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Family Man: Alexandria Dad Reveals Plans For $156K Lottery Win Family Man: Alexandria Dad Reveals Plans For $156K Lottery Win
Family Man: Alexandria Dad Reveals Plans For $156K Lottery Win An Alexandria man won big playing the Virginia Lottery. Boamah Stephen couldn’t believe it when he checked the winning numbers for the Virginia Lottery’s Sept. 29 Cash 5 with EZ Match drawing and realized he’d won the jackpot.  The Alexandria resident matched all five numbers to win $156,717. The winning numbers for that drawing were 1-2-15-25-39. He bought his ticket at Veekay Video Club, located at 73020 Richmond Highway in Alexandria. Stephen told Lottery officials he selected the numbers on his ticket at random. He said he plans to use his winnings to take care of his family…

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Newly-Minted Millionaire: Alexandria Powerball Player Wins $1M Newly-Minted Millionaire: Alexandria Powerball Player Wins $1M
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Alexandria Powerball Player Wins $1M Someone in Alexandria is about $1 million richer, and someone is Arlington is pocketing $50,000 after playing the Powerball. According to the Virginia Lottery, an Alexandria resident won the million-dollar prize in the Wednesday, Oct. 11 drawing. A ticket good for $50,000 was sold at the 7-Eleven on South Wakefield Street, in Arlington. The winning numbers were 22-24-40-52-64, and the Powerball number was 10. One ticket nationwide matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. That ticket was bought in California. The jackpot is now $20 million for Saturday’s drawing.

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Four $50K Winning Powerball Tickets Sold Across Virginia Four $50K Winning Powerball Tickets Sold Across Virginia
Four $50K Winning Powerball Tickets Sold Across Virginia Four Powerball tickets good for $50,000 a piece were sold in Virginia. The winning numbers were 16, 34, 46, 55, and 67. The red Powerball drawn was 14 and the Powerplay was 3x. The tickets were sold at the following locations: The four $50,000 winning tickets were bought at: 7-Eleven, 4086 Majestic Lane, Fairfax 7-Eleven, 18750 Fuller Heights Road, Triangle 7-Eleven, 1108 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake Online, using the Virginia Lottery app, by a player in Richmond A $1 million ticket was sold at a Fairfax County sandwich shop.

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Medical Supply Company Worker Wins $228K Playing Virginia Lottery Online Medical Supply Company Worker Wins $228K Playing Virginia Lottery Online
Medical Supply Company Worker Wins $228K Playing Virginia Lottery Online A Prince William County woman won more than $228,000 playing the Virginia Lottery online. Gloria Stallworth was sitting at her computer at home playing the Virginia Lottery’s The Lamp online game. “I started winning and winning,” she later told Virginia Lottery officials. And then something happened that she never expected. “I just checked it and…boom!” she said. “This big number came up!” The Woodbridge woman had just won a $228,218 jackpot. “We were just trying to figure out if it’s real or not,” she said. It was real! The Lamp features a progressive, growing jackpot and can be …

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Construction Worker Wins $100K On Way To Work Playing Virginia Lottery Construction Worker Wins $100K On Way To Work Playing Virginia Lottery
Construction Worker Wins $100K On Way To Work Playing Virginia Lottery A Virginia man is $100,000 richer playing the Virginia Lottery. Arnoldo Sanchez was on his way to work when he stopped for something to drink at the Flagstaff Plaza 7-Eleven in Ashburn. While he was there, he also picked up a few Virginia Lottery tickets. When he scratched them in the store, one turned out to be a $100,000 winner. “I was confused. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!” he told Virginia Lottery officials. And what did the Herndon man do next? He put the ticket away, got back in his car and continued on to work. Sanchez won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s 10X the …

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Fairfax Woman Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery Bought Ticket At Local 7-Eleven Store Fairfax Woman Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery Bought Ticket At Local 7-Eleven Store
Fairfax Woman Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery Bought Ticket At Local 7-Eleven Store A Fairfax woman won $100,000 playing the Virginia Lottery. Muna Kurdi knew she had won a prize. She thought maybe she had won about $600 or so, but when she presented her ticket at the Virginia Lottery’s Northern Virginia customer service center, she received a shock.  Her ticket was worth $100,000. She bought the Cash Game ticket at the 7-Eleven at 10140 Fairfax Boulevard in Fairfax. Cash Game is one of dozens of scratcher games offered by the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5 up to the $100,000 top prize. This is the first top prize claimed in the game, which me…

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Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery When Leslie Williams went online to check the winning numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game, he received a shock. “Could this really be possible?” he later told Lottery officials was his first thought. The Alexandria resident had just discovered he’d matched all five winning numbers in the June 18 drawing to win the $1,063,690 jackpot. He said he let out a “quiet scream.” He bought the ticket at the 7-Eleven at 2800 Beacon Hill Road in Alexandria. The winning numbers were 1-20-24-26-35. Cash 5 with EZ Match features a rolling jackpot, starting at a minimum of $100,…

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'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize 'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize
'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize Lilian Gutierrez Silva doesn’t play scratcher games very often.  In fact, the Virginia Beach woman said she doesn’t even understand them. “I never win!” she said. However, when she was at Malbon Brothers Corner Mart on General Booth Boulevard in Virginia Beach, her cousin bought a ticket, so she decided to give it a try.  Her ticket ended up winning the $500,000 prize. “I showed the ticket to my cousin and said, ‘Tell me if I won or not,” she later told Virginia Lottery officials. Turns out, she’d just hit the top prize in the Funky Fortune game. Funky Fortune is one of dozens…

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$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven $1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven A Powerball ticket good for $1 million has been sold in Loudoun County. The ticket from the Wednesday, Aug. 9 drawing was sold at the 7-Eleven at 42870 Truro Parish Drive in Ashburn. The million-dollar question now is: Who has that ticket? The winning numbers were 10-15-21-67-69, and the Powerball number was 3. This ticket matched the first five numbers and missed only the Powerball number. This ticket was one of only three in the nation to match the first five numbers to win $1 million. No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $170 million jackpot. That means the jack…

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Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery
Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery A US Navy sailor from Virginia Beach is $1.8 million richer. Byron Bundoc was unwinding in his car in the driveway of his Virginia Beach home, playing the Virginia Lottery's Jackpot Spectacular on his phone. He'd been watching the jackpot steadily growing in that game and, as he sat there playing, he suddenly realized he had won — big: Bundoc had hit the $1,817,588 jackpot. That's the largest prize ever won in the US in an online instant game. "It was surreal," he told Lottery officials. “I called my brother and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this!'" Jackpot Spectacular is a uni…

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Virginia Beach Man Wins $274K Playing Lottery Virginia Beach Man Wins $274K Playing Lottery
Virginia Beach Man Wins $274K Playing Lottery A Virginia beach man won big playing the lottery. John Szajnoga has games he likes more than the Magnificent Multiplier online game from the Virginia Lottery, but he decided to play it anyway, because of the jackpot amount.  That decision was worth $274,659. Long story short, he won. When Szainoga claimed his prize, he told Lottery officials, “It just felt amazing, and I was in total disbelief.” Szajnoga plans to put some of his winnings towards paying bills and his kids’ college and the rest into savings. Magnificent Multiplier features a progressive, growing jackpot and can be acc…

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Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Lottery Player Wins Big Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Lottery Player Wins Big
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Lottery Player Wins Big George Katan has a routine where he stops on his way to work and purchases a sandwich and one Virginia Lottery scratcher. Typically, he plays the $50 and $30 tickets, but this time, he decided to buy a $20 Multiplier Mania ticket. That decision paid off in a big way because Katan won the $1 million top prize with the ticket purchased his ticket at the 7-Eleven at 1931 Old Gallows Road in Vienna. Katan scratched the ticket in the store and later told Lottery officials, “I know it was big, but I didn’t know how big.” Once he realized he had won the top prize, he said, “I was very excited!” …

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