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Virginia’s New Year's Millionaire Raffle was a limited-edition game that played like most raffles – with some huge prizes!

This exciting, limited-time game created 4 new Virginia millionaires on New Years Eve!

Drawing was conducted
on December 31, 2008 at 11:00 PM.
Winners were announced New Year's Day!

On New Year's Eve, a drawing was held to randomly select the following winners:

4 winners of $1,000,000
4 winners of $50,000
400 winners of $500



The Virginia Lottery is pleased to announce the winning numbers in Virginia’s New Year's Millionaire Raffle! To download the complete winning number list, click here.
074874   290601   307612   321990
082186   222800   258169   289730

When will the drawing take place and how will I know the winning numbers?
Virginia’s New Year's Millionaire Raffle will take place on December 31, 2008 at 11:00 PM. Complete results of the 408 winners will be available at valottery.com on New Year's day and retailers will post the winning numbers in the days after the announcement.

How do I play Virginia’s New Year's Millionaire Raffle?
At any Virginia Lottery retailer that sells games through the lottery terminal. The Raffle’s 440,000 tickets will be sold in sequential order (from 440000 to 000001) until sold out. One
set of raffle numbers will appear on each ticket you buy. There are no playslips for Millionaire Raffle. You do not choose your raffle numbers. There will be only one raffle drawing. KEEP
your ticket until after the drawing – you’ll need a ticket with a winning number to claim a prize. Each Virginia’s New Year's Millionaire Raffle ticket costs $20.

This page does not include all official rules. To download all the official rules, click here.
How many winners will there be?
More than 400 people will win cash
prizes (no annuities):

Four - $1,000,000 winners

Four - $50,000 winners

400 - $500 winners.
How will the winning raffle tickets be selected?
The Virginia Lottery is very serious about the security and integrity of our games. Winning Raffle Numbers will be selected by a computerized random number generator. The random number generator software has been certified using widely accepted statistical analysis formulas by an outside gaming device and systems testing laboratory.

As with all Virginia Lottery drawings, representatives of the Virginia Lottery’s Security Department and an external auditor will be present to conduct and certify the drawing.
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