Mark The Homer Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Disputanta man wins $1 million in Redskins Legacy game Truck driver bought winning ticket in Chester Tim Mackin of Disputanta was on a winning streak. He had stopped at the 7-Eleven at 12120 Harrowgate Road in Chester for a cup of coffee. While he was there he started playing Virginia Lottery games. He won a few games and used the winnings to buy more tickets. Finally he told the clerk, “Just give me two Redskins Legacy tickets. I’ve had enough fun for today.” For him, the fun was just beginning. One of those tickets turned out to be a $1 million winner. “I couldn’t believe it,” he said later. “The clerks in the store were screaming. They took my picture.” On January 20, he returned to the store to receive his check from Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto. He had a choice between taking the full $1 million over 25 years or an immediate cash option of $622,000. He chose the cash option. The store received a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket. Mr. Mackin, who describes himself as a big Redskins fan, said the prize will come in handy because he is close to retirement from his job as a truck driver. However, his wife disagrees that he will ever retire. “He’s a workaholic,” she said. Redskins Legacy is a unique game that features seven different collectible tickets, each with a different Redskins logo used during the team’s history. Players can enter non-winning tickets in the “Stay in the Game Sweepstakes” to try to win season tickets for 2011 and for 10 years. Go to www.valottery.com to enter by February 3, 2011. Mr. Mackin is the second $1 million winner in the Redskins Legacy game, which means one million-dollar ticket remains unclaimed. The Virginia Lottery generates approximately $1.2 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools. Operating entirely on revenue from the sale of Lottery products, rather than tax dollars, the Virginia Lottery raised more than $430.2 million for Virginia’s public schools in fiscal year 2010. That represents about 8 percent of state funding for public education in Virginia. For more information, visit www.valottery.com. Follow the Virginia Lottery on Facebook and Twitter. Please play responsibly. Click here for a photo of the winner, Tim Mackin (right), with his wife Faye (left) and Paula Otto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Fried Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 That's awesome. I'm glad a Skins fan won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Cool, hope he enjoys his $300k after taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeen80 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Cool, hope he enjoys his $300k after taxes. Hey its 300K more than he had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Now you just have to hope that he just happened to get an itch to scratch some lottery tickets that day....and isn't the type to blow a significant portion of his winnings gambling for even more, in the lottery or at a casino. Because the sad reality is that MANY of the people who play scratch tickets at gas stations, etc., are really gambling addicts....they just don't have enough money to participate in any larger-stakes gambling. I saw it all the time working as a clerk in a gas station near my school last year. Its a sad, sad addiction. People would spend hours scratching tickets, winning 5 dollars, spending 20 more on tickets, winning nothing, spending 20 more, winning ten, spending 30 more, winning nothing. Asking us to lend them money, because they're "so close". Saw it all the time. I hope for this guy's sake that he's not one of them, and he'll just enjoy his winnings and chalk it up to a VERY lucky day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsCrushCowboys Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 very nice to see a Redskins fan win..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hey maybe he posts on here. Will be funny to read his response in this thread later if he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Glad a Skins fan won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Never heard of Disputanta. Hope I never catch it. Sounds awful ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HA1LV1CT0RY Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 fsdl;kjgkl;asfgk;lg I buy beer at that 7-11 once a week on my way to a friends house! Even bought a Redskins ticket or two from there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hey its 300K more than he had Unless he got his $600k check and spent $500k of it, as many lotto winners do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Alright, which one of you was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfelty05 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Man this is crazy, I live in Prince George County which Disputanta is a small town located in Prince George. Last year another guy won $1 million from the Redskins scratch off tickets and that guy was from Disputanta. Thats two out of six tickets from the last two years that was won from someone from Disputanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 fsdl;kjgkl;asfgk;lg I buy beer at that 7-11 once a week on my way to a friends house! Even bought a Redskins ticket or two from there! >> You should have bought more....A LOT more....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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