to work at a construction project on the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia. She stopped by the 7-Eleven at 4131 Hummer Road in Annandale to... |
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| 9/9/2009 |
Group Of 14 Paper Mill Co-Workers Splits $250,000 |
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When George Carter of West Point checked the Mega Millions ticket that he bought as part of a pool of co-workers, he saw that it matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number.
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| 9/3/2009 |
Virginia Beach Man Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life |
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When Felizardo Rogayan of Virginia Beach discovered that the Win For Life ticket in his hand won the grand prize, he went straight to his car, got in and locked the door.
“Then I cried and I shoute... |
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| 9/3/2009 |
Lee County Woman Wins $50,000 While Mowing The Lawn |
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If Jenna Russell of Ewing hadn’t run out of gas while mowing her lawn, she probably would not have won $50,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Bonus Word Crossword game.
When her lawnmower quit, she went... |
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| 9/1/2009 |
Powhatan Woman Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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When Lynn Harpold of Powhatan gave her Mega Millions ticket to a store clerk to check the numbers, the clerk soon had an interesting reply.
“He told me to go home, put the ticket in a safe place ... |
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| 8/27/2009 |
Another Virginia Ticket Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life |
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Somebody, somewhere, has a piece of paper worth $1,000 per week for the rest of that person’s life. That Virginia Lottery ticket matched the first six numbers in the August 26, 2009, Win For Life dra... |
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| 8/25/2009 |
Richmond Man Uses Family Birthdays To Win $100,000 |
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When Garrison Johnson of Richmond won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, he had a special reason to be happy – and it had nothing to do with the money.
Mr. Johnson’s daughter passed ... |
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| 8/24/2009 |
Someone May Be About To Throw Away $250,000 |
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The clock is ticking. There is little time left. A Mega Millions ticket that is now worth $250,000 will become a worthless slip of paper, unless the winner comes forward and claims his or her prize ... |
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| 8/20/2009 |
Retired Glass Cutter Wins $100,000 “Panelessly” |
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Alfred Coe of Alexandria won some retirement money in the Virginia Lottery’s August 6 Cash 5 day drawing. His ticket matched all five numbers to win the top prize of $100,000.
“I haven’t been ab... |
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| 8/19/2009 |
Disbelieving Richmond Woman Wins $52,000 |
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When Iris Friend of Richmond called the Virginia Lottery’s winning numbers hotline to check on her Win For Life ticket, she heard that five of her numbers plus the Free Ball matched the winning number... |
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| 8/12/2009 |
Norton Man Wins $250,000 Playing Mega Millions |
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When Mitchell Browning of Norton won $10 in a Virginia Lottery Scratcher game, he decided to use the money to play Mega Millions. That decision was worth $250,000. Mr. Browning’s ticket in the July ... |
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| 8/5/2009 |
Woodbridge Man Matches Them All To Win $100,000 |
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Girma Tafese of Woodbridge didn’t want to cause a lot of excitement. He was in a convenience store and had just discovered that his Cash 5 ticket was worth $100,000. He quietly left the store, went ... |
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| 7/22/2009 |
Richmond Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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Willie Walker of Richmond doesn’t play Mega Millions often. In fact, when his wife asked him to buy a ticket for the June 23 drawing, he said, “I didn’t even really know how to win.”
He did win. ... |
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| 7/20/2009 |
Bristol Man Wins A Cool $50,000 Playing Cash 5 |
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Otis McMurray of Bristol, Virginia started his day recently with a huge surprise.
“I checked the newspaper and I couldn’t believe my eyes,” he said.
What he saw were winning numbers in the V... |
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| 7/20/2009 |
Three Friends Split $250,000 Mega Millions Prize |
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It was early Saturday morning when Christine Robbins-Campbell of Fredericksburg called her friends Wanda Dowd of Stafford and Rhonda Beanum of Fredericksburg.
“They thought something bad had happ... |
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| 7/17/2009 |
“Roll ’Em” Ticket Brings Home $100,000 |
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Every morning before work, Myrtle Malcolm of Richmond visits her local Chevron. One day, while she was waiting at the register, the man in front of her bought a Virginia Lottery Roll ’Em Scratcher tic... |
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| 7/16/2009 |
Fredericksburg Woman Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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Two great things happened to Lauren McNerney of Fredericksburg on the Fourth of July. First, she discovered she won $250,000 in the previous night’s Mega Millions drawing. Then, her son, who is serv... |
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| 7/15/2009 |
Winning Ticket Purchased In Roanoke Set To Expire |
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Would you walk away from $52,000? Someone is perilously close to doing just that.
A Win For Life ticket purchased for the January 24, 2009, drawing turned out to be a $52,000 winner. Th... |
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| 7/14/2009 |
Rustburg Man Scratches To Win $500,000 |
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It’s always a good idea to help your friends, but for James Cooke of Rustburg, it was worth a half-million dollars. Mr. Cooke won $500,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Lucky Casino Scratcher game... |
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| 7/9/2009 |
Winning The July 8 Drawing Was As Easy As 3-2-1 |
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You’ve heard the expression that something is as easy as 1-2-3? That was not the case with the Virginia Lottery’s July 8 Pick 3 night drawing. Instead, it was easy as 3-2-1. Those were the w... |
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| 7/6/2009 |
Purcellville Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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Gregory Gill of Purcellville knew he had a winning ticket in his hand. He thought it was worth about $600. His calculations were off by about a quarter-of-a-million dollars.
His ticket matched th... |
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| 7/5/2009 |
A Full Parking Lot Leads To A Big Win |
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Donald Blythe of Suffolk just wanted a soda. The store that he usually frequented had a full parking lot, so he went to a different store: Miller Mart, located at 4444 Portsmouth Blvd. in Chesapeake.... |
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| 6/25/2009 |
Virginia Beach Woman Wins $52,000 In Win For Life |
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Peggy Tan of Virginia Beach thought her husband was lying when he said she had a big winning ticket in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game.
“I thought he was joking,” she later told Lottery ... |
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| 6/25/2009 |
“I’m Buying a New Car,” Says Win For Life Winner |
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Since he retired, Charles Robens of Yorktown has enjoyed hunting, fishing and playing the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game – not necessarily in that order. The former power company lineman was wa... |
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| 6/24/2009 |
"A Million And One Things To Do" With Her Winnings |
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Cynthia Scott of Petersburg has always been a fan of the Monopoly board game. That’s one reason she recently bought a Monopoly Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery. That ticket won the game’s ... |
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| 6/18/2009 |
4’s Are Fabulous In Virginia Lottery’s Pick 3 Game |
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When the combination “4-4-4” was drawn in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 3 game, players won more than $1.6 million. The triples were drawn in the June 18 Pick 3 day drawing. Because that is a very pop... |
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| 6/15/2009 |
A Birthday Surprise: Lynchburg Woman Wins $52,000 |
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You might call it a birthday surprise. When Peggy Tyree of Lynchburg arrived at work one day, she took a look at the winning numbers in the latest Win For Life drawing from the Virginia Lottery.
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| 6/11/2009 |
Virginia Lottery Wins National Communications Award |
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The Virginia Lottery announced today that, along with its partners, the Virginia Parent Teachers Association (PTA), The Supply Room Companies and Qorvis Communications, has been named a 2009 Public R... |
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| 6/11/2009 |
Two Weeks = Two Lifetime Winners In Virginia! |
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The weather is getting hot in Virginia – but Win For Life is hotter! A total of 18,136 Win For Life tickets purchased in Virginia won prizes in the June 10 drawing, including one ticket that won the ... |
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| 6/9/2009 |
Her Granddaughter Played A $100,000 Trick On Her! |
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Catherine Smith of Richmond had no idea she had a winning ticket. She had given her granddaughter some money and told her to buy some Virginia Lottery tickets. Her granddaughter bought a Face Car... |
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| 6/9/2009 |
Winchester Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life |
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You might say that Percy Magaw of Winchester won $52,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game using borrowed numbers. Then again, you might say the numbers were his alone. Either way, Mr. Maga... |
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| 6/5/2009 |
Gloucester Man Takes $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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Brian Jensen of Gloucester knows a thing or two about numbers, both professionally and for fun. He works in the telecommunications field and he also likes to play Mega Millions. He selects the same s... |
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| 6/3/2009 |
Last Ticket Is Lucky For Manassas Man |
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It was the last ticket in a pack of the $120 Million Cash Blowout game. Nobody would buy it. So, after asking several people if they wanted it, Jose Rivera of Manassas bought that last ticket. ... |
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| 6/1/2009 |
Virginia Lottery Introduces Two New Fast-Play Games |
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Looking for new lottery excitement to kick off the summer? The Virginia Lottery has just the answer. Two new games kicked off on May 31: Fast Play Find the 9’s and Fast Play Bonus Bingo.
Fast P... |
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| 5/29/2009 |
Easy Pick Works Again For Chantilly Man |
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When Fred Goodspeed Jr. of Chantilly got back from vacation, he went to his local retailer to check the winning numbers from the last Mega Millions drawing and buy a new Win For Life ticket. When he r... |
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| 5/28/2009 |
Landscaper Sees a Lot Of Green After Winning $100,000 |
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Joel Jock of Sumerduck only intended to gas up his car when he stopped at Southpark Slip-In on Southpark Blvd. in Colonial Heights. But as long as he was there, he decided to play the Virginia Lotter... |
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| 5/27/2009 |
First Scratcher Game She Ever Played Wins $500,000 |
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How is this for a great gift? When Pamela Turner-Douglas of Berryville met her husband for lunch, he gave her a Virginia Lottery Platinum Payout Scratcher ticket. She had never played a Scratcher tic... |
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| 5/25/2009 |
Woodbridge Teacher Receives “Super Teacher” Award |
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A physical education teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary School in Woodbridge has been selected as one of eight educators statewide to receive the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award.
Particia Chimen... |
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| 5/21/2009 |
Rappahannock County Couple Wins $19 Million Jackpot |
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Joe and Sue Claffy of Rappahannock County were standing at the checkout counter at their favorite grocery store. Joe had bought a few Virginia Lottery tickets with their groceries and was ready to mo... |
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| 5/19/2009 |
Postal Employee Gets A “First Class” Prize: $150,000 |
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Joseph Bailey of Alexandria was watching television with his wife when he decided to check the winning numbers in that evening’s Virginia Lottery Cash 5 drawing. His wife read the numbers to him and ... |
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| 5/15/2009 |
Pool of 21 People Splits $250,000 Mega Millions Prize |
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Gloria Guenthner of Lorton had a problem – a good problem. It was Saturday morning and she had just discovered that her Mega Millions pool had won $250,000 in the previous night’s drawing. So what w... |
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| 5/13/2009 |
Falls Church Teacher Receives “Super Teacher” Award |
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A high school math teacher at George Mason High School in Falls Church has been selected as one of eight educators statewide to receive the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award.
Joel Block received... |
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| 5/13/2009 |
Charlottesville Man Takes Top Prize In Cash 5 |
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Bryan Bickers of Charlottesville used to play the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game by selecting numbers to match ages in his family. He had to change that when family members started getting older than... |
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| 5/11/2009 |
Gloucester Teacher Receives “Super Teacher” Award |
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A fourth grade teacher at Petsworth Elementary School in Gloucester has been selected as one of eight educators statewide to receive the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award.
Sharon Carino received... |
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| 5/8/2009 |
He Scratched “Real Slow” And Won $150,000 |
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Don’t tell Phillip Rice of Arlington that technique doesn’t count when it comes to scratching lottery tickets. He used a certain style when he scratched his Money Mania ticket from the Virginia Lotte... |
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| 5/6/2009 |
Newport News Man Wins Some “Retirement Helper” |
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After 42 years as a shipfitter, Cornelius Barrow of Newport News was contemplating retirement. Then he won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game. “Now I can retire,” he told Lottery officia... |
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| 5/6/2009 |
Falls Church Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game |
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Rajinder Gupta of Falls Church describes himself as an occasional Virginia Lottery player. Imagine his surprise when he matched all five numbers in the April 18 Cash 5 night drawing to win the top pr... |
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| 5/4/2009 |
Radford Teacher Receives “Super Teacher” Award |
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A first grade teacher at McHarg Elementary School in Radford has been selected as one of eight educators statewide to receive the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award.
Carolyn Wojtera received the ... |
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| 4/30/2009 |
He Won $100,000 – Now He Can Tear Up The Credit Card |
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When Jose Sosa of Annandale claimed his $100,000 prize for matching all five numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, he knew exactly what he was going to do. First, he said he will pay off the... |
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| 4/30/2009 |
Chesterfield Teacher Receives “Super Teacher” Award |
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A first grade teacher at J.B. Watkins Elementary School in Chesterfield has been selected as one of eight educators statewide to receive the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award.
Diane Healy receiv... |
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| 4/29/2009 |
Hampton Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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W. T. Clark of Hampton just happened to spot the Mega Millions ticket sitting on his laptop computer. He figured he would check the winning numbers before he went to bed. That decision probably cost... |
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| 4/28/2009 |
Golf Enthusiast Wins a Lot of Green |
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When James Huber of Virginia Beach went to the Virginia Lottery’s Hampton Roads Customer Service Center to redeem a $52,000 Win For Life ticket, he was asked what he planned to do with his winnings. ... |
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| 4/24/2009 |
Just Passing Through Virginia, He Wins $250,000 |
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Albert Simmons of Carrollton, Georgia, was staying with relatives in Virginia when he decided to play Mega Millions. He bought some tickets for the April 17 drawing. Later, when he checked the winni... |
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| 4/22/2009 |
An Extraordinary Night For Winners in Virginia |
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When the winning numbers were drawn in the April 21, 2009, Mega Millions drawing, Virginia Lottery players did exceptionally well. A total of 61,994 tickets purchased in Virginia won prizes, includin... |
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| 4/22/2009 |
Lee County Man Wins $100,000 In “$100,000 Bankroll” |
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Daniel Roberts of Dryden had just gotten off work when he stopped at his favorite convenience store and bought some $100,000 Bankroll tickets from the Virginia Lottery.
“I scratched that one tick... |
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| 4/21/2009 |
Truck Driver Makes A Haul In Cash 5 Game |
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Curtis Fleming of Maidens has won Virginia Lottery prizes before, but they can’t compare to his haul in the April 14 Cash 5 night drawing. He matched all five numbers to win $100,000.
“I couldn’t ... |
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| 4/21/2009 |
Chef Wins A Tasty $100,000 Prize |
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How do you stay in Virginia and win $100,000 in Las Vegas? Just ask Hoang Ha of Hampton. He played the Virginia Lottery Scratcher game Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas and won the top prize of $100,000.... |
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| 4/19/2009 |
Virginia Lottery Named PRSA Silver Anvil Finalist |
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The Virginia Lottery announced today that it, along with the Virginia Parent Teachers Association (PTA), The Supply Room Companies and Qorvis Communications, has been named a 2009 Public Relations Soc... |
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| 4/9/2009 |
Culpeper Man Wins $52,000 Prize In Win For Life Game |
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Louis Montalvo of Culpeper didn’t believe he had a winning ticket. He bought a Win For Life ticket from the Virginia Lottery for the April 1 drawing. The next day, he gave the ticket to his wife and... |
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| 3/25/2009 |
She Woke Up Her Husband To Tell Him She Won $100,000 |
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Talk about a great wake-up call! Lena Diggs-McLean of Alexandria woke her husband screaming, “We got it! We got the big one!”
She had just discovered that her Virginia Lottery Cash 5 ticket match... |
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| 3/17/2009 |
Roanoke Woman Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life |
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It was the middle of the day when Linda Greene of Roanoke received an unusual phone call from her husband. “He asked me to leave work early and come home,” she said. “I had no idea why he asked.”
S... |
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| 3/13/2009 |
Bristol Woman Wins “Tax Free $100,000” Top Prize |
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When Delores Lester of Bristol, Virginia, plays the lottery, sometimes one particular ticket catches her eye. That’s what happened when she bought a Virginia Lottery Tax Free $100,000 ticket. ... |
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| 3/9/2009 |
Gretna Man Wins $100,000 Top Prize In Cash 5 |
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Richard Hancock of Gretna knew he had a very valuable piece of paper in his possession. It was a Virginia Lottery Cash 5 ticket that matched all five winnings numbers to win $100,000. So he put it in... |
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| 3/3/2009 |
With “A Lot Of Smiles,” Scottsville Man Wins $100,000 |
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If you ask Craig Taylor of Scottsville what he looked like when he discovered he had won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, he’ll reply, “a lot of smiles!” He had 100,000 reasons to smil... |
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| 2/26/2009 |
Lawrenceville Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game |
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When Christopher Blanchard of Lawrenceville bought a ticket in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, the numbers he used came from an unusual source: his fiancée saw the numbers in a dream. So he selec... |
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| 2/24/2009 |
Russell County Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions |
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Gaines Dickenson II of Castlewood was watching television when he got a big surprise. As he watched the Mega Millions drawing on WCYB-TV5, he saw his numbers appearing. He ended up matching the firs... |
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| 2/20/2009 |
Electrical Engineer Is Shocked To Win $100,000 |
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It was a good day for Kosmas Mitrakas of Alexandria. First, he won $25 in a Virginia Lottery Scratcher game. Then he played the Cash 5 game using the Easy Pick function to let the computer randomly ... |
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| 2/18/2009 |
Someone May Be About To Throw Away $250,000 |
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Would you ever walk around with $250,000 in your pocket or the glove compartment of your car? Probably not. But one Virginia Lottery player may be doing just that.
Someone bought a ticket for the... |
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| 2/12/2009 |
Clifton Woman Wins “Tax Free $100,000” Top Prize |
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According to the old saying, the only sure things in life are death and taxes. Anna Yu of Clifton may have found a remedy to the second part of the saying when she scratched a Virginia Lottery Tax Fr... |
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| 2/10/2009 |
Retiree From Greene County Wins $100,000 |
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Greg Moon of Stanardsville is a lucky man. He matched all five numbers in the January 26 Cash 5 day drawing, to win the top prize of $100,000.
Mr. Moon bought the winning ticket at Blue Ridge BP, ... |
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| 2/6/2009 |
Mechanicsville Man Has A Blast In “Cash Blast” Game |
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Some people have fun playing Scratcher games. James Vencill of Mechanicsville had a blast – a Cash Blast!
He played the Virginia Lottery’s Cash Blast Scratcher game and won the top prize of $200,0... |
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| 2/3/2009 |
Wise County Woman Wins Big Money Money Money |
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Lecia Morgan of Pound had just gotten off work when she decided to play some Virginia Lottery Scratcher games. First she won $50. Then she won $100. Then she won $100,000.
“I thought I was goi... |
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| 1/22/2009 |
Woman Takes A Million-Dollar Trip To Virginia |
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The drive from High Point, North Carolina to Ridgeway, Virginia just got much shorter for Carolyn Oakley. She recently made the trip and drove back with a $1 million-winning Maximum Millions ticket f... |
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| 1/21/2009 |
Norfolk Woman Collects A Mega $250,000 |
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It’s not that Mary Winstead of Norfolk would ever leave $250,000 lying around. It’s just that she didn’t realize her Mega Millions ticket was a major winner.
When she first checked her ticket fo... |
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| 1/15/2009 |
Bristol Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game |
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Matthew Ison of Bristol occasionally plays five sets of Cash 5 numbers. He plays four Easy Pick numbers and selects a fifth set that includes his wife’s birthday, his birthday and the day they were m... |
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| 1/13/2009 |
Quick Trip To Corner Store Brings Home $50,000 |
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RAFFLE WINNER ECSTATIC HE NEEDED SOUR CREAM
Darrel Cummings of Powhatan purchased two tickets when the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle was introduced in mid-November. A few nights before the Decembe... |
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| 1/12/2009 |
Birthday Numbers Bring Home Top Prize In Cash 5 |
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When Betty Taylor of Yorktown played the Cash 5 day drawing on January 5, 2009, she used numbers that were the same as her birth month, day and year. The decision paid off when she learned she would ... |
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