The Virginia Lottery says players won just under $750 million dollars in prizes during the last calendar year.
Five winners became millionaires.
According to lottery officials, the five largest prizes of 2004 included one Mega Millions jackpot, three Lotto South jackpots and one scratch ticket. The winners hailed from northern Virginia, Richmond, North Carolina and two from the Shenandoah Valley.
The biggest prize was a Mega Millions jackpot of $239 million dollars, the largest prize in the history of the Virginia Lottery. It was won in February by J-R Triplett of Winchester. He took the cash option for $141.5 million dollars.
Hopefully none of the five "millionaires" will be getting annuity payments.