Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, April 24, 1990                   TAG: 9004240619
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

NORFOLK GROUP WINS LOTTO PRIZE

The six, who work at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, will each receive $970,548 of the $5,823,291 prize. Lottery spokeswoman Paula Otto said this is the first time that a group of people shared ownership of a winning lotto ticket.

The winners were Kenneth C. Harkness, 61, of Chesapeake; Bud Pickett, 39, of Virginia Beach; Art Avila, 50, of Norfolk; Peggy P. Keil, 58, of Norfolk; Kathy McLaughlin, 27, of Virginia Beach; and Janie Travis, 56, of Virginia Beach, Otto said.

They each picked up a check for $49,048, or $37,276 after taxes, Otto said. Each will receive 19 additional annual payments of $48,500, or $36,860 after taxes.

Otto said 1,776,865 tickets were sold on Saturday, the day of the drawing, making it the heaviest sales day since the Lotto game began in January.