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Virginia Lottery

Woodbridge, VA
Lifestyle
Newly Minted Millionaire! $4.3M Lottery Jackpot Won By Woodbridge Man As He Sat On The Couch Newly Minted Millionaire! $4.3M Lottery Jackpot Won By Woodbridge Man As He Sat On The Couch
Newly Minted Millionaire! $4.3M Lottery Jackpot Won By Woodbridge Man As He Sat On The Couch It started as a quiet evening at home, but it turned into a life-changing moment for one Prince William County man who struck gold—or rather, $4.3 million—playing a Virginia Lottery game online. Manoj Chhetry, feeling a little bored, decided to pass the time by trying his luck with the Merry Money Mania game on the Virginia Lottery website.  By the time he finished, he was staring at a jackpot worth $4,303,499. Merry Christmas, indeed. “I didn’t know what happened!” Chhetry told Lottery officials, describing the surreal moment. Thinking it was too good to be true, he called his wife…

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
Business
Winning $1M 'Powerball' Ticket Sold At Wegmans In Fredericksburg Winning $1M 'Powerball' Ticket Sold At Wegmans In Fredericksburg
Winning $1M 'Powerball' Ticket Sold At Wegmans In Fredericksburg No one took home the $285 million Powerball jackpot on Monday, but one lucky lotto player in Virginia cashed in on a seven-figure prize sold at an area grocery store. Officials say that a second-tier winning ticket worth a whopping $1 million prize was sold at the Wegmans on Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg, the largest win out of thousands statewide starting at $4.  The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Monday, Jan. 13 were 04-06-16-39-66 with a Powerball of 09 and the Power Play multiplier was X2.  With no winner, the jackpot will roll to $303 …

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by Zak Failla
Manassas, VA
Lifestyle
Last Minute Grocery Run Before Thanksgiving Lands Manassas Man $1.6M Lottery Jackpot Last Minute Grocery Run Before Thanksgiving Lands Manassas Man $1.6M Lottery Jackpot
Last Minute Grocery Run Before Thanksgiving Lands Manassas Man $1.6M Lottery Jackpot A Manassas man could not believe his eyes after hitting a $1,610,754 jackpot in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game on a ticket picked up while he was running errands the day before Thanksgiving. “I did it!” Brian Morgan shouted to his wife, who was less than impressed: “Did what?” The answer would ultimately impress her.  Morgan matched all five numbers—22-23-27-36-41—in the Wednesday, Nov. 27 drawing, turning a regular grocery run into a life-changing windfall. The lucky ticket came from Giant Food on Dumfries Road in Manassas, where he used Easy Pick to let the c…

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by Zak Failla
Stafford, VA
Business
Virginia Man Turns $2 Bet Into $500K Jackpot; Local Store Snags $10K Bonus Virginia Man Turns $2 Bet Into $500K Jackpot; Local Store Snags $10K Bonus
Virginia Man Turns $2 Bet Into $500K Jackpot; Local Store Snags $10K Bonus When Henrico resident Lorenzo Robinson snagged a $500,000 jackpot in the Virginia Lottery's Bank a Million game, he wasn’t the only one cashing in. Robinson hit all six winning numbers—4, 5, 7, 10, 15, and 29— and courtesy of his clever use of the "Play Your Way" feature, which split his $2 wager into two sets of numbers, he walked away with a cool half-million dollar jackpot win. Robinson’s ticket didn’t even need the Bonus Ball number—32—to seal the deal. The luck didn’t stop there.  The store where Robinson bought the ticket, Varina Market at on Darbytown Road, earned a $10,000 b…

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
Business
Check Your Tickets: $1.6M Virginia Lottery 'Cash 5' Jackpot Set To Expire Check Your Tickets: $1.6M Virginia Lottery 'Cash 5' Jackpot Set To Expire
Check Your Tickets: $1.6M Virginia Lottery 'Cash 5' Jackpot Set To Expire Someone in Virginia is about to lose out on a life-changing $1,615,053 lottery prize unless they act fast. officials are cautioning. The winning ticket for the June 11, Cash 5 with EZ Match drawing matched all five numbers—01-12-19-22-31—but no one has claimed the jackpot as of Wednesday, Dec. 4. Under Virginia law, lottery prizes expire after 180 days, officials said.  Since the deadline falls on a Sunday, players have until 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, to redeem the ticket. After that, the ticket becomes worthless. The ticket was purchased at the Wawa at 7847 Compass Point Lane in Mec…

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by Zak Failla
Alexandria, VA
News
Striking Gold: Back-to-Back $1 Million Lottery Tickets Sold In Virginia Striking Gold: Back-to-Back $1 Million Lottery Tickets Sold In Virginia
Striking Gold: Back-to-Back $1 Million Lottery Tickets Sold In Virginia Virginia Lottery players are on a hot streak after back-to-back drawings produced two separate $1 million winning tickets, officials announced. The first ticket, from Friday’s Nov. 22 Mega Millions drawing, was sold at the 7-Eleven on General Puller Highway in Deltaville.  The second, from Monday’s Nov. 25 Powerball drawing, was purchased at the Harris Teeter in Ashburn. Both tickets matched the first five winning numbers in their respective games but missed the Mega Ball and Powerball numbers.  Each is worth a life-changing $1 million prize. The winning numbers for the Nov. 22…

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by Zak Failla
Haymarket, VA
Business
Winning $1.5M 'Cash 5 With EZ Match' Ticket Sold At Haymarket Gas Station Winning $1.5M 'Cash 5 With EZ Match' Ticket Sold At Haymarket Gas Station
Winning $1.5M 'Cash 5 With EZ Match' Ticket Sold At Haymarket Gas Station Check your tickets!  A newly minted millionaire is sitting on a Cash 5 with EZ Match ticket that hit all five numbers for Monday's drawing worth more than $1.5 million and may not even know it. On Monday, Sept. 30, the winning numbers were: 06-20-32-36-43. The ticket - worth $1,505,2997 - was sold at the Evergreen Liberty station in the 3500 block of James Madison Highway in Haymarket. Whomever is holding the golden ticket will now have 180 days to claim the seven-figure prize. Cash 5 with EZ Match features a rolling jackpot starting at a minimum of $200,000, Lottery officials said.…

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by Zak Failla
Aldie, VA
Business
Two $1M 'Mega Millions' Tickets Sold To VA Lottery Players At Area Gas Station, Grocery Store Two $1M 'Mega Millions' Tickets Sold To VA Lottery Players At Area Gas Station, Grocery Store
Two $1M 'Mega Millions' Tickets Sold To VA Lottery Players At Area Gas Station, Grocery Store Two lucky Lottery players in Virginia may have a million-dollar hole burning in their pockets and may not even know it after cashing in big playing Mega Millions tickets. Tickets worth a seven-figure prize were sold for Tuesday's drawing from the Beulah BP Mart in Chesterfield and Kroger in the 9300 block of Atlee Road in Mechanicsville, though they have yet to be claimed. The winning numbers for the drawing on Tuesday, Sept. 24 were: 01-06-10-23-27 with a Mega Ball of 18. Now, the million-dollar question is, who has the golden tickets, which each came within one number, the Mega …

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax, VA
Lifestyle
Fairfax County Doctor Can't Believe Eyes After Near $200K Lottery Win Fairfax County Doctor Can't Believe Eyes After Near $200K Lottery Win
Fairfax County Doctor Can't Believe Eyes After Near $200K Lottery Win An optometrist could not believe his eyes after winning nearly $200,000 playing a Virginia Lottery game. Fairfax County resident Michael Khalil was seeing double this week after realizing that he won a $194,543 jackpot playing a VIP Ultra ticket he picked up in his spare time. “It feels unbelievable!” he later told Lottery officials. “I never saw myself as a lucky winner!” Lottery officials said that VIP Ultra is on of dozens of online instant games that are playable through the Virginia Lottery app, with an odds of winning even a small prize at 1 in 2.54 chances. The doctor, who spe…

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by Zak Failla
Stafford, VA
Lifestyle
Retired US Army Sergeant In Virginia Wins $958K Lottery Jackpot After 21 Years Of Service Retired US Army Sergeant In Virginia Wins $958K Lottery Jackpot After 21 Years Of Service
Retired US Army Sergeant In Virginia Wins $958K Lottery Jackpot After 21 Years Of Service A veteran who served in the Army for more than two decades can retire a little easier after winning a near million dollar Virginia Lottery jackpot. When Chester resident Christopher Leydic - also a veteran lotto player - saw that the Cash 5 with EZ Match game reverted to it's $200,000 starting point, he says he thought to himself "oh, somebody won it" over the weekend. Days later, he realized that he, in fact, was the one who won the $958,740 jackpot on the Saturday, Aug. 17 drawing to reset that jackpot. All from a ticket that was purchased online. “It was unbelievable!” Leydic told…

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by Zak Failla
Manassas, VA
Lifestyle
Home Contractor In Virginia Claims $2.2M Lottery Jackpot After String Of Bad Luck Home Contractor In Virginia Claims $2.2M Lottery Jackpot After String Of Bad Luck
Home Contractor In Virginia Claims $2.2M Lottery Jackpot After String Of Bad Luck If at first you don't succeed... A contractor in Virginia is smiling his way to the bank after winning more than $2 million playing a Lottery game online. Woodbridge resident Brent Butler told Lottery officials he was ready to give up after having little luck playing games, though he decided to give it one more try. Good decision. Butler's last shot at Lottery luck landed him a $2,204,371 jackpot playing the Banker's Bonus game on the organization's app on his personal device. He wasn't the only one celebrating the seven-figure windfall. "I can tell you my wife was more happy than me," …

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax, VA
Business
Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven
Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven Check your tickets!  One lucky Lottery player in Virginia is holding onto a Mega Millions worth seven figures and may not even know it. Now the question is: who has the ticket. The winning numbers for the drawing on Friday, July 19 were 10-17-23-50-67 with a Mega Ball of 3.  It was sold at the 7-Eleven on Laburnum Avenue in Henrico. It was the only ticket in Virginia to match the first five numbers, and one of just three nationwide, according to Lottery officials. The winner will now have 180 days to claim the million dollar prize at Lottery Headquarters. "Virginia Lotter…

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
Lifestyle
Virginia Woman Wins $617K Lottery Jackpot Playing Online Monopoly Game Virginia Woman Wins $617K Lottery Jackpot Playing Online Monopoly Game
Virginia Woman Wins $617K Lottery Jackpot Playing Online Monopoly Game A Fredericksburg woman "couldn't stop yelling" after winning a six-figure jackpot playing Lottery games online. Myrna Johnson gave her kids a brief scare after playing the MONOPOLY Progressive Jackpots game on her personal device when she realized she had cashed in on a massive windfall. The lucky lotto player won a total of $617,229. “At first, I couldn’t even believe it,” she told Virginia Lottery officials. “I couldn’t stop yelling. My kids thought something was wrong."  The MONOPOLY jackpot game is one of dozens available online to Lottery players, with jackpots growing each day …

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by Zak Failla
Alexandria, VA
News
Winning $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring (UPDATED) Winning $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring (UPDATED)
Winning $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring (Updated) Lottery officials in Virginia are urging players to check their tickets as a Powerball winner is in danger of missing out on a $150,000 windfall. A lucky Lottery player won big on the Jan. 20 drawing, but nearly six months later, no one has come forward to claim the prize, leaving the cash in jeopardy. The winning ticket was sold at Park N Shop, located at 301 East 2nd Ave. in Franklin City.  According to state law, winning tickets in Virginia expire 180 days after the drawing, meaning that it will simply become a worthless piece of paper as of 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. The w…

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by Zak Failla
Alexandria, VA
News
Winning $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring Winning $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring
Winning $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring Lottery officials in Virginia are urging players to check their tickets as a Powerball winner is in danger of missing out on a $150,000 windfall. A lucky Lottery player won big on the Jan. 20 drawing, but nearly six months later, no one has come forward to claim the prize, leaving the cash in jeopardy. The winning ticket was sold at Park N Shop, located at 301 East 2nd Ave. in Franklin City.  According to state law, winning tickets in Virginia expire 180 days after the drawing, meaning that it will simply become a worthless piece of paper as of 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. The w…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax, VA
News
Instantly Richer: Woman Wins Virginia Lottery Prize While Sipping Morning Coffee Instantly Richer: Woman Wins Virginia Lottery Prize While Sipping Morning Coffee
Instantly Richer: Woman Wins Virginia Lottery Prize While Sipping Morning Coffee A Fairfax County woman is tens of thousands of dollars richer, thanks to the Virginia Lottery. Naiyimai Abuduwaili tells lottery officials she was sitting at home with a cup of coffee, playing a Virginia Lottery game online when she felt that she was going to win big. That feeling was correct: The Chantilly woman won $146,105 playing the Cash Buster Multiplier game. “Boom – it just happened,” she said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Alexandria, VA
News
Alexandria Statistician Bought Winning Lottery Ticket At Annandale Supermarket Alexandria Statistician Bought Winning Lottery Ticket At Annandale Supermarket
Alexandria Statistician Bought Winning Lottery Ticket At Annandale Supermarket An Alexandria numbers cruncher hit it big playing the Virginia Lottery. As a statistician, Isaac Dompreh knows a thing or two about numbers. When he man plays the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game, he likes to select numbers that correspond with significant birthdays. That strategy worked in the April 27 drawing, when Dompreh matched all five winning numbers to win a $205,000 jackpot. He bought his winning ticket at Giant Food, located at 7137 Columbia Pike in Annandale. He used Easy Pick and allowed the computer to randomly select the numbers on his ticket. Those winning numbe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Ashburn, VA
News
Northern VA Woman Wins $1.6M Playing VA Lottery: 'I Just Kept Hitting' Northern VA Woman Wins $1.6M Playing VA Lottery: 'I Just Kept Hitting'
Northern VA Woman Wins $1.6M Playing VA Lottery: 'I Just Kept Hitting' "One of these days, I'm going to hit it big." That's what Marion Campbell would say to herself. Well, the Ashburn woman can stop saying it, because it finally happened: Campbell won $1,630,146 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Marvelous Money: Vegas Nights game. She started playing, and winning, one night after work. “I just kept hitting,” she said. “It was kind of surreal!” Marvelous Money: Vegas Nights is one of dozens of online instant games available on the Virginia Lottery app and at valottery.com. The jackpot grows as more people play. The odds of winning any prize in this game a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven
Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven Monna Islam was feeling lucky.  That’s the reason the Falls Church resident bought a 20X the Money ticket from the Virginia Lottery, according to a release on the VA Lottery website. He told Lottery officials that as he scratched the ticket, it looked like he was going to win $10 or $20. Then he discovered he’d just won the game’s $1 million top prize. He had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $625,000 before taxes. He chose the cash option. Islam bought his winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 201 South Washington Street in Falls C…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax, VA
News
$100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Fairfax County $100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Fairfax County
$100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Fairfax County A Fairfax County man thought he'd won $800 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Ca$h Corners Crossword scratcher game. He was more than just a little surprised when Virginia Lottery officials looked at the ticket and informed him that he’d actually won $100,000. Miguel Garcia bought his winning ticket at Harris Teeter, located at 6351 Columbia Pike in Falls Church. “I like this game because it’s challenging and takes longer to play,” he said as he claimed his prize. Ca$h Corners Crossword is one of dozens of scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax, VA
News
Son Gives Virginia Mom $1 Powerball Ticket Son Gives Virginia Mom $1 Powerball Ticket
Son Gives Virginia Mom $1 Powerball Ticket A Fairfax County woman won a $1 million Powerball ticket, thanks to her son. Maria Roldan’s son had a Powerball ticket, but he was about to go on vacation and would miss the drawing. So he gave his Vienna mother the ticket. That turned out to be a $1 million gift. The ticket matched the first five winning numbers in the March 11 drawing. In fact, it was the only ticket in the nation to win the $1 million prize in that drawing. Roldan didn’t realize how much she had won until she and her son took the ticket to the Virginia Lottery’s Northern Virginia customer service center in Woodbridge. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Fredericksburg, VA
Lifestyle
Spotsylvania Woman Celebrates $3M Lottery Scratch-Off Win With Daughter Spotsylvania Woman Celebrates $3M Lottery Scratch-Off Win With Daughter
Spotsylvania Woman Celebrates $3M Lottery Scratch-Off Win With Daughter She did it.  A Spotsylvania woman is all smiles after winning a $3 million top-prize playing a Virginia Lottery scratcher.  Lady Luck shone on local resident Dolores Miller, who is celebrating after claiming her $3 million top-prize after hitting the jackpot on a 50X the Money scratcher on a ticket sold at Walmart on Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg. The first person she called after realizing she was a newly minted millionaire? Her daughter. "I did it!," she exclaimed, Lottery officials said.  Miller chose to take a one-time cash option of $1.875 million over…

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by Zak Failla
Manassas, VA
News
Manassas Man Wins $100K Playing VA Lottery Manassas Man Wins $100K Playing VA Lottery
Manassas Man Wins $100K Playing VA Lottery A Manassas man is nearly $100,000 richer after playing the Virginia Lottery. “It feels outstanding! I couldn’t be happier!” That was Albert Stewart’s reaction as he redeemed his winning Powerball ticket for $100,000. The Manassas man matched five numbers in the February 28 drawing - four numbers plus the Powerball number. That would normally win $50,000. However, he spent an extra dollar for Power Play® when he bought the ticket, which doubled the prize to $100,000. He bought his ticket at the 7-Eleven at 13639 Dumfries Road in Manassas. The winning numbers were 16-26-29-38-50, and the P…

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by Cecilia Levine
Arlington, VA
News
Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery
Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery An Arlington man is taking home $200,000 from playing the Virginia Lottery. When Wassihun Woldeamanuel won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game, he did it 40 times in the same drawing.  He bought 40 plays in the February 20 day drawing, each with the same four-digit combination: 4-4-4-4. The prize for matching all four winning numbers in the Pick 4 game is $5,000. Since he had 40 plays with the winning combination, he won a total of $200,000. “I knew four is coming,” he told Lottery officials as he redeemed his winning tickets. He bought 30 of those tickets at Giant F…

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by Cecilia Levine
Alexandria, VA
News
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Alexandria Safeway, Jackpot Climbs To $1.09B $1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Alexandria Safeway, Jackpot Climbs To $1.09B
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Alexandria Safeway, Jackpot Climbs To $1.09B A Powerball ticket good for a million bucks was sold at a Virginia grocery store. The ticket from the Monday, April 1 Powerball drawing was sold at Safeway on Richmond Highway in Alexandria. The million-dollar question now is: Who has that ticket? The winning numbers were 19-24-40-42-56, and the Powerball number was 23. This ticket matched the first five numbers and missed only the Powerball number. This ticket was one of only six in the nation to match the first five numbers. No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $1 billion jackpot. That means the jackpot for Wednesday’…

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by Cecilia Levine
Manassas, VA
Lifestyle
Fifth Time Is The Charm For Man Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery's 'Millionaire Raffle' Fifth Time Is The Charm For Man Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery's 'Millionaire Raffle'
Fifth Time Is The Charm For Man Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery's 'Millionaire Raffle' A Prince William County man is laughing his way to the bank after realizing that he won $100,000 playing Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle. They say if you don't succeed, try, try again, a mantra that Manassas resident Maurice Farley took to heart en route to a six-figure Virginia Lottery prize. For five years, Farley said that he's been playing the annual Virginia "New Year's Millionaire Raffle" and has come up short.  2024 might just be his year. The ticket, purchased at 7-Eleven on Wellington Road in Manassas, was cashed in this week, and Farley said that he hopes to use hi…

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by Zak Failla
Gaithersburg, MD
Lifestyle
Maryland Man Crosses Over State Lines To Claim $150K Powerball Win In Virginia Maryland Man Crosses Over State Lines To Claim $150K Powerball Win In Virginia
Maryland Man Crosses Over State Lines To Claim $150K Powerball Win In Virginia A Maryland man who tried his luck picking up a Powerball ticket in Virginia is feeling lucky after cashing in on a six-figure prize. Teerawat Akkarach says he only plays Lottery games about once a month, but he couldn't resist purchasing a Powerball ticket last month as the jackpot was swelling.  The Rockville resident crossed over state lines into Virginia, where he headed to Sheetz on Yardley Ridge Road in Sterling to buy some Powerball tickets for the drawing on Monday, Jan. 8, though he took his time checking his numbers.  Akkarach said that he scanned a few tickets on the Vi…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
Business
Newly Minted Millionaire: Arlington Trucker Claims $1M Lottery Prize Newly Minted Millionaire: Arlington Trucker Claims $1M Lottery Prize
Newly Minted Millionaire: Arlington Trucker Claims $1M Lottery Prize A local trucker is one of the Virginia Lottery's newest millionaires.  Berhane Meharena, of Arlington, was driving a truck in Texas when he decided to check the winning numbers in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. That’s how he found out his ticket was one of five $1 million winners. “I was by myself in the truck,” he later told Virginia Lottery officials. “I was screaming!” He then drove all the way from Texas back to Virginia to claim his prize. Once he arrived in Virginia, he got sick and had to wait a bit more to claim his prize. When he started feeling better, he went to …

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by Cecilia Levine
Arlington, VA
News
Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners
Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners Two Virginia residents won $1 million each playing separate lottery games. Scott Nalevanko's ticket was purchased in Leesburg while Michael Brosnan bought his in Stafford. Nalevanko usually buys several Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets, some of which he gives away as Christmas presents.  So, on New Year’s Day, when he heard that a $1 million winning ticket had been bought at the 7-Eleven on East Market Street in Leesburg, he got excited. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” he remembers thinking. The only question was, was that big winning ticket in his possessi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Arlington, VA
Lifestyle
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Five newly minted millionaires may be sitting on a Virginia Lottery ticket worth seven figures and might not even realize it.  Lottery officials have announced the winning numbers for Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle, which included five $1 million winners and seven $100,000 prizes. The odds of winning the million dollar prize were 1 in 125,000.  Winning million dollar tickets were sold at:  Ticket 007094: Paddy’s 32 Steakhouse & Pub on Center Street in Stafford; Ticket 125311: Wawa on Plank Road in Fredericksburg; Ticket 168420: 7-Eleven on East Market St…

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by Zak Failla
Alexandria, VA
Business
Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart
Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart Check your tickets!  One lucky Virginia Lottery player could be sitting on a winning $2 million Powerball ticket after winning big on Wednesday's drawing that was sold at an area convenience store.  It was one of only five in the country - and only in Virginia - to match five numbers, missing just the Powerball. The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Dec. 20 were: 27-35-41-56-60 with a Powerball of 16. Not only did the winner pick up a $1 million for matching the first five numbers, by spending an extra $1 for the Power Play, they doubled that prize up to a …

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by Zak Failla