Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Winning lottery ticket purchased at Annandale Giant

Isaac Dompreh, a statistician from the Alexandria area of Fairfax County, won $205,000 from a lottery ticket he bought at the Giant on 7137 Columbia Pike in Annandale, the Virginia Lottery announced. Dompreh said he hopes to use his winnings to pay off his student loans. He used Easy Pick to randomly select five numbers … Continued

Annandale man wins $1 million in lottery

Man Nguyen of Annandale won $1 million in the Virginia Lottery’s Mega Millions drawing. “My wife’s birthday is coming up, and I’m thinking of buying her a new car,” Nguyen told lottery officials. Nguyen happened to notice the lottery app on his device and decided to buy a few tickets online, the Virginia Lottery reports. … Continued

Annandale man wins $1 million in lottery

When Jose Flores Velasquez of Annandale went to the Virginia Lottery’s customer service center in Woodbridge, he was very happy to be redeeming what he thought was a $600 winning ticket. However, when lottery staffers looked at it, they quickly discovered the ticket was worth a lot more – It was a $1 million winner, states a … Continued

Man buys $2.7 million lottery ticket in Annandale

A man from Nunica, Mich., bought a lottery ticket worth $2,777,777 at the Express 1 Food Mart at 4713 Backlick Road in Annandale. That’s the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Lucky 7s Cash Blowout scratch-off game. “I just got real lucky,” says Erik Lee, who was in Annandale on a work trip when he … Continued

Annandale woman buys $1 million winning lottery ticket

Annandale resident Phuong Huyn won $1 million, the Virginia Lottery announced Oct. 26. She bought her winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 2001 Clarendon Blvd. in Arlington. Huyn was only joking with her co-workers when she pulled out a Double Cash Doubler Scratcher ticket and declared, “I’m going to win a million today!” the Virginia … Continued

Annandale man wins $200,000 in lottery

Hussein Haj-Assaad [Virginia Lottery] Hussein Haj-Assaad of Annandale won $200,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s 50X the Money game, the Virginia Lottery reports. Haj-Assaad bought the winning ticket at a Mobil gas station at 2919 Gallows Road in Merrifield. He plans to invest the winnings in the Lebanese restaurant he owns, Raouche Café, nearby at 2839 … Continued

10 schools benefit from Harris Teeter’s sale of winning lottery ticket

Harris Teeter presents $5,000 to 10 local schools Feb. 23. [Tara Rethore] The Harris Teeter grocery store in Barcroft Plaza has donated its incentive payment for selling a winning lottery ticket to local schools. Ten schools, including five in Mason District, each received $5,000. The store’s customer service manager, Michael Donnelly, won the Cash4Life lottery … Continued

Harris-Teeter employee is top winner in Virginia Lottery’s Cash4Life game

The Virginia Lottery presents Michael Donnelly with a giant check. The winning “Cash4Life” lottery ticket purchased at the Harris-Teeter in Barcroft Plaza was bought by the store’s customer service manager, Michael Donnelly, “by mistake,” the Virginia Lottery reported Jan. 29. Donnelly, a resident of Woodbridge, hadn’t intended to play Cash4Life. Instead, like millions of people … Continued