Woodbridge Stores Sell Winning Tickets In Virginia Lottery

WOODBRIDGE, VA — Two Prince William County residents won major prizes in the Virginia Lottery, with an Uber driver from Woodbridge winning the bigger prize of the two — $500,000 —in the Virginia Lottery's Mega Money game. The driver, Bishowdeep Sijapati, bought the lottery ticket at Exxon at the Glen, located at 4255 Seeton Square in Woodbridge on Jan. 31.

"I've never seen that big an amount," Sijapati told Virginia Lottery officials as he claimed his prize. Sijapati said he has no immediate plans for his winnings.

Mega Money features prizes ranging from $15 to $500,000. This is the second top prize claimed in this game, which means two more remain unclaimed. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 489,600.

Mark Meye played the Print 'n Play Rolling Jackpot game at the end of January and ended up winning a $107,528 jackpot. "I couldn't believe it,” the Dumfries man said as he claimed his prize.

Meye, who works as an administrator, said his winnings will go into savings. He bought the ticket at the Sheetz at 4021 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge.

Print 'n Play Rolling Jackpot is a Virginia-only, instant-win game that has a starting jackpot of $50,000. The jackpot increases with each ticket sold until the jackpot is won. The game has three price points: $2, $5 and $10. The $2 ticket can win 20 percent of the jackpot, the $5 ticket can win 50 percent of the jackpot, and the $10 ticket can win 100 percent of the jackpot. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 240,000.

Sijapati and Meye bought their winning tickets in Prince William County, which received more than $39.7 million in Lottery funds for K-12 public education last fiscal year, according to the Virginia Lottery.