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April 6, 2010
 A law office is a quiet, serious place. That is, as long as 11 employees don’t win a big Mega Millions prize. If that happens, the quiet and serious atmosphere flies out the window.
That was the case when Myra Rich-Smith of Richmond checked the Mega Millions tickets she bought on behalf of her office pool for the March 30 drawing. One of the eleven tickets matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball number to win $10,000.
“I ran down the hall,” she said. “I couldn’t wait until everyone got in to tell them. We had a good time that morning!”
She bought the winning ticket at Styles Bi-Rite, at 11300 Hull Street Road in Midlothian.
Since the prize was divided 11 ways, each member of the pool received $909. Along with Ms. Rich-Smith, the pool members are: Lisa Tuck of Richmond, Mary Romeo of Midlothian, Sharon Guidice of Midlothian, Mary Ellis of Midlothian, Susan Shearin of Richmond, Patsy DeBlasio of Midlothian, Luanne Kolleda of Chesterfield, Michael Bowen of Midlothian, Albert Fray of Richmond and David Clements of Midlothian. Each group member contributed $1 per drawing to be part of the pool.
Nearly 95 cents of each dollar spent on the Virginia Lottery by players goes back to the Commonwealth in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retailer commissions. Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have been designated solely to K-12 public school education in the Commonwealth. In that time, the Lottery has turned over more than $4 billion for Virginia’s public schools. The latest annual profits of $439.1 million currently represent about 7 percent of state funding for public education in Virginia. In 21 years, the Lottery has sold more than $21.1 billion in tickets, awarded more than $1.1 billion in retailer commissions and paid more than $11.6 billion in prizes to players.
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