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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

Virginia Lottery New Year's raffle creates 3 millionairesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Virginia Lottery's annual holiday raffle game, New Year's Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Sunday, and made three instant millionaires. The winning numbers for all raffle prizes can be found on Lottery Post's Virginia Lottery Results page. A total of 330,000 of the $20 tickets were available for purchase. According to the Virginia Lottery, all of the tickets were sold out prior to the drawing. In addition to the three top jackpots of $1 million, other prizes include
Jan 1, 2012, 2:20 pm - Lottery News

Virginia woman dreams of Obama, wins lotteryNews Story
You could call it a sweet dream. A Virginia Beach woman says she dreamed about chatting with President Barack Obama, so the next day she played his birthday Aug. 4, 1961 in the Cash 5 daily lottery game. Simone Christian felt so strongly about it she bought two tickets Oct. 15 with those numbers, so when they hit she received $200,000 instead of the game's top prize of $100,000. The winning numbers were 1, 4, 6, 8 and 19. As if that wasn't sweet enough, Virginia Lottery officials tel
Nov 30, 2011, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Prolific lottery winner does it againNews Story
North Carolina man wins $65,800 in Virginia Pick 4 drawing Steven Granger is amassing a collection of those big ceremonial Virginia Lottery winners' checks. He received his latest addition when he claimed $65,800 in the Virginia Lottery's October 13 Pick 4 day drawing. The Henderson, North Carolina, man did it by matching the winning number combination 5-1-1-7 on 15 tickets. He wagered exact order on 11 tickets and won $5,000 on each. He wagered 50/50 on four tickets, winning $2,700 on eac
Oct 20, 2011, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery drawings now streamed live on FacebookNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Virginia Lottery now is streaming its drawings live on its Facebook page, in addition to its Web site. In order to view the live video stream on the Virginia Lottery Facebook page, visitors must first click the Like option on the page, according to a lottery news release. The live streams began on Sept. 14, and can be viewed daily at 1:59 and 11:00 p.m. Viewers can watch the Pick 3, Pick 4, and Cash 5 drawings, and also can watch the Mega Millions drawings on Tue
Sep 23, 2011, 9:30 am - Lottery News

$107 million lottery winner turns out to be son of Marriott presidentNews Story
By Todd Northrop When Lottery Post reported in August about 25-year-old Brian McCarthy claiming a $107 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, little was known publicly about the new multi-millionaire. (See Virginia man claims $107M Mega Millions jackpot, Lottery Post, Aug. 16, 2011.) Now it can be revealed that the lucky young lottery player is actually the son of the Marriott hotels president, Robert McCarthy, a millionaire in his own right, earning an annual salary of around $1.2 mill
Sep 10, 2011, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Virginia man claims $107M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A 25-year old McLean, Virginia, man won the third-largest lottery jackpot in Virginia state history and his use of Facebook is partly the reason for his riches. Brian McCarthy won $107 million in the Mega Millions lottery after buying a ticket in a Giant grocery store in Herndon. McCarthy says he checked his ticket after reading an article posted on a local radio station's Facebook page that posted the winning numbers. After checking the article, McCarthy phoned
Aug 16, 2011, 12:41 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner having a blastNews Story
Virginian bought truck series team after hitting it big Joe Denette bought a team in the Camping World Truck Series with one very important demand it can't be like work. After winning the Mega Millions lottery drawing on May 1, 2009, Denette vowed to never punch another time clock. The rest of his life would be dedicated to having fun and spending his $30 million winnings. That's why I decided on the trucks; it's real racing, Denette said. The Cup side is too much like a business. I do
Apr 8, 2011, 7:42 pm - Lottery News

Lottery error prompts payout on two sets of winning numbersNews Story
By Todd Northrop An incorrect number reported by the Virginia Lottery for Wednesday night's Win For Life drawing has prompted the participating states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia to payout on two sets of winning numbers. Win For Life is a multi-state lottery game played in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia. Players choose six numbers from 1 to 42, and can win one of eight different prizes, ranging from $2 to the Grand prize of $1,000 a week for life. The third number drawn for the
Jan 6, 2011, 1:30 pm - Lottery News