
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 13, 1990                   TAG: 9003133540
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

LEESBURG MAN WINS $3.5 MILLION

Theodore R. Heskett Jr. of Leesburg claimed a $3.5 million Virginia Lotto prize Monday for choosing the six correct numbers from last weekend's game.

Heskett, 55, picked the numbers 9, 17, 21, 23, 27 and 37 that were drawn Saturday night. He said he picked the numbers at random.

Heskett received a check for $134,735 after taxes, the first of 20 annual installments of the prize.

Heskett, owner of an automobile body shop, also breeds and races horses as a hobby. Teedor, a horse owned by Heskett, won a race Sunday at the track in Charles Town, W.Va.

Heskett is Virginia's third Lotto winner. Anthony Palermo of Virginia Beach won $7.1 million on Feb. 17. Tina Saunders of Roanoke won $1.7 million on Feb. 24.

by CNB