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Fairfax Woman Wins $100,000 in Virginia Lottery
Bonnie Hauther matched all five numbers in the Saturday night drawing to win the game's top prize.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Bonnie Hauther and her husband may now be able to take a honeymoon. The Fairfax woman said that’s one of the possible results of her winning $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game.
Hauther matched all five numbers in the Saturday night drawing to win the game’s top prize, according to a news release from the Virginia Lottery.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I was just numb!” Those winning numbers were 11-22-25-29-30. She bought the winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 9617 Fairfax Boulevard in Fairfax.
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The program analyst said she selected numbers she’s played for some time. Cash 5 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m. The chances of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256.
Operating entirely on revenue from the sale of Lottery products, the Virginia Lottery generated nearly $534 million for Virginia’s public schools in Fiscal Year 2015.
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PHOTO of Bonnie Hauther courtesy of Virginia Lottery
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