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Virginia man wins lottery for 2nd time in 7 weeksNews Story
Lady Luck's been looking out for Marvin Bouldin the past few weeks. The Chester, Virginia, man was on his way home from work when he stopped at a convenience store for a few things, including a Virginia Lottery Scratcher ticket. That ticket turned out to be a $2 million winner in the Millionaire Mania game. If that isn't amazing enough, it was the second time within two months that he's won a major Virginia Lottery prize. On August 14, he claimed the $1 million prize in Virginia's $5 Milli
Oct 7, 2013, 2:07 pm - Lottery News

Virginia lawmaker wins car on $5 lottery ticketNews Story
When state Del. Riley E. Ingram scratched off the lottery tickets he bought a few weeks ago at the Virginia Pork Festival in Emporia, he didn't realize what he had won until his 10-year-old grandson, Parker, figured it out. He said, 'Grandaddy! You won a Jeep,'? Ingram, R-Hopewell, told a crowd that gathered Friday in the showroom of Crossroads Chrysler Jeep Dodge for a news conference held by the Virginia Lottery. The longtime lawmaker is the soon-to-be owner of a new Jeep Wrangler Rubic
Jun 29, 2013, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Va. Beach couple buys 5 winning lottery tickets, wins $500,000News Story
Third time the couple has won the top prize A Virginia Beach couple quintupled their lottery winnings after they bought not one, but five tickets with the same winning numbers. Stanley and Simone Christian selected the numbers 7, 9, 12, 21, and 23 for all five tickets and won the Cash 5 drawing on June 19. I had a dream about my husband, she told Lottery officials. So I selected our birthdays and the month we got married. Three of the tickets were bought at Independence Shell, 2044
Jun 21, 2013, 7:28 pm - Lottery News

2 tickets win Mega Millions jackpot worth $190MNews Story
A Mega Millions jackpot advertised at $190 million has been won by two tickets, one sold in New Jersey, the other in Virginia. They matched all the numbers drawn Friday night: 11, 15, 35, 43 and 49, with Mega Ball number 41. The Megaplier was 4. Winners usually take the cash payout, which in this case would be $70 million each. Before taxes, of course. Seventeen tickets missed only the Mega Ball and won second worth $250,000: 1 from Colorado, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Maryland, 3 from Michiga
May 18, 2013, 1:05 pm - Lottery News

Virginia man wins lottery 4th timeNews Story
Melvyn Wilson might be running out of room for all the big Virginia Lottery ceremonial checks he's received. Back in 2005 he won prizes of $1 million and $500,000 in Virginia Lottery Scratcher games. In 2004 he won a $25,000 prize. Now the Woodbridge man has done it again. He scratched to win $500,000 in the Virginia Lottery's Millionaire Mania game. He bought the winning ticket at Handy Dandy Market, 13316 Occoquan Road in Woodbridge. I'm just in the right place at the right time, is
May 15, 2013, 6:54 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner hits baby jackpotNews Story
The first time lady luck smiled on Joe Denette, he won a boatload of money. The second time, the prize was even more amazing. He and his wife, Meagan, became the parents of two babies, delivered during separate births, 100 days apart. One was the result of planned medical intervention. The other came as a complete surprise. Both are 100 percent genetically our children, the mother said, adding: It's a cool story. It's made even more interesting by the fact that Joe's life had al
Apr 14, 2013, 2:47 pm - Lottery News

Va. Lottery's Lady Luck hangs up her wandNews Story
The personification of the Virginia Lottery for more than two decades, Lady Luck, is retiring. Addressing a group of retailers Friday, lottery Executive Director Paula I. Otto said the Lady Luck character, played by Melanie MacQueen, is hanging up her wand. The new face of the lottery is Game Guy, actor Jason Kypros, the central character in the lottery's We're Game ad campaign. The Lady Luck image of a disheveled, wry fairy princess has been associated with the lottery since 1990, when
Mar 2, 2013, 8:10 pm - Lottery News

Defense worker wins $217 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A husband and wife who work for the Department of Defense won the Virginia Lottery's $217 million Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lotto prize the state has ever awarded. Dave and Nancy Honeywell of Fredericksburg, Va. both work for the Defense Department. Dave Honeywell, a computer scientist, bought the winning ticket at one of Richmond International Airport's Lottery Express stations when he left for a business trip to Denver on Feb. 6. His winning number
Feb 16, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Winning $217M Powerball ticket sold in VirginiaNews Story
By Todd Northrop Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in the Richmond, Va. airport for Wednesday night's drawing will wake up a multimillionaire. The Virginia Lottery said the ticket sold for Wednesday's $217 million drawing matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. The winning numbers were 5, 27, 36, 38, and 41, with Powerball number 12. In addition to the jackpot winner, 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut, 1 fr
Feb 8, 2013, 8:58 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins $1 million lottery twice in the same dayNews Story
Winning the lottery once in a lifetime is pretty lucky. Winning the lottery twice in the same day? Virginia Fike is one of the few people that can describe that feeling. The Berryville, Va., resident had two tickets that matched five of the six Powerball numbers in an April 7 drawing so that each ticket was worth $1 million. I'm in shock! Fike said in a news release from the Virginia lottery. In early April, Fike stopped at an Olde Stone Truck Stop in Virginia with her numbers ready an
Apr 24, 2012, 6:56 am - Lottery News