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Virginia woman wins $1 million in lottery raffle after returning from vacation
A Virginia woman returned home from vacation to find out she had won $1 million, according to the Virginia Lottery.
Genese Rogers of Woodbridge won Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. According to the Virginia Lottery, she bought the ticket for $20 at a Food Lion in Manassas.
“I literally just started screaming!” Rogers told Virginia Lottery officials.
Rogers claimed her prize on Jan. 5 by visiting the lottery headquarters. She told lottery officials that she only participates in the lottery during December. Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle is her favorite option because it offers the highest odds of winning the $1 million prize.
As business entrepreneur, Rodgers said she plans to invest her winnings, the lottery said.
Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle is a computer-generated raffle game. Players receive one play per ticket and hope to win a prize through a random drawing.
From Oct. 31, 2023, to Jan. 1, 2024, a raffle was held with a $20 cost to enter.
What are the odds of winning the Raffle?
The Raffle offers a one in 618 chance of winning any prize, with a one in 125,000 chance of winning the top prize of $1 million.
Rodgers was not the only winner of the $1 million prize. The Raffle has five $1 million prizes.
The Virginia Lottery announced that five winning tickets worth $1 million each were purchased in Arlington, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, Stafford, and Virginia Beach. Seven tickets won $100,000 each and were bought in Henrico, Lynchburg, Manassas, Poquoson, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Yorktown. A further 1,000 tickets won $500 each.
Where can you buy lottery tickets?
Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.
You can also order tickets online through Jackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network, in these U.S. states and territories: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. The Jackpocket app allows you to pick your lottery game and numbers, place your order, see your ticket and collect your winnings all using your phone or home computer.
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(WSET) — ABC13’s very own Multimedia Journalist Rachel Tillapaugh just received an award!
ABC13 journalist Rachel Tillapaugh honored by Virginia Farm Bureau for ag reporting. (Credit: Virginia Farm Bureau Federation)
She got an honorable mention in the television category of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Journalism awards program.
This award is presented by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.
ABC13 journalist Rachel Tillapaugh honored by Virginia Farm Bureau for ag reporting. (Credit: Rachel Tillapaugh/WSET)
It highlights TV coverage of agriculture and farmers’ stories in the commonwealth.
Stories that Rachel covered ranged from tractor safety to solar farm impacts on county budgets, to eminent domain issues and federal cuts impacts on local farmers.
These are the links to those articles:
Congressman Griffith tours two agricultural spots in Franklin County
FACES Food Pantry in need of funds after federal cuts impact local food supply
Charlotte County’s solar projects help balance budget, avoiding tax hikes
New safety campaign partnership aims to protect farmers on the roadways in Campbell County
Charlotte County farmer battles Dominion Energy over eminent domain threat on farmland
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PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police have identified two teenagers killed in a crash on I-295 south in Prince George County.
A 2014 Toyota Camry driven by Cristofer Luna Cortes, 18, of Sandston, ran off the right side of the interstate and struck the back of a disabled tractor-trailer parked on the right emergency shoulder.
Both Cortes and his passenger, Jeimey Alexa Gonzalez-Moralez, 18, died at the scene of the Nov. 25. crash.
The 51-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer has not been cited and the crash remains under investigation.
Police believe speed was a contributing factor in the crash.
This is a developing story. Email the CBS 6 Newsroom if you have additional information to share.
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