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Maryland Nurse Buys Scratch-Offs Every Christmas — This One Hit For $2 Million Maryland Nurse Buys Scratch-Offs Every Christmas — This One Hit For $2 Million
Maryland Nurse Buys Scratch-Offs Every Christmas — This One Hit For $2 Million She buys scratch-off tickets every Christmas. This year, it paid off in a big way. A Maryland nurse is ringing in 2026 as a newly minted millionaire after a Christmas Eve scratch-off turned into a $2 million jackpot, Maryland Lottery officials announced in Baltimore on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The Eastern Shore woman, who lives in Wicomico County, said she was shopping for scratch-off tickets to give adults on her Christmas list on Tuesday, Dec. 24, when she decided to treat herself to a $30 200X The Cash ticket, according to the Maryland Lottery. When she scratched the ticket at home late…

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Newly Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins Lottery After Coffee Run At 7-Eleven Newly Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins Lottery After Coffee Run At 7-Eleven
Newly Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins Lottery After Coffee Run At 7-Eleven He stopped for gas and coffee — and walked out a millionaire. Gary Hensley of Charlottesville made a quick trip to the 7-Eleven on Seminole Trail for his usual cup of joe. But something else caught his eye — a Virginia Lottery Bonus Star Millions scratcher. “Something just told me to buy it!” Hensley told Lottery officials. So he did. He took the ticket home, scratched it, and just like that — he was $1 million richer. “I about had a heart attack!” he said. “I didn’t get much sleep that night!” Hensley is the first top prize winner in the new Bonus Star Millions game, which has prizes ra…

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New Year, Newly Minted Millionaires: Virginia Lottery Announces Winners Of Annual Raffle New Year, Newly Minted Millionaires: Virginia Lottery Announces Winners Of Annual Raffle
New Year, Newly Minted Millionaires: Virginia Lottery Announces Winners Of Annual Raffle Some lucky Virginia Lottery players rang in the new year with a bang, and are the state's newest millionaires. Each year, winning numbers are drawn in Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle with five tickets worth a seven-figure prize, and an additional seven worth $100,000. The $1 million winners were sold at: McNair Farms Sunoco, 13470 Coppermine Road, Herndon; Schmitz Sunoco, 42800 Creek View Plaza, Ashburn; Lake Mart & Deli, 4795 Scruggs Road, Moneta; Food Lion, 30 Windward Drive, Fishersville; 7-Eleven, 3310 Church Road, Henrico. Seven additional tickets each won $100,000.…

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Winning $1.5M 'Cash 5 With EZ Match' Ticket Sold At Virginia Gas Station Winning $1.5M 'Cash 5 With EZ Match' Ticket Sold At Virginia Gas Station
Winning $1.5M 'Cash 5 With EZ Match' Ticket Sold At Virginia 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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