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RUPERT RESIDENT CLAIMS $30,000 POWERPLAY PRIZE; MORGANTOWN RESIDENT CLAIMS $25,000 CASH25 PRIZE Within hours of each other, Melissa Jones, 39, of Rupert, claimed a $30,000 West Virginia Powerball prize from and Misty Watson, 29, of Morgantown, claimed a $25,000 top prize from the lotto. Musgrave said Jones won $10,000 by matching four numbers plus the Powerball, but the amount was tripled after the 3-ball multiplier was drawn. Fortunately, Jones paid $1 extra for the PowerPlay option when buying her ticket from Handy Place in Rupert. Jones, a cook at Lewisburg Elementary School, said that getting the $30,000 prize was like hitting the jackpot. She has two teenaged children and is a graduate of Greenbrier West High School. Watson said she purchased her winning WV lotto ticket at Sheetz #349 in Morgantown. I chose my own numbers, but they were picked at random. This WV lotto prize will help us get caught up with bills.
Following the $276 million West Virginia Powerball jackpot prize claimed by eight Monongalia County co-workers, $340,000 has been claimed in top game prizes, according to West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave.
Claiming $25,000 from the West Virginia Lottery’s Cash25 game were Debra Cole of Morgantown from a ticket purchased at Giant Eagle for March 17; Cecil Watson of Morgantown claimed his $25,000 prize from March 7 on a West Virginia ticket purchased at Smokehouse #31/ Ricky Ray of Clarksburg bought a ticket at Butts and Ashes Tobacco winning him $25,000 March 4; and James Moots of Stonewood claimed the Cash25 top prize from a ticket he bought at Speedway for the drawing Feb. 25.
In addition, Musgrave said a $200,000 cash West Virginia Powerball lotto prize was claimed by Bernice Shuman of Waynesburg, PA from a ticket purchased from 7-Eleven in Blacksville for the March 12 drawing. Wayne Casuccio of Bruceton Mills claimed a $40,000 prize from the Lottery’s instant game Extreme 8’s. The winning West Virginia Powerball lotto ticket was bought at BFS Foods in his hometown.
03/10/08 2008 Michael Louie Gabbard of Flatwoods along with 23 coworkers from the Marathon Domestic plant in Neal, West Virginia, each pitched in $5 for a shot at Wednesday night’s $173 million Powerball jackpot.
While on their way to work Thursday morning someone in the group heard a $200,000 winning ticket had been sold in Catllettsburg, which is where they buy their tickets. Gabbard has been buying the tickets for the group for the last year so when he got to work everyone urged him to check their tickets. We’re all sitting around while a couple of the guys checked the tickets when suddenly one of them says, ‘Here it is!’ , Gabbard told lottery officials. We’re always playing jokes on each other so nobody believed him at first. After the rest of us saw the ticket for ourselves we were pretty excited, Gabbard said. When deciding on who would drive to Louisville to claim the ticket for the group everyone thought it would only be fair for Gabbard to do it since he has been the one buying the tickets. Gabbard said that several people gave him gas money for the trip. They feel like big spenders ever since the win, Gabbard said.
It’s been a lot of fun, Gabbard said, referring to the win. Gabbard said that since they’ve won their group has already expanded and people are coming up to him and asking, Did you put me in? As far for Saturday’s $200 million jackpot, Gabbard said he already has their tickets. The winning ticket was sold at J / J Mart and the store will receive a selling bonus of $2,000.
Donald C. Lucci, CIMA, Director Investments, Citi Institutional Consulting of Charleston, has been appointed by Governor Joe Manchin to the seven-member West Virginia Lottery Commission. Filling the unexpired term of Robert Walker, of Huntington, Lucci will represent the Certified Public Account category of the Commission until the term is completed June 30, 2009.
Enthused over the newest Commission member, Lottery Director John Musgrave said, Don brings to the Commission a distinguished record of personal accomplishment and professional achievement. He brings skills and experience that will be invaluable to lottery operations. A 1979 graduate of West Virginia University, Lucci worked for five years as a Certified Public Accountant prior to joining Smith Barney in 1984. By 1985 he was a member of the firm’s Director’s Council, the top 5% of Financial Advisors within Smith Barney, and earned the Senior Institutional Consultant designation in 1996; he also holds the prestigious title of Certified Investment Management Analyst. In 2006, Lucci was named an inaugural member of Citi Institutional Consulting, a new business unit within Smith Barney providing expanded investment consulting services to pension plan sponsors, foundations, and other institutional investors. He was recently promoted to Director – Investments. The West Virginia Lottery Commission was created in 1985 to assist and advise the director of the Lottery and to carry on a continuous study of lottery operations throughout the state. The Governor, with the approval of the West Virginia Senate, appoints members. In accordance with state law, the Lottery Commission is required to have seven members comprised of a lawyer, a certified public accountant, a computer expert, a marketing specialist, and one member with not less than five years experience in law enforcement. An additional two members represent the public at large.
No more than four of them may be from the same political party. Unless filling an unexpired appointment, members serve overlapping terms of five years and are eligible for successive appointments to the Commission.
Chuck Richardson, a UPS driver from Logan, today claimed the $1 million top cash prize from the West Virginia Lottery’s $1.5 million Deal Or No Deal second chance drawing held yesterday in Charleston, according to Lottery Director John Musgrave. After taxes the prize totaled $685,000, with $65,000 paid in state taxes and $250,000 paid in federal taxes. Richardson said he turned 48 on Dec. 5, the day before the Lottery’s drawing. You know, I’m just trying to soak things in to be sure it’s true. I’m a cowboy dude, a regular kind of guy it’s the best news I’ve had since I got my wife, kids, and grand kids. It’s lovely. Just lovely. Married for 25 years, Richardson said he and his wife Linda have two grown children and five grandchildren. Our daughter has a Masters degree in education and wants to get her PhD. Our son put his undergraduate work on hold to get married, but as soon as his wife finishes her degree in a few months, he plans to finish up. He’s working on a business degree, so he’ll come in real handy to his mom and dad.
Kenneth Whisner of Morgantown and Anita White of Walton won two $100,000 cash prizes in the Deal Or No Deal drawing. The six players winning $50,000 prizes were Rebecca Elder of Belmont, Linda Butcher of Frametown, Sharon Hodge of Ceredo, Carolyn McCreery of Huntington, Charles Hartman, Jr., of Purgitsville, and Anisha Bruton of St. Albans. Musgrave said nearly 63,000 entries were received by the Lottery. The Deal Or No Deal instant game in which players won entry tickets for the $1.5 million drawing was introduced by the Lottery last July. Musgrave said the promotion was one of three second chance drawings offering a single winner a million dollars or more in the Lottery's history. A $1 million cash prize was awarded to one winner as part of the Lottery’s Countdown 2000 promotion; a $2 million cash prize was awarded to a winner last year as part of the Lottery’s 20th Anniversary celebration.