Arlington, VA
Lifestyle
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…

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by Zak Failla
Alexandria, VA
Business
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 …

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Alexandria, VA
Lifestyle
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…

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fredericksburg, VA
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fredericksburg, VA
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'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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax, VA
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Virginia Powerball Player Was Almost A Billionaire Virginia Powerball Player Was Almost A Billionaire
Virginia 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 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Alexandria, VA
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Alexandria, VA
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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.

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax, VA
Business
Four $50K Winning Powerball Tickets Sold Across Virginia Four $50K Winning Powerball Tickets Sold Across Virginia
Four $50K Winning Powerball Tickets Sold Across Virginia 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.

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by Cecilia Levine
Manassas, VA
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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 …

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by Cecilia Levine