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Newly Minted Millionaire: Virginia Trucker Claims $1M Lottery Prize Newly Minted Millionaire: Virginia Trucker Claims $1M Lottery Prize
Newly Minted Millionaire: Virginia 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
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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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by Cecilia Levine
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VA Woman Thought She'd Win Luke Combs Concert Ticket — It Was $200K In Cash VA Woman Thought She'd Win Luke Combs Concert Ticket — It Was $200K In Cash
VA Woman Thought She'd Win Luke Combs Concert Ticket — It Was $200K In Cash A Virginia Lottery player thinking she was in the runnings for a ticket to see Luke Combs live instead won enough cash to get her nearly 700 Luke Combs concert tickets. Anna Sabarese scored $200,000 when she bought a Livin' Lucky With Luke Combs lottery ticket from the 7-Eleven at 4800 Dale Boulevard in Woodbridge, lottery officials said. “I scratched it, and I thought, ‘That can’t be right!’” the Woodbridge woman later told lottery officials. Livin’ Lucky with Luke Combs is one of dozens of scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5 up to …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Check Your Tickets: Million Dollar Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Food Store Check Your Tickets: Million Dollar Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Food Store
Check Your Tickets: Million Dollar Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Food Store Virginia Lottery players are being encouraged to check their tickets after a $1 million Powerball winner was sold in Alexandria. Unbeknownst to one lucky lottery player, there is a ticket burning a seven-figure hole in their pocket after it was purchased at Giant Food on Kingstowne Boulevard. The winning numbers for the Monday, Jan. 23 Powerball drawing were 12-31-47-58-60 with a Powerball number of 23. The ticket in Virginia matched the first five numbers and narrowly missed the Powerball. Now, the million-dollar question is who has the ticket and is moving into a new tax bracket? Accord…

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by Zak Failla
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Paramedic 'Literally Froze' After $1M Maryland Lottery 'Powerball' Win Paramedic 'Literally Froze' After $1M Maryland Lottery 'Powerball' Win
Paramedic 'Literally Froze' After $1M Maryland Lottery 'Powerball' Win A paramedic from Washington, DC nearly needed medical assistance of her own when she realized that she became Maryland’s newest millionaire on a winning “Powerball” ticket that was sold during the height of the $2 million jackpot in early November. Family birth dates proved to be fortuitous for the paramedic, who credits her loved ones for helping her hit enough winning numbers to cash in a seven-figure payday from the Wednesday, Nov. 2 drawing. The paramedic - who chose not to disclose a name - said that she hadn't run the winning ticket through a scanner at a Lottery retailer all month -…

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by Zak Failla
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This Guy Just Won Maryland Lotto For Second Time In Two Months This Guy Just Won Maryland Lotto For Second Time In Two Months
This Guy Just Won Maryland Lotto For Second Time In Two Months A power line technician who won $18,000 playing the Maryland Lottery last month tried his luck again. This time around, Duane Ketterman won even bigger: The Delaware resident claimed a $30,785 Racetrax prize. “I couldn’t believe I won the first time,” Duane told Lottery officials on Tuesday, referring to his $18,000 Racetrax win in early July. “So, when I saw this one, I was just stunned.” Ketterman’s work as a powerline technician takes him across the Maryland state line every day. He got in the habit of purchasing lottery tickets in Maryland on those trips and, if the events of the last …

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by Cecilia Levine