Henrico man, three family members split $1M Powerball prize
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A Henrico man and three family members won a $1 million winning Powerball prize after buying a ticket at a Varina grocery store.
Daniel Ceroni was about to leave town when he checked the winning Powerball numbers for the June 22 drawing and realized that a ticket he had bought at the Food Lion on New Market Road had matched five of the six winning numbers.
“I couldn’t believe it!” he later told Virginia Lottery officials. Ceroni allowed the computer to randomly select his numbers.
A few weeks later, he claimed the prize with three family members: Danielle Brundage of Port Orchard, Washington; Tracy Zaldivar of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Teresa Bass of Spotsylvania, Virginia. Each received $250,000 before taxes.
The Powerball number on the ticket was 21, while the winning numbers were 4-5-15-32-62. Ceroni's ticket matched every number but the Powerball number. According to the Virginia Lottery, there were only two tickets sold nationally that won a $1 million prize in the June 22 drawing.
The Food Lion that sold the ticket received a $10,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery.
All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. Last fiscal year, Henrico County received more than $37 million in Lottery funds.
