From the Virginia Lottery:
Although the jackpot-winning ticket in the July 8 Mega Millions drawing was not bought in Virginia, the Commonwealth benefitted from the excitement. During the 35 drawings of the jackpot run that began in March and ended Friday night, sales of Mega Millions tickets in Virginia generated approximately $17.5 million in profit. By law, all of that profit goes to K-12 public education in the Commonwealth.
In last night’s drawing alone, more than 330,000 Mega Millions tickets bought in Virginia won prizes. That includes seven tickets that each won $5,000. Here’s where those $5,000 winning tickets were bought:
— 7-Eleven, 2973 Chainbridge Road, Oakton
— Fifth Street Exxon, 1154 5th Street, SW, Charlottesville
— 7-Eleven, 3700 Kecoughtan Road, Hampton
— 7-Eleven, 219 Kings Highway, Fredericksburg
— Quick Stop Market, 626 East Main Street, Abingdon
— 7-Eleven, 9101 Andrew Drive, Manassas Park
— Giant Food, 7575 Linton Hall Road, Gainesville
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday nights at 11. Drawings are broadcast on TV stations across Virginia and streamed at www.valottery.com. The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 258,890,850.
We don’t yet know the names of the winners. There is a Virginia Lottery claims office in Woodbridge where press events have been previously scheduled to announce the names of large winners.
No such press conference has been scheduled as of this time.
