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Below are Virginia Lottery news releases for 2008.

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10/10/2008 A Late-Night Snack Leads To $100,000 Win For Petersburg Brothers
Glenn and Neavon Thorpe of Petersburg had an agreement. When Neavon asked his brother Glenn to pick up a Scratcher ticket, they would share the prize if it was a winner.

It sure was! When Neavo...
10/10/2008 No Clowning Around! Couple Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions
Arthur and Patricia Craffey of Boston, Massachusetts, like to make people smile. They often dress as clowns and entertain at parties and events. The Virginia Lottery made them smile when they...
10/9/2008 Virginia Lottery Players Score During Tech Football Game
It may be the Virginia Lottery’s birthday, but it was some Lottery players who won big. On September 13, during the Virginia Tech – Georgia Tech game at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, three lucky Virgin...
10/3/2008 While Stopped at a Red Light, He Wins a Lot of Green: $250,000!
Few people enjoy sitting in traffic, waiting for the light to change. But for John Stewart of Heathsville, a recent stop at a red light turned out to be the thrill of a lifetime. He checked the numb...
10/3/2008 Petersburg Woman Sees The Winning Numbers On TV – And Wins $52,000
Nancy Hardy of Petersburg was watching CBS-6 television one morning when the previous night’s Win For Life drawing was replayed. As she wrote down the winning numbers, she began to get excited. “Tho...
10/2/2008 Three Coworkers Split $250,000 Mega Millions Prize
Terry Heinrich of Suffolk, Richard Waitchurch III of Providence Forge and Michael Donovan of Richmond know how to work and play together.

As dispatch co-workers, they occasionally purchase Mega ...
10/1/2008 Kings And Queens Scratcher Makes Virginia Beach Man Feel Like A King
Frank Emilio of Virginia Beach stopped at a convenience store for gas and coffee. All the pumps were filled so he went in and bought a Scratcher ticket while he was waiting. He scratched the ticket...
10/1/2008 Who Knew The Gas Would Pay For Itself? Fredericksburg Man Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions
Arturo Gouro of Fredericksburg needed some gas on his way to work. He went inside the store and purchased a Mega Millions ticket. A week later he checked the numbers on the Virginia Lottery Web site...
10/1/2008 Anniversary Gift Brought Top Prize To King George Couple
What a way to celebrate your third anniversary – by winning $100,000! When Charles Powell of King George purchased two lottery tickets for him and his wife on their third anniversary, he never expect...
10/1/2008 Chesapeake Man Now Covered "For A Rainy Day"
When Glenn Hanke of Chesapeake checked his ticket on the Virginia Lottery’s Web site, he was shocked to find out he had won $52,000!

“I’m going to save for a rainy day,” Mr. Hanke told Lottery offi...
9/29/2008 Salem Man Wins $100,000 In Las Vegas Without Ever Leaving Virginia
How do you stay in Virginia and win $100,000 in Las Vegas? Just ask Samuel Long of Salem. He played the Virginia Lottery Scratcher game Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas and won the top prize of $100,000...
9/29/2008 Volunteer Gets A Little Something Back: $100,000 In Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 Game
Malcolm Spicer of Richmond volunteers his time for many worthy causes, including Meals on Wheels, the Veterans’ Hospital and the American Legion Memorial Rifles Team, which renders graveside honors to...
9/29/2008 It’s The Lottery’s Birthday, But She Won The Present
Lynette Barnes of Portsmouth didn’t know she had a winning lottery ticket in her possession until the clerk at her regular store encouraged her to check. The clerk knew that someone had purchased a $...
9/25/2008 Her Second Big Prize - Fredericksburg Woman Wins $100,000
It was just a few months ago that Debra Hepler of Fredericksburg told her daughter, “I just have a feeling I’ll win again.” Back in 1999, she won $200,000 in a Virginia Lottery Scratcher game. Then,...
9/25/2008 Eastern Shore Woman Wins $20,000 In 20th Birthday Raffle
Ronnie Giddens of Franktown needed a little help believing that she was one of three second-prize winners in the Virginia Lottery’s 20th Birthday Raffle.

“I called my son,” she told Lottery officia...
9/25/2008 Goochland Man Wins $20,000 In Birthday Raffle – Four Years After Winning $200,000
Ben Owens of Goochland is a very lucky person. In March, 2004, he won $200,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Super Monopoly Scratcher game. Then, when the winning numbers in the Lottery’s 20th Birthday ...
9/23/2008 Lucky Player From New York Wins $1 Million
Deal or No Deal™ continues to be one of the Virginia Lottery’s most popular games. The $5 Scratcher has produced thousands of winners and sent nine Virginia Lottery players on a trip for four people ...
9/22/2008 Norfolk Woman Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life
Joann Baker of Norfolk never thought she would win a top lottery prize. When she looked in the newspaper and saw that her Win For Life ticket matched all the winning numbers, she still didn’t believe...
9/22/2008 Governor Kaine Proclaims "Virginia Lottery Week"
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Office of the Governor

Timothy M. Kaine
Governor

By virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution in the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, there is here...
9/22/2008 “We`ve Won A M-M-M-Million Dollars!” - Roanoke Woman Wins $1 Million in 20th Birthday Raffle
Call it a premonition. On Saturday, September 20, Rebecca Jackson of Roanoke told her friend, “We’re going to be millionaires tonight.”

Amazingly, she was correct. Her ticket in the Virginia Lo...
9/20/2008 Ticket Purchased In Salem Wins $1 Million In Virginia Lottery’s 20th Birthday Raffle
One lucky ticket. One $1 million winner. Who has that winning ticket?

Ticket #0161034 was drawn to win the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s 20th Birthday Raffle. The prize is $1 million, to be...
9/19/2008 The Clock Is Ticking Toward Close of Virginia Lottery 20th Birthday Raffle
The hottest ticket in town is the Virginia Lottery’s 20th Birthday Raffle – but not for much longer. The last ticket will be sold when retailers close Friday night, September 19. After that, no more...
9/19/2008 Chesapeake Couple Wins $250,000 In Mega Millions
Betty Harrell of Chesapeake was only joking when she told the store clerk, “The jackpot is over $100 million, so I have to buy a ticket.” The ticket that she bought that day just happened to win $250...
9/19/2008 What A Ride! Norfolk Man Wins A Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle
When Joe Gray of Norfolk asked a store clerk to check his Harley-Davidson® Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery, it turned into a festive occasion.
“Several people were jumping and cheering f...
9/19/2008 Statement from Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto
Lottery Games Are Fun & Fair

The Virginia Lottery’s scratch games and the availability of related top prizes have been the subject of questions and concerns in recent news stories ...
9/15/2008 New Lottery Game Features $50,000 College Scholarships
VIRGINIA LOTTERY AND VIRGINIA COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN TEAM UP WITH 20 SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES

When the first Virginia Lottery ticket was purchased on September 20, 1988, there was just one game available: ...
9/15/2008 Lottery Announces Profits Of More Than $455 Million For K-12 Public Schools
It was 20 years ago that the first Virginia Lottery ticket was purchased and scratched. Since that day, September 20, 1988, the Lottery has become a source of fun for players, good fortune for some l...
9/11/2008 Ticket Purchased In Norfolk Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life
Somebody, somewhere, has a piece of paper worth $1,000 per week for the rest of that person’s life. That Virginia Lottery ticket matched the first six numbers in the September 10, 2008, Win For Life ...
9/11/2008 Manassas Man Wins, Wins, Wins, Playing “Money, Money, Money”
“Of all the tickets to choose from, I picked the right one.”

That’s how Scott Vignerot of Manassas described taking the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Money, Money, Money game. He had won $500...
9/10/2008 Retired Commissioner Of Revenue Picks The Right Numbers To Win $100,000
Wallace Redford of Colonial Heights might know a thing or two about numbers, having served as the Commissioner of Revenue for the city of Colonial Heights. The numbers that he selected for his ticket...
9/8/2008 20-Year-Old Strasburg Man Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life
Imagine knowing that you can count on a steady income stream for the rest of your life. Adam Rush of Strasburg doesn’t have to imagine it. He won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life ...
9/8/2008 Petersburg Woman Uses Family Birthdays To Win $100,000
Delores Pannill of Petersburg was watching the news on television when the winning Virginia Lottery Cash 5 numbers were displayed. “Those numbers look familiar,” she recalled thinking.

They were...
9/8/2008 Botetourt County Man Buys 20 Tickets For One Drawing – And They All Win!
August 22, 2008, will always be an important date for William Knapp of Blue Ridge. That’s the day he bought 20 tickets for the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 night drawing, all with the same four-number c...
9/7/2008 Virginia Lottery Launches 20th Birthday Raffle With A $1 Million Top Prize
Usually, when you have a birthday, people give you presents. But the Virginia Lottery is reversing the process. For its 20th birthday, the Lottery is giving away $1 million to a lucky player.

The...
9/3/2008 Winchester Couple Wins A Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle
Some people plan to sit back and relax in their retirement. Not Connie and “Fuzzy” MacMillan of Winchester. They just won a 2008 Harley-Davidson® 105th Anniversary Fat Boy® Motorcycle. Connie’s tick...
9/3/2008 Boxing Coach Wins A Knockout Of A Prize: $100,000 From The Virginia Lottery
James Miller of Richmond was an amateur boxer before becoming a coach and trainer. However, he recently won a prize that required nothing more than a little scratching. He played the Virginia Lottery...
9/3/2008 Newport News Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5
John Naudziunas of Newport News is not one to get overly exited. When he realized he had won $100,000 from the Virginia Lottery, his reaction was a simple “Hey, I won.”

His ticket matched all five...
8/27/2008 Centreville Man Wins Top Prize In “$120 Million Cash Blowout” - $1 Million Over 25 Years
“I totally lost my breath. It was surreal. I was just walking around in a daze.”

That’s how Mark Woodall of Centreville recalled his feelings when he discovered he had won the top prize of $1 mil...
8/26/2008 Wythe County Woman Wins Top Prize In “$100,000 Double Action 2” Game
Kathy Cregger of Ivanhoe thought she won $1,000 – and she was pretty happy about it. She took the ticket back to the store where she bought it. The man in line behind her asked to see the ticket. A...
8/25/2008 While Watching The Olympics, He Discovers He Won $100,000
Joseph Burns of Yorktown may not be an athlete, but he won a big prize during the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was sitting at home watching the games on television, when the winning numbers for the Virgi...
8/25/2008 Lightning Strikes Again For Man Who Wins $100,000 For The Third Time
Don’t tell Ralph Stephens of Virginia Beach that lightning doesn’t strike in the same place. Lottery lightning has struck him three times!

Mr. Stephens matched all five numbers in the Vir...
8/24/2008 Retired Nurse Has The Winning Prescription: $1,000 Per Week For Ten Years
Marshell Saunders of Hampton can count on a steady income stream of $1,000 per week for the next ten years. She won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Weekly Grand game.

“I took the ticket ...
8/23/2008 Saturday`s Day Drawing
In the Saturday, August 23, 2008, Pick 3 day drawing, there was a mechanical malfunction that resulted in a “foul” being called. The foul occurred after the second number was drawn. In accordance wi...
8/22/2008 Her First Visit To Virginia Results In $100,000 Cash 5 Win
Kelly Robinson of Brooklyn, New York, came to Virginia to visit her nephew in Suffolk. She left with the $100,000 top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game.

“I couldn’t believe it,” she said...
8/20/2008 Roanoke Woman Sticks With "Her Numbers" And Wins $52,000
When Genell Via of Roanoke sent her son to buy lottery tickets, she used the same numbers she uses every time she purchases a ticket. She never expected her son would come back with a big winner!

...
8/19/2008 Hopewell Woman Wins $177,777 in “Super Ruby Red 7’s”
Betty Tharpe of Hopewell wasn’t wearing her glasses when she scratched the Virginia Lottery Super Ruby Red 7’s ticket, so she didn’t realize she had won the top prize of $177,777.

“I couldn’t see...
8/18/2008 Suffolk Woman Wins Big By Picking Her Own Numbers
When Mary Underwood of Suffolk plays Win For Life, she uses her own numbers. She never expected that when she read the paper in the morning, her numbers would win the $52,000 prize!

“I was flabber...
8/18/2008 Craig County Man on a Hot Streak Wins $100,000
David Greenway of New Castle was on a hot streak. He had just won $100 when he and his wife checked his ticket for the Virginia Lottery’s July 30, 2008, Cash 5 night drawing. His wife said, “I think...
8/18/2008 “I Just Hit The Big One!” - Hampton Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5
When George Harris of Hampton won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, he knew as soon as it happened. That’s because he was watching the drawing on WAVY-TV.

“When Bill Bevins called it ...
8/15/2008 Buchanan Man Takes $150,000 Top Prize In "Platinum 7`s" Scratcher Game
Frank Stanley of Buchanan thought he was having a bad day. He said he had lost some money when it accidentally fell out of his pocket. He was feeling down when he bought a Platinum 7’s Scratcher tic...
8/14/2008 Two Longtime Friends Split $250,000 Mega Millions Prize
Dick Thornsberry of Grafton and Jay Lambiotte of Yorktown have had an agreement for several years: If one of them won a big lottery prize, they would split it. That’s exactly what happened in the Jul...
8/13/2008 Vinton Man Wins A Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle From The Virginia Lottery
Pryor Harvey of Vinton was on his way to work when he decided to stop and buy a bottle of water. When he pulled in to Main Street Getty Mart at 1115 Main Street in Roanoke, he also played the Virgini...
8/7/2008 Eight Co-Workers Split Mega Millions Prize Of $250,000
Bill Perkins of Roanoke and seven of his co-workers at Timber Truss Housing Systems of Salem sometimes pool their money to play Mega Millions. They’ve had some success in the past. “A few tickets he...
8/5/2008 Sterling Man Scratches To Win A Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle
It was a slow day at work for John Mayer of Sterling. So he and his coworkers went across the street to play the Virginia Lottery’s Harley-Davidson® Scratcher game. When he scratched his ticket, Mr....
8/5/2008 Midlothian Woman Selects Her Own Numbers And Wins Big
Lois Ripley of Midlothian was calm, cool and collected when her daughter told her that her Mega Millions ticket numbers matched the winning numbers on the Virginia Lottery’s Web site.

“I was in dis...
8/4/2008 Sterling Man Listens To His Instincts And Wins $250,000
Anthony Marrocco of Sterling will purchase a Mega Millions ticket when the jackpot gets high. For some reason, when he went to purchase his ticket when the jackpot was $75 million – something told hi...
8/1/2008 Drycleaner Owner Wins a Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle
Gerald Stone of Williamsburg is set to be the drycleaner with the hottest set of wheels around. He won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s “Live to Ride” Second Chance Drawing. The prize is a 20...
7/31/2008 Hampton Woman Discovers She Has a $250,000 Winning Mega Millions Ticket
Patricia Fox of Hampton stopped by her local convenience store and picked up four Mega Millions tickets. She later told Lottery officials that she didn’t expect a $250,000 winning ticket; she rarely ...
7/31/2008 On The Day Before His Birthday, Blackstone Man Wins $250,000
Glenn Jackson of Blackstone has seen 77 birthdays, but it would be difficult to imagine one more memorable than the one on which he had a $250,000 Mega Millions ticket in his possession.

Mr. Jackso...
7/30/2008 Lynchburg Woman Wins $100,000 From Virginia Lottery
When Louise Motley of Lynchburg discovered that the Cash 5 ticket in her hand was worth $100,000, she nearly fell.

“If my nephew hadn’t been with me, I’d be on the floor,” she later told Virginia L...
7/24/2008 Registered Nurse Takes A Shot At Mega Millions – And Wins $250,000
It was just the second time Laura Dilbeck of Portsmouth played Mega Millions, but that was all it took. She matched the first five numbers in the July 8, 2008, drawing to win $250,000.

“My sister ...
7/24/2008 Roanoke Man Wins $250,000 In “Cash Cards” Game
Thinh Nguyen of Roanoke doesn’t play lottery games very often. In fact, when he went to Stop In Food at 3911 Melrose Avenue in Roanoke and decided to play, he simply asked the clerk for any Scratcher...
7/24/2008 Berryville Man Matches Them All To Win $100,000 In Cash 5
Mohammad Lone Kashmiri of Berryville is a lucky man. He matched all five winning numbers to take the top prize of $100,000 in the July 13, 2008, Cash 5 night drawing.

He bought the winning ticket ...
7/14/2008 Switchboard Operator Connects For $200,000 Top Prize
Diane Spisak of Richmond was on her way to her job as a hospital switchboard operator when she stopped to purchase a soft drink. She also purchased a Super Blackjack ticket from the Virginia Lottery,...
7/14/2008 North Carolina Woman Comes To Virginia And Wins $100,000
Driving a car may be expensive these days. But Venessa Bryant-McGee of Elizabeth City, North Carolina recently drove to Virginia and went home $100,000 richer. She had a ticket that matched all five...
7/12/2008 Mega Millions Win Revives 20-Year Old Promise For Norfolk Man
Twenty years ago, Mark Salmon of Norfolk made his wife a promise: someday they would buy a house. On Friday, July 4, 2008, that dream came within reach when he won $250,000 in Mega Millions.

“I sa...
7/10/2008 Lynchburg Woman Is Stunned To Win $100,000 Top Prize In Cash 5
When Shirley Hughes of Lynchburg visited the Virginia Lottery’s website to check the winning numbers for the July 2, 2008, Cash 5 day drawing, she could not believe her eyes.

“I died and came back ...
7/10/2008 King & Queen County Man Has A “Money Maker” Of A Ticket: He Wins $100,000 Top Prize
Richard Washington of St. Stephens Church only intended to get some lunch when he went to West Store on Highway 360 in Mechanicsville on July 1. But when he got there, he decided to play the Virginia...
7/10/2008 Saint Paul Woman Wins $100,000 In Cash 5
Muriel Smith of St. Paul describes herself as a “once in a blue moon” Virginia Lottery player. That was all it took when she matched the five winning numbers in the April 4, 2008, Cash 5 night drawin...
6/27/2008 A Finicky Cat Causes Lynchburg Woman To Win $100,000
Elizabeth Johnson of Lynchburg can thank her cat for helping her win the top prize of $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s $100,000 Casino Action Scratcher game. It all happened because the finicky feli...
6/27/2008 Springfield Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game
Hieu Nguyen of Springfield did not buy a top-prize-winning ticket in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game. His co-worker did.

It happened when the co-worker bought tickets for the June 10, 2008, C...
6/27/2008 Plumber Makes A Big Splash In Mega Millions – He Wins $250,000
When Antonio Moore of Chesapeake claimed his $250,000 prize at the Virginia Lottery’s Hampton Roads Customer Service Center, he did not jump or yell. However, he said his fiancé was celebrating.

“...
6/18/2008 “I’m Having A Pretty Good Day.” - Roanoke Woman Wins $200,000 In Virginia Lottery Scratcher Game
Tammi Johnson of Roanoke knew from looking at the Virginia Lottery’s website, that there were three top prizes left in the Hit $200,000 Scratcher game.

“I figured the odds were good,” she later t...
6/17/2008 Warrenton Woman Buys 20 Tickets For The Same Pick 4 Drawing – And They All Win!
Viola Bland of Warrenton had a good day on June 3, 2008 – a VERY good day. She bought 20 tickets in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game, all with the same four-number combination of 6-8-5-5.
...
6/16/2008 Danville Man Felt Lucky And He Won $52,000 In Win For Life
Ray Eanes of Danville purchased his Win For Life ticket and didn’t expect to win big.

He exclaimed, “I couldn’t believe I had the winning ticket when I checked my numbers!”

Mr. Eanes bought the ...
6/15/2008 A Birth Date One Bedford Woman Will Never Forget
Rachel Ballentine of Bedford wagered $1.50 using her mother’s birthday as well as her own. One hundred fifty-thousand dollars later, those birth dates will not be forgotten.

“This is really a bl...
6/13/2008 Richmond Mother and Son Win Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle
Chris Mawyer of Richmond has a routine. Every day, on his way to his job as a tree worker, he stops for a French vanilla cappuccino. That was the case on the morning of June 3, 2008. A few days ear...
6/9/2008 In Less Than Nine Days, Eight Players Hit Top Prize In Dodge Ball To Win $10,000 Each!
The Virginia Lottery’s new Fast Play Dodge Ball game is a hit with players. Since the first ticket was purchased on Sunday, June 1, eight players have won the top prize of $10,000 (as of Monday morni...
6/8/2008 Housepainter Plays “Money, Money, Money” Game And Wins, Wins, Wins!
Hassan Assaad of Annandale is no stranger to winning big in the Virginia Lottery. In 1999, he won $100,000. On May, 30, 2008, it happened again. He played the new Scratcher game Money, Money, Money...
6/4/2008 Greensville County Man Is First $10,000 Dodge Ball Winner
George Lee of Skippers didn’t match any of the numbers on his ticket. In most lottery games, that would not be a good thing. But Mr. Lee was playing the Virginia Lottery’s new Dodge Ball game. By n...
6/4/2008 Roanoke Man Wins $100,000 On His Birthday
“This is a birthday present and a half!”

That’s how Leslie Wiley of Roanoke felt as he claimed the $100,000 top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Kings and Queens Scratcher game. It was his 53rd bir...
6/4/2008 Lightning Strikes Twice: Chesterfield Man Wins $250,000 For The Second Time In Three Months!
When Kevin Branch of Chesterfield claimed the $250,000 he won in the February 22, 2008, Mega Millions drawing, he joked with Virginia Lottery officials, “I’ll see you next time.” Little did he know, ...
6/4/2008 Maryland Man Working In Virginia Wins $250,000
Jose Escobar of Gaithersburg, Maryland, had spent the day at his job, helping to install hardwood flooring in Manassas. As he drove home, he stopped at the 7-Eleven at 43974 Pipeline Plaza in Ashburn...
6/2/2008 Group Of Five People Splits $250,000 Mega Millions Prize
Robert Mayfield of Newport News had the job of informing four other people that their little group had won big in Mega Millions. It was not an easy task. When he tried to tell Jennifer Sibert of New...
6/2/2008 Bedford County Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life
When Graham “Danny” Humphreys goes to his favorite store to check his lottery tickets, he always jokes: “How many millions did I win?” When he checked his ticket from the May 17, 2008, Win For Life d...
5/29/2008 Roanoke Man Scratches To Win $150,000 In “Platinum 7’s” Game
When Earl Reynolds Jr. of Roanoke played the Virginia Lottery’s Platinum 7’s Scratcher game, his ticket contained something he had never seen before.

“I scratched it. I looked at it. I said, ‘I c...
5/29/2008 Lucky Virginia Lottery Players Say: “Take Me Out To The Ballgame!”
WASHINGTON NATIONALS™ 2ND CHANCE SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS ANNOUNCED: 31 SETS OF TICKETS TO SEE THE NATIONALS PLAY AT HOME

You might call it a late-inning victory. Thirty-one Virginia Lottery p...
5/27/2008 Eight Virginia Educators Receive Virginia Lottery “Super Teacher” Awards
From a “reading bathtub” in the classroom to painted ceiling tiles to “trips” to faraway places… these are the kinds of characteristics that make a Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award recipient. Dur...
5/23/2008 Pick 3 Players Win Big! "5-5-5” Is Drawn In Friday`s Drawing
Some people say that good things come in “3’s.” That was certainly the case for Virginia Lottery Pick 3 players in the May 23, 2008, day drawing. The combination 5-5-5 was drawn. Every player who w...
5/22/2008 Retired Schools Custodian From Charlottesville Wins $100,000
“I’m 71 years old and I nearly jumped to the ceiling!”

That’s how Charles Mason of Charlottesville described the moment he discovered he had won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game.
...
5/22/2008 Chesapeake Man Takes Top Prize In Cash 5 Game
Tracy Brown Sr. of Chesapeake describes himself as “just a working person.” He likes to play the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, and on May 12, 2008, he took the top prize in the day drawing. He mat...
5/22/2008 Forklift Operator Wins An Uplifting Prize: $100,000
If you have never won $100,000, let Craig Rodwell of Richmond tell you what it’s like:

“The day I walked in the store and saw those numbers, it was a great feeling,” he told Virginia Lottery offici...
5/20/2008 “Free Ticket Friday” Pays Off For Suffolk Man - He Wins $1,000 Per Week For Life
Charlie Cuffee III of Suffolk was on his way to work when he stopped to get gas and to check some Virginia Lottery tickets to see if any of them were winners. That’s how he discovered he had won the ...
5/20/2008 Two Friends Split $500,000 From Two Winning Mega Millions Tickets
Patricia Clark-Hines and Wayne Shelton, both of Richmond, have a cool half-million dollars to split. They won $250,000 twice in the same Mega Millions drawing.

Ms. Clark-Hines purchased the firs...
5/20/2008 Patrick County Woman Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game
Margaret Niten of Ararat doesn’t play the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game very often. But once was all it took for her to match all five numbers to win the top prize of $100,000.

She bought the tic...
5/19/2008 Caroline County Man Wins $1 Million In “Tax Free Million” Game
When David Thacker of Woodford realized that he had a million-dollar ticket in his hand, he didn’t shout or make a scene. In fact, no one around was likely to notice the ticket was a top-prize winner...
5/19/2008 Phone Company Technician Makes A Winning Connection In Mega Millions
Wayne Beal of Middletown stopped for gas and to cash in a few winning Virginia Lottery tickets. He used part of his winnings to purchase a Mega Millions ticket for the May 9, 2008, drawing.

The ...
5/19/2008 Two Sisters On Their Way To A Concert Win $250,000
There is an old saying, “If you find a penny heads-up, pick it up. All day long, it will bring you luck.”

Peggy Robertson and Vicky Hixenbaugh, both of Cumberland, Maryland, believe that had som...
5/19/2008 Man Uses Numbers From a Fortune Cookie And Wins a Tasty $52,000
The fortune cookie didn’t tell Claude Carter of Chesapeake that he would win a big prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For Life game. It just gave him some numbers. On April 26, 2008, those numbers ...
5/17/2008 One Ticket Wins Mega Millions Jackpot – Two Virginia Tickets Each Win $250,000
One ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $196 million jackpot in the May 16, 2008, Mega Millions drawing. That ticket was purchased in Amelia, Ohio.

Virginia Lottery players were ve...
5/16/2008