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2 VA Men Split Lottery Ticket, One Purchased In Loudoun County 2 VA Men Split Lottery Ticket, One Purchased In Loudoun County
2 VA Men Split Lottery Ticket, One Purchased In Loudoun County Sharing is caring for two Virginia men, each $122,500 richer before taxes. Darrell Terry, of South Boston, and Lou Malfi, of Leesburg, won the tickets in the Cash 5 on Feb. 28, with EZ Match drawing. Terry bought his winning ticket at Blue Ridge Tobacco & Candle, located at 1024 Bill Tuck Highway in South Boston while Malfi bought his online using the VA Lottery app. The jackpot for that drawing was $245,000, which means Terry and Malfi each received $122,500 before taxes. The winning numbers for that drawing were 1-6-14-21-27. Cash 5 with EZ Match features a rolling jackpot star…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Spotsylvania Woman Celebrates $3M Lottery Scratch-Off Win With Daughter Spotsylvania Woman Celebrates $3M Lottery Scratch-Off Win With Daughter
Spotsylvania Woman Celebrates $3M Lottery Scratch-Off Win With Daughter She did it.  A Spotsylvania woman is all smiles after winning a $3 million top-prize playing a Virginia Lottery scratcher.  Lady Luck shone on local resident Dolores Miller, who is celebrating after claiming her $3 million top-prize after hitting the jackpot on a 50X the Money scratcher on a ticket sold at Walmart on Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg. The first person she called after realizing she was a newly minted millionaire? Her daughter. "I did it!," she exclaimed, Lottery officials said.  Miller chose to take a one-time cash option of $1.875 million over…

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by Zak Failla
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$1 Power Play Land Group Of Friends In Virginia $200K Powerball Prize $1 Power Play Land Group Of Friends In Virginia $200K Powerball Prize
$1 Power Play Land Group Of Friends In Virginia $200K Powerball Prize An extra dollar went a long way for a group of friends in Virginia who claimed a six-figure Lottery prize a month after their fortuitous Powerball play.  When the jackpot rises, Anthony Pego and a group of 10 other friends have made it a habit to pool their money together and share the fun as they chase a potentially life-altering amount of money.  Well, the Leesburg resident didn't win it all, but he and his friends are jubilant after claiming a $200,000 prize after matching the first four numbers on the Dec. 30 drawing, as well as the Powerball. Typically, that win would have n…

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by Zak Failla
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$161M Powerball Ticket Sold To VA Lottery Player Unclaimed: Officials $161M Powerball Ticket Sold To VA Lottery Player Unclaimed: Officials
$161M Powerball Ticket Sold To VA Lottery Player Unclaimed: Officials Nearly two months after a life-changing Powerball win, one of Virginia Lottery's largest-ever jackpots remains unclaimed. Officials say that one ticket matched all six numbers in the March 4 Powerball drawing, and that little piece of paper is now worth an estimated $161 million, though no winner has come forward as of Monday, April 24 to claim the nine-figure prize. The winning numbers for the Saturday, March 4 the drawing were 10-16-18-40-66 with a Powerball number of 16. The winning ticket was purchased at Gill Brothers on Celburne Boulevard in Dublin.  Now the question is, who’s …

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by Zak Failla
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'Lucky 3' Friends Split $3M Lottery Prize In VA 'Lucky 3' Friends Split $3M Lottery Prize In VA
'Lucky 3' Friends Split $3M Lottery Prize In VA Three best friends are splitting their earnings after their to trip to a Virginia grocery store for a lottery scratcher won them a hefty $3 million. Walter Mendez of Springfield, Delores Vigil of Herndon, and Juan Carlos Fuentes of Herndon are pocketing $625,000 each, before taxes, after buying a winning ticket to the ‘50x the Money’ game at Giant Food at 21800 Towncenter Plaza in Sterling.  “We went to buy groceries,” Mr. Mendez told Lottery officials. “We always stop and play.” As he scratched the ticket, he said to the others, “I think we’ve got something!” The ‘50x the Money’ gam…

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by Valerie Musson