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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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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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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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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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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 $150K Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Store In Danger Of Expiring (
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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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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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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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