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Manassas Woman Wins $100K In Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 Game
Marilyn Dodson of Manassas, a regular player of the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 game, was "shocked" to learn she had won $100,000.
MANASSAS, VA — When Marilyn Dodson plays the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game, she likes to select numbers that correspond to her daughters’ birthdays. That strategy paid off when the Manassas woman matched all five winning numbers in the Sept. 11 day drawing to win the game’s $100,000 top prize.
“I was shocked,” she told Virginia Lottery officials as she claimed her prize.
The winning numbers were 5-6-7-11-12. She bought her winning ticket at Shell/E&C at 14352 Gideon Drive in Woodbridge.
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Dodson said she has no immediate plans for her winnings.
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.
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Virginia Lottery generates more than $1.7 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools.
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