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Virginia Doctor Can't Believe Eyes After Near $200K Lottery Win Virginia Doctor Can't Believe Eyes After Near $200K Lottery Win
Virginia 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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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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Winning $1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Virginia Winning $1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Virginia
Winning $1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Virginia A Powerball player from Virginia is $1 million richer. A ticket matching all five winning numbers from the Saturday, June 22 drawing was sold in Virginia, the Powerball website says. The winning numbers were 4, 5, 15, 32, and 62, and the red Powerball was 21. There were no jackpot winners. The next drawing will be held Monday, June 24 as the jackpot rolls to $84 million.

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