Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, October 18, 1993 TAG: 9310180085
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Every so often, someone will hit a small amount on a scratch ticket. There have been a few $1,000 winners. Once, a woman scratched a $15,000 winner.
So when the news got out early Sunday that one of three winning tickets in Saturday's $4.6 million Lotto drawing was sold at the White Creek Market, things got a little lively.
"The chances of it happening here are slim," store clerk Shawn Rakes said. "That's the reason everyone's so excited about it. The people in the community are really excited, hoping it's someone from around here."
A second winning ticket was bought just down Interstate 81 at the Turbo Food Mart on Plantation Road in Roanoke. A third was bought at a 7-Eleven in Hampton.
Each ticket is worth $1.53 million, with the winners receiving $52,122 a year for 20 years after taxes. The winning numbers were four, 13, 20, 24, 33 and 40.
Turbo Food Mart employees, too, were excited - although tight-lipped.
"Yes," they said when pressed for details. "A winning ticket was purchased at our store. But that is all the information we can give out."
Prizes of $751 went to 111 players who got all but one number right, while 3,584 people won $49 apiece for picking four of the winning numbers. For choosing half of the winning numbers, 53,304 people won a free play.
The last winning ticket purchased in the Roanoke area was in January, when a Roanoke woman purchased one worth $4.1 million.
Rakes hadn't a clue as to who purchased the ticket at White Creek Market.
"We had so many different people in last night," he said. "We've been trying to think of who it could be."
Folks at Turbo Mart say they know who bought the big winner.
They're just not telling.
by CNB