Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, December 17, 1993 TAG: 9312170230
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Richmond bureau
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short
No one correctly matched all six numbers to win Wednesday's $15.9 million prize. That means $20 million will be at stake Saturday.
"We've reached the jackpot level where we're starting to get calls from people asking for directions to lottery headquarters now, because they said they'll be too nervous to copy them down correctly after they win," said Paula Otto, lottery spokeswoman.
Others are calling to find out exactly what happens - what forms must be filled out and how long it takes - when someone wins the lottery.
"I think it's all part of the entertainment of spending a buck, of imagining themselves winning and thinking about what happens," Otto said.
Between 7:30 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, almost $1 million in tickets were sold, Otto said.
A winner Saturday would receive $1 million annually for 20 years. After taxes, that's $680,000.
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