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Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven In Fairfax County Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven In Fairfax County
Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven In Fairfax County Monna Islam was feeling lucky.  That’s the reason the Falls Church resident bought a 20X the Money ticket from the Virginia Lottery, according to a release on the VA Lottery website. He told Lottery officials that as he scratched the ticket, it looked like he was going to win $10 or $20. Then he discovered he’d just won the game’s $1 million top prize. He had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $625,000 before taxes. He chose the cash option. Islam bought his winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 201 South Washington Street in Falls C…
$100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Falls Church $100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Falls Church
Virginia Lottery Winner A Fairfax County man thought he'd won $800 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Ca$h Corners Crossword scratcher game. He was more than just a little surprised when Virginia Lottery officials looked at the ticket and informed him that he’d actually won $100,000. Miguel Garcia bought his winning ticket at Harris Teeter, located at 6351 Columbia Pike in Falls Church. “I like this game because it’s challenging and takes longer to play,” he said as he claimed his prize. Ca$h Corners Crossword is one of dozens of scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5…
Son Gives Vienna Mom $1 Powerball Ticket Son Gives Vienna Mom $1 Powerball Ticket
Son Gives Vienna Mom $1 Powerball Ticket A Fairfax County woman won a $1 million Powerball ticket, thanks to her son. Maria Roldan’s son had a Powerball ticket, but he was about to go on vacation and would miss the drawing. So he gave his Vienna mother the ticket. That turned out to be a $1 million gift. The ticket matched the first five winning numbers in the March 11 drawing. In fact, it was the only ticket in the nation to win the $1 million prize in that drawing. Roldan didn’t realize how much she had won until she and her son took the ticket to the Virginia Lottery’s Northern Virginia customer service center in Woodbridge. …
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…
Manassas Man Wins $100K Playing VA Lottery Manassas Man Wins $100K Playing VA Lottery
Manassas Man Wins $100K Playing VA Lottery A Manassas man is nearly $100,000 richer after playing the Virginia Lottery. “It feels outstanding! I couldn’t be happier!” That was Albert Stewart’s reaction as he redeemed his winning Powerball ticket for $100,000. The Manassas man matched five numbers in the February 28 drawing - four numbers plus the Powerball number. That would normally win $50,000. However, he spent an extra dollar for Power Play® when he bought the ticket, which doubled the prize to $100,000. He bought his ticket at the 7-Eleven at 13639 Dumfries Road in Manassas. The winning numbers were 16-26-29-38-50, and the P…
Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery
Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery An Arlington man is taking home $200,000 from playing the Virginia Lottery. When Wassihun Woldeamanuel won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game, he did it 40 times in the same drawing.  He bought 40 plays in the February 20 day drawing, each with the same four-digit combination: 4-4-4-4. The prize for matching all four winning numbers in the Pick 4 game is $5,000. Since he had 40 plays with the winning combination, he won a total of $200,000. “I knew four is coming,” he told Lottery officials as he redeemed his winning tickets. He bought 30 of those tickets at Giant F…
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Grocery Store, Jackpot Climbs To $1.09B $1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Grocery Store, Jackpot Climbs To $1.09B
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Grocery Store, Jackpot Climbs To $1.09B A Powerball ticket good for a million bucks was sold at a Virginia grocery store. The ticket from the Monday, April 1 Powerball drawing was sold at Safeway on Richmond Highway in Alexandria. The million-dollar question now is: Who has that ticket? The winning numbers were 19-24-40-42-56, and the Powerball number was 23. This ticket matched the first five numbers and missed only the Powerball number. This ticket was one of only six in the nation to match the first five numbers. No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $1 billion jackpot. That means the jackpot for Wednesday’…
Fifth Time Is The Charm For Man Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery's 'Millionaire Raffle' Fifth Time Is The Charm For Man Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery's 'Millionaire Raffle'
Fifth Time Is The Charm For Man Who Won $100K Playing Virginia Lottery's 'Millionaire Raffle' A Prince William County man is laughing his way to the bank after realizing that he won $100,000 playing Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle. They say if you don't succeed, try, try again, a mantra that Manassas resident Maurice Farley took to heart en route to a six-figure Virginia Lottery prize. For five years, Farley said that he's been playing the annual Virginia "New Year's Millionaire Raffle" and has come up short.  2024 might just be his year. The ticket, purchased at 7-Eleven on Wellington Road in Manassas, was cashed in this week, and Farley said that he hopes to use hi…
Maryland Man Crosses Over State Lines To Claim $150K Powerball Win In Virginia Maryland Man Crosses Over State Lines To Claim $150K Powerball Win In Virginia
Maryland Man Crosses Over State Lines To Claim $150K Powerball Win In Virginia A Maryland man who tried his luck picking up a Powerball ticket in Virginia is feeling lucky after cashing in on a six-figure prize. Teerawat Akkarach says he only plays Lottery games about once a month, but he couldn't resist purchasing a Powerball ticket last month as the jackpot was swelling.  The Rockville resident crossed over state lines into Virginia, where he headed to Sheetz on Yardley Ridge Road in Sterling to buy some Powerball tickets for the drawing on Monday, Jan. 8, though he took his time checking his numbers.  Akkarach said that he scanned a few tickets on the Vi…
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 …
Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners
Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners Two Virginia residents won $1 million each playing separate lottery games. Scott Nalevanko's ticket was purchased in Leesburg while Michael Brosnan bought his in Stafford. Nalevanko usually buys several Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets, some of which he gives away as Christmas presents.  So, on New Year’s Day, when he heard that a $1 million winning ticket had been bought at the 7-Eleven on East Market Street in Leesburg, he got excited. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” he remembers thinking. The only question was, was that big winning ticket in his possessi…
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Five newly minted millionaires may be sitting on a Virginia Lottery ticket worth seven figures and might not even realize it.  Lottery officials have announced the winning numbers for Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle, which included five $1 million winners and seven $100,000 prizes. The odds of winning the million dollar prize were 1 in 125,000.  Winning million dollar tickets were sold at:  Ticket 007094: Paddy’s 32 Steakhouse & Pub on Center Street in Stafford; Ticket 125311: Wawa on Plank Road in Fredericksburg; Ticket 168420: 7-Eleven on East Market St…
Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart
Winning $2M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia Mini Mart Check your tickets!  One lucky Virginia Lottery player could be sitting on a winning $2 million Powerball ticket after winning big on Wednesday's drawing that was sold at an area convenience store.  It was one of only five in the country - and only in Virginia - to match five numbers, missing just the Powerball. The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Dec. 20 were: 27-35-41-56-60 with a Powerball of 16. Not only did the winner pick up a $1 million for matching the first five numbers, by spending an extra $1 for the Power Play, they doubled that prize up to a …
Fredericksburg Lotto Player Scores $500K Fredericksburg Lotto Player Scores $500K
Fredericksburg Lotto Player Scores $500K A Fredericksburg man scored $500,000 playing the Virginia Lottery. Zion Johnson had a stroke of luck when he scratched the Mega Money Multiplier scratcher from the Virginia Lottery, which he bought from the 7-Eleven at 10100 Southpoint Parkway. Mega Money Multiplier is one of dozens of scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $20 to that $500,000 top prize. This is the first top prize claimed in the game, which means two more top prizes are unclaimed. The chances of winning the top prize are 1 in 816,000. The chances of winning any prize in…
Here's How Virginia Mom Will Spend Winning $1.8M Lottery Jackpot Here's How Virginia Mom Will Spend Winning $1.8M Lottery Jackpot
Here's How Virginia Mom Will Spend Winning $1.8M Lottery Jackpot It'll be a bountiful holiday season for a Virginia Lottery player who cashed in big playing an online game with a curious name. What started as a long day for Jenny Gonzales Castillo ended in jubilation when the Newport News woman laid down to rest and decided to play a Virginia Lottery game online. Instead of resting on her laurels, Gonzales Castillo won a $1,874,151 jackpot playing $crooge, a sum even Ebenezer could smile about. "I told my daughter, ‘Pinch me! I want to know if I’m dreaming or awake!’” She was awake, and no one was shouting Bah Humbug. Now she plans to pay off her…
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Woman's Trip To CVS Ends In $1M Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Woman's Trip To CVS Ends In $1M
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Woman's Trip To CVS Ends In $1M A Virginia woman's trip to CVS ended in a big way. Marie Edwards bought a Virginia Lottery ticket during a trip to pick up a prescription at the McWhirt Loop store in Fredericksburg, and it ended up being the winning $1 Million Spectacular ticket. It wasn't until she scratched the ticket the next day that the Stafford County woman discovered she had just won the game’s top prize. “It feels fantastic and unbelievable!” she told Lottery officials as she claimed her prize. Edwards had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize in annual installments over 30 years or a one-time cash…
Winner, Winner: $1.3M Virginia Lottery Ticket Goes To Fauquier County Man Winner, Winner: $1.3M Virginia Lottery Ticket Goes To Fauquier County Man
Winner, Winner: $1.3M Virginia Lottery Ticket Goes To Fauquier County Man Buying a Virginia Lottery ticket in Stafford turned out to be a million-dollar decision for a Fauquier County man. The jackpot in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game was higher than ever when Bryan Vaughan decided to get in the game.  The Midland man bought a ticket for the Nov. 9 drawing, at the Garrisonville Road Wawa in Stafford. Vaughan had initially intended to buy a scratcher ticket but decided to play Cash 5 with EZ Match instead.  One of those tickets ended up winning the record-setting $1,381,071 jackpot. “I’m still in disbelief,” Vaughan told Virginia…
'Tickled Happy:' Spotsy Man Wins $140K Playing Virginia Lottery 'Tickled Happy:' Spotsy Man Wins $140K Playing Virginia Lottery
'Tickled Happy:' Spotsy Man Wins $140K Playing Virginia Lottery “I was so ticked and happy!” That was Maurice Lawson’s response to winning $140,000 in a single drawing of the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 5 game. The Spotsylvania resident bought four tickets for the Oct. 17 day drawing, each with the same five-digit combination: 4-3-4-4-4. They turned out to be the winning numbers. On two of his tickets, he wagered “exact order,” so each of those tickets won the game’s $50,000 top prize. He wagered “any order” on another ticket to win $10,000, and he wagered 50/50 on the fourth ticket to win $30,000. “I couldn’t believe it!” he told Virginia Lottery offici…
Fairfax County Powerball Player Was Almost A Billionaire Fairfax County Powerball Player Was Almost A Billionaire
Fairfax County Powerball Player Was Almost A Billionaire Carlos Gutierrez's ticket for the Oct. 9 Powerball drawing matched the first five numbers to win the million-dollar prize.  The winning numbers were 16-34-46-55-67, and the Powerball number was 14. Gutierrez, of Centreville, said he initially selected all six of those numbers but at the last minute changed his Powerball number to 19. Had he stuck with those initial numbers, he would have won the jackpot.   Instead, he won the $1 million prize. Gutierrez was waiting for his lunch when he decided to buy the lottery ticket that would change his life. He had stopped …
Family Man: Alexandria Dad Reveals Plans For $156K Lottery Win Family Man: Alexandria Dad Reveals Plans For $156K Lottery Win
Family Man: Alexandria Dad Reveals Plans For $156K Lottery Win An Alexandria man won big playing the Virginia Lottery. Boamah Stephen couldn’t believe it when he checked the winning numbers for the Virginia Lottery’s Sept. 29 Cash 5 with EZ Match drawing and realized he’d won the jackpot.  The Alexandria resident matched all five numbers to win $156,717. The winning numbers for that drawing were 1-2-15-25-39. He bought his ticket at Veekay Video Club, located at 73020 Richmond Highway in Alexandria. Stephen told Lottery officials he selected the numbers on his ticket at random. He said he plans to use his winnings to take care of his family…
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Alexandria Powerball Player Wins $1M Newly-Minted Millionaire: Alexandria Powerball Player Wins $1M
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Alexandria Powerball Player Wins $1M Someone in Alexandria is about $1 million richer, and someone is Arlington is pocketing $50,000 after playing the Powerball. According to the Virginia Lottery, an Alexandria resident won the million-dollar prize in the Wednesday, Oct. 11 drawing. A ticket good for $50,000 was sold at the 7-Eleven on South Wakefield Street, in Arlington. The winning numbers were 22-24-40-52-64, and the Powerball number was 10. One ticket nationwide matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. That ticket was bought in California. The jackpot is now $20 million for Saturday’s drawing.
$50K Powerball Winner Sold At Fairfax 7-Eleven $50K Powerball Winner Sold At Fairfax 7-Eleven
$50K Powerball Winner Sold At Fairfax 7-Eleven Four Powerball tickets good for $50,000 a piece were sold in Virginia. The winning numbers were 16, 34, 46, 55, and 67. The red Powerball drawn was 14 and the Powerplay was 3x. The tickets were sold at the following locations: The four $50,000 winning tickets were bought at: 7-Eleven, 4086 Majestic Lane, Fairfax 7-Eleven, 18750 Fuller Heights Road, Triangle 7-Eleven, 1108 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake Online, using the Virginia Lottery app, by a player in Richmond A $1 million ticket was sold at a Fairfax County sandwich shop.
Medical Supply Company Worker Wins $228K Playing Virginia Lottery Online Medical Supply Company Worker Wins $228K Playing Virginia Lottery Online
Medical Supply Company Worker Wins $228K Playing Virginia Lottery Online A Prince William County woman won more than $228,000 playing the Virginia Lottery online. Gloria Stallworth was sitting at her computer at home playing the Virginia Lottery’s The Lamp online game. “I started winning and winning,” she later told Virginia Lottery officials. And then something happened that she never expected. “I just checked it and…boom!” she said. “This big number came up!” The Woodbridge woman had just won a $228,218 jackpot. “We were just trying to figure out if it’s real or not,” she said. It was real! The Lamp features a progressive, growing jackpot and can be …
Herndon Construction Worker Wins $100K On Way To Work Playing Lottery In Ashburn Herndon Construction Worker Wins $100K On Way To Work Playing Lottery In Ashburn
Herndon Construction Worker Wins $100K On Way To Work Playing Lottery In Ashburn A Virginia man is $100,000 richer playing the Virginia Lottery. Arnoldo Sanchez was on his way to work when he stopped for something to drink at the Flagstaff Plaza 7-Eleven in Ashburn. While he was there, he also picked up a few Virginia Lottery tickets. When he scratched them in the store, one turned out to be a $100,000 winner. “I was confused. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!” he told Virginia Lottery officials. And what did the Herndon man do next? He put the ticket away, got back in his car and continued on to work. Sanchez won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s 10X the …
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…
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Virginia Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery When Leslie Williams went online to check the winning numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game, he received a shock. “Could this really be possible?” he later told Lottery officials was his first thought. The Alexandria resident had just discovered he’d matched all five winning numbers in the June 18 drawing to win the $1,063,690 jackpot. He said he let out a “quiet scream.” He bought the ticket at the 7-Eleven at 2800 Beacon Hill Road in Alexandria. The winning numbers were 1-20-24-26-35. Cash 5 with EZ Match features a rolling jackpot, starting at a minimum of $100,…
'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize 'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize
'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize Lilian Gutierrez Silva doesn’t play scratcher games very often.  In fact, the Virginia Beach woman said she doesn’t even understand them. “I never win!” she said. However, when she was at Malbon Brothers Corner Mart on General Booth Boulevard in Virginia Beach, her cousin bought a ticket, so she decided to give it a try.  Her ticket ended up winning the $500,000 prize. “I showed the ticket to my cousin and said, ‘Tell me if I won or not,” she later told Virginia Lottery officials. Turns out, she’d just hit the top prize in the Funky Fortune game. Funky Fortune is one of dozens…
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven $1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Virginia 7-Eleven A Powerball ticket good for $1 million has been sold in Loudoun County. The ticket from the Wednesday, Aug. 9 drawing was sold at the 7-Eleven at 42870 Truro Parish Drive in Ashburn. The million-dollar question now is: Who has that ticket? The winning numbers were 10-15-21-67-69, and the Powerball number was 3. This ticket matched the first five numbers and missed only the Powerball number. This ticket was one of only three in the nation to match the first five numbers to win $1 million. No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $170 million jackpot. That means the jack…
Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery
Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery A US Navy sailor from Virginia Beach is $1.8 million richer. Byron Bundoc was unwinding in his car in the driveway of his Virginia Beach home, playing the Virginia Lottery's Jackpot Spectacular on his phone. He'd been watching the jackpot steadily growing in that game and, as he sat there playing, he suddenly realized he had won — big: Bundoc had hit the $1,817,588 jackpot. That's the largest prize ever won in the US in an online instant game. "It was surreal," he told Lottery officials. “I called my brother and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this!'" Jackpot Spectacular is a uni…
Virginia Beach Man Wins $274K Playing Lottery Virginia Beach Man Wins $274K Playing Lottery
Virginia Beach Man Wins $274K Playing Lottery A Virginia beach man won big playing the lottery. John Szajnoga has games he likes more than the Magnificent Multiplier online game from the Virginia Lottery, but he decided to play it anyway, because of the jackpot amount.  That decision was worth $274,659. Long story short, he won. When Szainoga claimed his prize, he told Lottery officials, “It just felt amazing, and I was in total disbelief.” Szajnoga plans to put some of his winnings towards paying bills and his kids’ college and the rest into savings. Magnificent Multiplier features a progressive, growing jackpot and can be acc…
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Vienna Lottery Player Wins Big Newly-Minted Millionaire: Vienna Lottery Player Wins Big
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Vienna Lottery Player Wins Big George Katan has a routine where he stops on his way to work and purchases a sandwich and one Virginia Lottery scratcher. Typically, he plays the $50 and $30 tickets, but this time, he decided to buy a $20 Multiplier Mania ticket. That decision paid off in a big way because Katan won the $1 million top prize with the ticket purchased his ticket at the 7-Eleven at 1931 Old Gallows Road in Vienna. Katan scratched the ticket in the store and later told Lottery officials, “I know it was big, but I didn’t know how big.” Once he realized he had won the top prize, he said, “I was very excited!” …