$1M Raffle Ticket Purchased At Burke Grocery Store

BURKE, VA — A retired U.S. Army officer couldn't believe that the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket he purchased at a Burke grocery store would be worth $1 million, according to the Virginia Lottery.

“I was kind of shocked," he told Virginia Lottery officials recently. "It just feels amazing.”

The number of the ticket that the man purchased at the Giant Food at 6011 Burke Center Parkway in Burke was #038045, according to the lottery. That turned out to be one of five $1 million winning tickets the lottery reported on Jan. 1.

The other four top prize tickets were bought in Alexandria, Bealeton, Hopewell and Madison, according to the Virginia Lottery.

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In addition, seven people each won $100,000 with tickets they bought in Hampton, Leesburg, Manassas, Montvale, Richmond, Stafford and Winchester, the lottery reports. Another 1,000 raffle tickets turned out to be worth $500 each.

Virginia law permits any winner of a prize worth $1 million or greater to claim the prize anonymously. The lottery will not release the identity of the winner from Burke.

All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. The ticket was bought in Fairfax County, which received more than $56 million in Lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal year. In Fiscal Year 2025, the Lottery raised more than $901 million for K-12 education, making up approximately 10 percent of Virginia’s total K-12 school budget.