08/25/10 W Smith of has finally claimed his Powerball winning from the 8/21/10 Powerball lottery. The Mountaineer ROCS in Martinsburg sold this winning ticket. Smith said he puts family first, saying that the win will change his life drastically The timing of this could not have been more perfect. My grandson told me that he said a prayer Saturday, asking that I win the jackpot. I'll immediately replace my car and truck.
08/01/10 Keith Keiffer, won $50,000 on the Platinum game. The Sunny Spot Sunoco in Lookout sold this winning ticket. I bought the ticket when I pre-paid, so was scratching it off while I was pumping the gas. I looked and scratched and looked and scratched. This just couldn’t have come at a better time, he said.
07/7/10 Wilbur Smith won the $25,000 top prize in the Cash25 game. The Go Mart on Fairmont Ave. sold this winner.
06/3/10 Sandy Minnick of Philippi won $200,000 cash on WV Powerball lotto. It really didn’t seem real that I’d won so much money, until I actually had the check in my hand. Minnick said she would pay off the mortgage on her home and buy my first brand new car. Sandy purchased just one ticket at the Mountaineer Mart in Philippi for the 5/26/10 Powerball game.I just buy one ticket every now and then, she said.
05/30/10 The 5th $10K winner from the West Virginia Lottery’s last monthly Wheel of Fortune© drawings was Paul Russell of Buckhannon. He said the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. I’ll turn 45 next week, so this will be the biggest birthday gift I’ve ever gotten and without a doubt the one that surprised me the most.
05/09/10 Bob Bennett of Hurricane wins $10K. Bennett said playing lottery games is a pastime for him. He said, "it’ll sure help pay bills".
04/19/10 $200,000 Frank and Patricia Proud won $1 million in the Powerball on 4/7 The Giant Eagle in Granville sold this winning easy pick tickeet.
04/09/10 Frank and Patricia Proud of Durbin hit the Powerball lotto for $1 million. Playing six tickets, they only chose the PowerPlay multiplier on one, which turned out to be the big winner. The Trent’s General Store in Bartow, Pocahontas County sold this winning Powerball ticket.
03/19/10 David Hunley of Hurricane wins $10,000 as a WHEEL OF FORTUNE© WINNER The second $10,000 winner from the West Virginia Lottery’s five monthly Wheel of Fortune© Held today in Charleston, the drawing is one of a series of monthly events that lottery officials announced to help celebrate the agency’s 24th anniversary. The promotion offers players five monthly $10,000 prizes, a $250,000 grand prize, and two trips to Hollywood for Wheel of Fortune© auditions.
03/04/10 Bill Bohaboy of Glen Dale "People laugh at me for gambling, but here's the deal. Where else can I have access to that kind of cash? Not in stocks or property or some kind of invention. Just think – I almost won $95 million. Now the fact is, I thought I'd won the jackpot, but that's not to say I don't appreciate the twenty grand."
02/01/10 Megamillions lotto sales will begin 01/31/10 West Virginia Lottery players will have a chance to play another multi-state lottery game that generates huge jackpots, outlets will begin selling Mega Millions tickets. on Jan. 31, according to Lottery Director John Musgrave. The West Virginia Lottery will also continue the popular Powerball game.
01/08/10 Tony Rumberg hit the WV Powerball for $30,000. of Red House both ended 2009 with unexpected cash.
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