Suffolk produces more lotto winners

Published 8:33 pm Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Suffolk resident Monique Scott won $85,458 through the Virginia Lottery, according to a Wednesday press release.

Scott tried the Virginia Lottery game “Print ‘n Play Rolling Jackpot” after she heard that a woman from Suffolk, Shakilya Evans, had recently won more than $30,000 playing that game, according to the press release.

One of those two tickets she bought at Royal Farms on Churchland Boulevard in Chesapeake was a winner. However, she didn’t realize that she won the top prize until she took her ticket to the Virginia Lottery’s customer service center in Hampton.

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She was stunned when she learned the true amount, especially because she thought she only won $600.

The Virginia-only, instant-win game has a starting jackpot of $50,000. The jackpot increases with each ticket sold until the jackpot is won.

The game has three price points: $2, $5 and $10. The $2 ticket can win 20 percent of the jackpot, with 50 percent of the jackpot going to winners who spend $5 on their ticket. Those who purchase a ticket for $10 can win the full amount.

Elsewhere in Suffolk, a Norfolk man bought a Cash 5 ticket that won $100,000.

Gilbert Harris stopped for breakfast at Bennett’s Creek Farm Market on Bridge Road. He ordered scrambled eggs, sausage and toast, and also bought a Cash 5 ticket for the July 25 day drawing. He used numbers he has played before — 9, 13, 19, 28 and 32.

He discovered he’d won when he checked the winning numbers later on the Virginia Lottery’s mobile app.

“I said, ‘Wait a minute — I have all five numbers!’” he recalled, according to the press release. “I didn’t believe I would be that calm.”

The longshoreman said he has no immediate plans for his winnings.

Cash 5 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m. The odds of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256.