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$500K Top Prize From VA Lottery Scratched Up By Arlington Man
An Arlington man recently won $500,000 on a Cash Fever scratch-off ticket from the Virginia Lottery.
ARLINGTON, VA — An Arlington man scratched his way to $500,000 from the Virginia Lottery with a scratch-off ticket he bought at a Falls Church service station.
Once Jose Marquina realized that he had a winning Cash Fever ticket, he gave the ticket for his wife to finish.
“I couldn’t keep playing anymore,” Marquina told Virginia Lottery officials. “I gave the ticket to my wife and asked her to finish scratching the ticket for me.”
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She confirmed that her husband was a $500,000 winner.
“I’m so happy. I nearly cried,” he said. “It’s my day today.”
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Marquina was the first top-prize winner in Cash Fever, so there are two more top prizes out there. The game has prizes from $20 up to $500,000. The odds of winning a top prize like Marquina are 1 in 612,000.
Marquina, who bought the ticket at Euro Market Mobil at 6318 Leesburg Pike in Falls Church, told lottery officials that he and his wife hoped to use the winnings to buy a house.
Profits from the Virginia Lottery benefit K-12 education in Virginia. Arlington County, where Marquina lives, received $6.3 million in lottery funds for K-12 education the last fiscal year.
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