Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, May 28, 1990 TAG: 9005280080
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-6 EDITION: HOLIDAY
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short
The winner will take home $340,000 a year for 20 years, after taxes, Otto said.
It's the first Lotto winner since April 29, the first time a Richmond store has sold the winning ticket, and the seventh jackpot overall, she said.
"It was purchased Saturday afternoon," she said. "I would guess whoever has it knows they have it if they were in town Saturday."
The big jackpot apparently boosted ticket sales. Otto said 2.4 million tickets were sold Saturday, the best Lotto ticket sales day yet. "We had never even reached the two million mark before," she said.
Lottery offices will be closed today, so the winner will have to sit tight until at least Tuesday to inform the lottery department about his luck, she said.
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were three, 16, 18, 24, 37 and 39.
The previous big jackpot was the $7.1 million collected by a Virginia Beach sailor Feb. 17, Otto said.
She said 87 people picked five of the six winning numbers to win $1,676; 5,288 people picked four of six and won $59; and 90,185 people won a free play for picking three of the six winning numbers.
by CNB