Retired Stafford Man Wins $100,000 In Virginia Lottery

STAFFORD, VA — A Stafford man won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 ticket game, buying his tickets at two different 7-Eleven stores on Garrisonville Road, the lottery announced Wednesday.

Eddie Lee Hull selected the same five numbers on both tickets, 9-17-22-27-34, a combination of family birthdays. Both tickets won the game’s $50,000 prize, for total winnings of $100,000.

Hull won the lottery in the April 21 night drawing. He bought his winning tickets at the 7-Eleven at 280 Garrisonville Road and another 7-Eleven down the street at 378 Garrisonville Road.

Hull, who is retired, said he has no immediate plans for his winnings except to pay bills.

Cash 5 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m. The odds of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256. The Virginia Lottery generates more than $1.7 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools.