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Below are Virginia Lottery news releases for 2008.
To view a different year or search by keyword, use the Lottery News Search to your right. To read a news release, click on the title.
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| 9/3/2008 |
Winchester Couple Wins A Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle |
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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... |
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| 9/3/2008 |
Newport News Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 |
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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... |
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| 8/23/2008 |
Saturday`s Day Drawing |
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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... |
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| 8/19/2008 |
Hopewell Woman Wins $177,777 in “Super Ruby Red 7’s” |
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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... |
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| 8/18/2008 |
Suffolk Woman Wins Big By Picking Her Own Numbers |
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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... |
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| 8/18/2008 |
Craig County Man on a Hot Streak Wins $100,000 |
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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... |
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| 8/1/2008 |
Drycleaner Owner Wins a Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle |
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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... |
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| 7/30/2008 |
Lynchburg Woman Wins $100,000 From Virginia Lottery |
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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... |
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| 7/24/2008 |
Roanoke Man Wins $250,000 In “Cash Cards” Game |
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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... |
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| 7/14/2008 |
Switchboard Operator Connects For $200,000 Top Prize |
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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,... |
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| 7/10/2008 |
Saint Paul Woman Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 |
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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... |
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| 6/27/2008 |
A Finicky Cat Causes Lynchburg Woman To Win $100,000 |
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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... |
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| 6/27/2008 |
Springfield Man Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game |
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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... |
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| 6/15/2008 |
A Birth Date One Bedford Woman Will Never Forget |
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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... |
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| 6/8/2008 |
Housepainter Plays “Money, Money, Money” Game And Wins, Wins, Wins! |
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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... |
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| 6/4/2008 |
Roanoke Man Wins $100,000 On His Birthday |
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“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... |
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| 6/4/2008 |
Maryland Man Working In Virginia Wins $250,000 |
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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... |
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| 6/2/2008 |
Bedford County Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life |
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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... |
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| 5/22/2008 |
Chesapeake Man Takes Top Prize In Cash 5 Game |
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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... |
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| 5/22/2008 |
Forklift Operator Wins An Uplifting Prize: $100,000 |
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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... |
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| 5/20/2008 |
Patrick County Woman Wins $100,000 In Cash 5 Game |
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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... |
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| 5/19/2008 |
Two Sisters On Their Way To A Concert Win $250,000 |
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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... |
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| 5/14/2008 |
4’s Are Fine In Virginia Lottery`s Pick 3 Game |
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When the combination “4-4-4” was drawn in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 3 game, players won a total of more than $1 million. The triples were drawn in the May 14, 2008, Pick 3 day drawing. Because tha... |
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| 5/12/2008 |
Virginia Lottery Pick 4 Players Win Big With 1-2-3-4 |
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Virginia Lottery players who selected the number combination 1-2-3-4 broke the bank in the May 10, 2008, Pick 4 day drawing. For the first time in Virginia Lottery history, the winning number combina... |
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| 5/9/2008 |
Quick Grocery Store Visit Brings Home The Bacon |
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Scott Merriman of Fredericksburg offered to run an errand for his wife while she made shepherd’s pie for the family. While he was buying corn at the grocery store, he picked up a Mega Millions ticket... |
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| 5/2/2008 |
Newly Retired Portsmouth Man Wins $52,000 |
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James Baker of Portsmouth just retired this year. So it was a nice added bonus when he discovered he had won $52,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Win For life game. He matched five of the first six num... |
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| 4/25/2008 |
Locust Grove Man Wins $52,000 In Win For Life Game |
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Wilbert Brown Jr. of Locust Grove was sitting at his computer, checking the winning numbers for the previous night’s Win For Life Drawing. That’s when he made a shocking discovery.
“As I went down... |
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| 4/11/2008 |
He Won $250,000 – Now He`s Going Fishing! |
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When Raymond Thurman of Chesterfield discovered that the Mega Millions ticket in his hand was worth $250,000, it was not a calm moment.
“I was going nuts!” he told Virginia Lottery officials.
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| 4/10/2008 |
It`s A Super Day For Richmond Man Who Wins $177,777 |
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Malcolm Case of Richmond has a routine. He goes to the store every morning for coffee. That routine was interrupted when he played the Virginia Lottery’s Super Ruby Red 7’s Scratcher game – and won ... |
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