Virginia Lottery Winner In Fairfax Nets $100K Twice

FAIRFAX, VA — A Fairfax woman recently bought two Cash 5 lottery tickets at the Harris Tetter, 3905 Fair Ridge Drive. Rather than switch it up with a different number for the second ticket, she used the same five numbers and the same "lucky number five for both. Good thing for her that she made such a call.

That's because her numbers were a match, so instead of winning $100,000, she wound up winning $200,000. When Shida Dolatshahi told her husband after checking the computer and discovering she had won, he began "screaming." (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. Also, like us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

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The winning numbers were 8-12-15-29-32. Dolatshahi said she and her husband probably will use the winnings for a vacation, preferably at a beach. The odds of winning the top prize: 1 in 278,256.

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