Tag: lottery
$1 million lottery ticket sold at Lee’s Sandwiches
Carlos Gutierrez of Centreville stopped by Lee’s Sandwiches on Annandale Road in the Falls Church area of Mason District on the way to work on Oct. 9, the Virginia Lottery reports. While waiting for his chicken sandwich and coffee, he bought a lottery ticket for the Powerball lottery, which had a jackpot of an estimated … 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
Capitals’ PR guy buys winning lottery ticket at Harris Teeter at Barcroft Plaza
Kocharov [Virginia Lottery] Sergey Kocharov, the vice president of communications for the Washington Capitals, bought a $1 million winning lottery ticket at the Harris Teeter in Barcroft Plaza. Kocharov, a resident of Annandale, told lottery officials it was an impulse buy. He dropped by the store at 6351 Columbia Pike to pick up some groceries … Continued
Local restaurateur wins big money in lottery – for the second time this year
Haj-Assaad [Virginia Lottery] Less than five months after Annandale resident Hussein Haj-Assaad won $250,000 in the Virginia Lottery, he bought another winning ticket netting him $200,000. The first time he won, Haj-Assaad said he planned to invest the winnings in the restaurant he owns, Raouche Café, on Gallows Road in Merrifield. This time, he told … 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
Winning ticket in ‘Cash4Life’ lottery sold at Barcroft Plaza
A lucky shopper bought a lottery ticket at the Harris Teeter in Barcroft Plaza on Columbia Pike, Falls Church, that won the Virginia Lottery’s Cash4Life game. The winner has the choice of $1,000 a day every day for the rest of his or her life or a one-time payout of $7 million. The winner hasn’t … Continued