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Below are Virginia Lottery news releases for 2012.

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2/8/2012 Richmond woman claims $250,000 in Mega Millions
You can bet that Katherine Towler of Richmond won’t give her husband a hard time about playing Mega Millions anymore. Not since he won the game’s second prize of $250,000.

“I always give him grief ...
2/8/2012 Lynchburg woman stops for gas in Roanoke and wins $52,000
Have you ever heard that it often pays to meet someone halfway? That took on a different meaning for Cheryl Hawkins and her husband when the Lynchburg couple arranged to meet their daughter in Roanoke...
2/8/2012 Powerball jackpot grows to estimated $250 million for Wednesday’s drawing
Virginia Lottery players are lining up for a piece of the action as the Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $250 million for the Wednesday, February 8, drawing. Lottery officials estimate Powe...
2/7/2012 Nominate a teacher you love by Valentine`s Day for the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Awards
Cupid can’t do all the work this Valentine’s day! Take a break from writing love notes and nominate a teacher you love for the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Awards.

Do yo...
2/6/2012 “Happy New Year to Me!” - Norfolk man wins $25,000 in New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Khalid Muhammad of Norfolk doesn’t normally play the lottery. However, when he saw a line of people rushing to buy Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets, he decided to give it a shot. That ...
2/6/2012 Chesterfield County man wins $100,000 “just by chance”
Larry Moore of Chesterfield County isn’t the sort of person to jump up and down because he has a winning lottery ticket.

“I don’t get very excited anymore,” the retiree told Virginia Lottery offici...
2/6/2012 Ruckersville man wins $52,000 in Win for Life
Johnny Coleman of Ruckersville is a very lucky person. He matched five numbers plus the Free Ball in the January 28 Win for Life drawing to win the game’s second prize of $52,000.

He bought the wi...
2/6/2012 “Lottery rookie” wins $100,000 in Cash 5
John Tucker had watched his co-workers play Cash 5 many times, but he didn’t join them. One day he said, “I’ll show you how to play.” He went to the 7-Eleven at 4009 Cedar Lane in Portsmouth and bough...
2/6/2012 “My hands started shaking. My knees started shaking.” - Prince George man wins $100,000
You might say Reggie Pettaway was a little excited when he discovered he’d won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game.

“I got nervous,” he told Lottery officials as he claimed his prize. “...
2/2/2012 Sterling man finds winning $250,000 Mega Millions ticket
Do you ever buy a lottery ticket and then forget that you have it? D. A. Horton of Sterling did. He bought a ticket for the December 16 Mega Millions drawing, and then tucked it between a pair of Virg...
2/2/2012 A Regular at Virginia Beach Farm Fresh wins $100,000 in Cash 5
David Corzen, a regular Cash 5 player, said he appreciates many games the Lottery offers. The Virginia Beach man bought his winning Cash 5 ticket at Farm Fresh, 799 Chimney Hill Shopping Center in Vi...
1/26/2012 “I just won a million dollars!” says Alexandria man; He claims top prize in Casino Royale
It’s a good thing David Williams of Alexandria is a regular customer at Bostons Restaurant, 7375 Boston Blvd. in Springfield. Otherwise, his actions recently might have seemed a bit odd.

“I grabbed...
1/26/2012 Scottsville man claims $200,000 Powerball prize
Edwin Reardon had an inkling that the Powerball ticket in his pocket was no ordinary ticket.

“I pretty much knew I had a winner,” he later told Virginia Lottery officials. “I knew that it was a goo...
1/26/2012 Construction company owner nails top prize in Diamond 7`s
Joe Sias has had a lucky streak in Virginia. First, he won $20,000 in a Virginia Lottery game. Two weeks later, he scratched a Diamond 7`s ticket and won that game’s top prize of $100,000.

...
1/25/2012 Collinsville woman wins $100,000 in Money Roll Scratcher
Alice Young, a retiree from Collinsville, picked up four Virginia Lottery Scratchers on January 16. She bought them at Steve’s Ezee In at 2575 Virginia Avenue in Collinsville. She then returned home t...
1/24/2012 Fans of Virginia Lottery Fast Play games to benefit from a Lottery glitch - Players could win $25 gift cards in "Fast Play February"
A brief malfunction by the Virginia Lottery’s gaming system will work to the benefit of Fast Play game players. Lottery officials today announced a special promotion, “Fast Play February,” in which pl...
1/12/2012 Sailor from Fredericksburg wins $100,000
Edward Price thought he had been tricked. He was holding in his hand what appeared to be a Virginia Lottery Scratcher ticket worth $100,000. His first thought was that it must be fake.

“Who got me?...
1/12/2012 Chemist has the right formula to win $25,000 in New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Nathan Dean was sitting in his car at a stop sign when he discovered he’d won $25,000. The Henrico man looked at a list of the winning numbers for Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. His ticket,...
1/12/2012 Clear Brook woman wins $25,000 in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Debbie Jones of Clear Brook made a good decision when she asked her daughter to run into the gas station to buy a ticket for Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. She sent her daughter with some m...
1/11/2012 Petersburg woman wins $76,600 with 19 tickets in the same drawing
Ellen Davis is no stranger to winning big in the Virginia Lottery. She won $100,000 playing Cash 5 in 2007; she’s had numerous other big paydays as well, often with several tickets in the same drawing...
1/11/2012 Burke man wins $25,000 in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
In previous years, Dennis Trainor of Burke had bought one ticket for Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. This year, he decided to buy a few tickets at the Burke Sunoco at 9414 Old Burke Lake Roa...
1/11/2012 Chesapeake man scores in Hail to the Redskins game
Bruce Raper of Chesapeake scored a touchdown in the Virginia Lottery’s Hail to the Redskins Scratcher game. Mr. Raper, who described himself as a Washington Redskins fan, won the game’s top pri...
1/10/2012 Harrisonburg man wins $150,000 in Virginia Lottery’s World Poker Tour® game
Imagine driving home, trying to figure out how to tell someone you’ve just won $150,000. That’s the “problem” Kenneth Halvorsen had after he discovered he’d won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s...
1/10/2012 Glen Allen man quietly wins $25,000 in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Matthew Perryman of Glen Allen didn’t make a ruckus when he discovered he’d won $25,000 in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. He didn’t need to.

“I didn’t say anything,” he told Lottery offi...
1/10/2012 Petersburg man celebrates $1 million Lottery win
Thomas Morgan of Petersburg had two things to celebrate within the same week. One was the 49th anniversary of his wedding. The other was a $1 million winning lottery ticket!

Mr. Morgan scratched t...
1/10/2012 Hampton woman wins $25,000 in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Ernestine Summers of Hampton had never played Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. She bought a ticket, #207221, at the 7-Eleven at 1033 Mercury Boulevard in Hampton and waited for the January 1 ...
1/6/2012 Financial analyst banks $500,000 with Virginia Lottery game
Bill Marchese of Richmond knows a thing or two about handling money. The financial analyst found himself with an extra $500,000 to deal with, after winning the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s L...
1/6/2012 Nathalie man scratches to win $100,000 in 10x the Money
“We were shaking!”

That’s how Ken Short describes the moment he realized he had won $100,000 with his 10x the Money ticket from the Virginia Lottery.

He bought the winning ticket at the ...
1/6/2012 Springfield man wins $100,000 in Hail to the Redskins Sweepstakes
Stephen Long of Springfield is probably a little more partial to soccer than football. He writes for a soccer website and coaches soccer. But he has won big with a football team. He won $100,000 in th...
1/5/2012 Stuarts Draft man wins $1 million in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
David Griffin was only kidding when he told his co-workers he was going to win the top prize in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. As luck would have it, he was right! His ticket, #188106, was ...
1/5/2012 Chauffeur drives to $1 million win in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
As a chauffeur, Warner Ashby of Rockville, Maryland, spends a lot of time driving in the area around Dulles airport. During one of those trips he stopped to buy a Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raf...
1/4/2012 Halifax County man wins $1 million in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Tim Bane of Nathalie had never bought a Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket, even though he wanted to. He decided this year would be different. He didn’t know how right he was!

“I told ...
1/4/2012 Education Superstars to be honored with Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Awards
For the fifth straight year, nominations are being sought for the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Awards. The eight awards, each representing a different geographic area of the state, highlight a valua...
1/1/2012 Winning numbers drawn in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle
Three tickets = three Virginia millionaires. That’s the equation for Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. The numbers have been drawn, so the question now is: Who are the three $1 million winne...
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