RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 13 -- The Virginia Lottery issued the following news release:
Florante Jimeno of Herndon bought his ticket for Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle more than a month before the drawing. For him, it was worth the wait. On New Year's Day he won the top prize of $1 million!
"I saw the winning numbers on the Internet and I woke up my wife," he told Virginia Lottery officials. "We were jumping around."
He bought the ticket at the 7-Eleven at 23131 Rock Hill Road in Sterling. On January 13, he returned to the store to receive his check from Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto. The store received a $10,000 bonus for selling the top-prize-winning ticket.
Mr. Jimeno's ticket, #319116, is one of three $1 million winners in Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle. The other two were bought in Daleville and Alexandria. Six tickets each won $25,000. Those tickets were bought in Williamsburg, Suffolk, Vinton, Waynesboro, Abingdon and Powhatan. An additional 300 tickets each won $500.
Mr. Jimeno said he intends to use his winnings to pay bills and take care of his family.
The $1 million ticket purchased in Alexandria remains unclaimed.
The Virginia Lottery generates approximately $1.2 million per day for Virginia's K-12 public schools. Operating entirely on revenue from the sale of Lottery products, rather than tax dollars, the Virginia Lottery raised more than $430.2 million for Virginia's public schools in fiscal year 2010. That represents about 8 percent of state funding for public education in Virginia. Follow the Virginia Lottery on Facebook and Twitter. Please play responsibly. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com
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