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RETIRED COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE PICKS THE RIGHT NUMBERS TO WIN $100,000
September 10, 2008
Wallace Redford of Colonial Heights might know a thing or two about numbers, having served as the Commissioner of Revenue for the city of Colonial Heights. The numbers that he selected for his ticket in the Virginia Lottery’s August 25, 2008, Cash 5 day drawing ended up winning the top prize of $100,000.
“I looked in the newspaper the next day and said, ‘That’s my number!’” he told Virginia Lottery officials when he claimed his prize.
He bought the ticket at the 7-Eleven located at 617 Boulevard in Colonial Heights. The winning numbers were 6-8-12-16-23. He selected his numbers using family birthdays.
This is not the first time Mr. Redford has claimed a top Virginia Lottery prize. In 1993, he was part of a group of seven people who won $100,000.
Cash 5 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The chances of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256.
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