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A Henrico couple was among five winners of $1 million as part of a Virginia lottery game.
Michael and Mechelle Anderson, who once worked together as Richmond firefighters, won the Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle game, thanks to Michael Anderson’s ticket purchase at the CVS at 9167 Staples Mill Road.
“I had to look at it like 500 times!” he said, describing the moment he realized it was a winning ticket, after the winning numbers were announced on New Year’s Day.
Anderson is now retired but his wife still works for the Richmond Fire Department.
The other four million-dollar winning tickets were bought in Danville, Burke, Midlothian and Woodbridge. Seven tickets won $100,000 each. They were bought in Blacksburg, Chantilly, Chesapeake, Fredericksburg, Gloucester, Midlothian and Woodstock. An additional 1,000 tickets each won $500.
All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. Henrico County received more than $33.6 million in Lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal year.
