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November 4, 2005

All Candace Hubbard of Richmond wanted at the convenience store was something to drink. But for some reason, she decided to purchase a ticket for the Virginia Lottery’s Million Dollar Madness game. That was a lucky decision. The ticket she purchased turned out to win $1 million!

“It didn’t hit me until I got home,” she told Lottery officials when she claimed her prize. When she told her husband, he said, “You’re lying to me!”

Ms. Hubbard bought the winning ticket at East Coast, located at 5618 Patterson Avenue in Richmond. She told lottery officials she intends to pay debts with her winnings and invest the rest.

Million Dollar Madness is one of more than 60 Virginia Lottery scratch games. An unusual feature of the game is that top prize winners can take the $1 million prize in a lump sum or in annual payments of $50,000 per year for 20 years. Ms. Hubbard chose to take the prize in a lump sum.

There are still two $1 million tickets remaining in the Million Dollar Madness game.

All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 public school education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In fiscal year 2005, the Lottery turned over more than $423 million for education.

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