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Alexandria Man Scores Million-Dollar Lottery Prize
An Alexandria man scored a $1 million prize in the lottery, choosing the cash option over $1,000 per week for life.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria resident Felipe Arriaza had a calm response to scoring a million dollar prize from the Virginia lottery: "That’s good."
Arriaza won $1 million by matching the first five winning numbers in the Dec. 4 drawing of Cash4Life. He had the choice of $1,000 per week or a one-time $1 million cash option and chose the latter.
His winning ticket came from the 7-Eleven at 4223 North Fairfax Drive in Arlington. His prize came from the winning numbers of 5-12-14-24-33 for the drawing. Arriaza only missed the Cash Ball number of 2.
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Cash4Life has a top prize of $1,000 per day for life and the second prize of $1,000 per week for life. Drawings are held each night at 9 p.m. and costs $2 per play. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 21.8 million.
Arriaza chose his ticket numbers using a mix of important family birthdays and ages, so it's only fitting that he plans to use his winnings to take care of his family.
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