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February 4, 2010
 Imagine walking around with a Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 in your wallet and not even knowing it. That’s what happened to Bilal Popal of Sterling. He was looking in his wallet for something else when he found the ticket, so he checked the numbers. That’s how he discovered he had won big.
One play on his ticket matched the first five numbers in the January 22 Mega Millions drawing.
He bought the ticket at 7-Eleven at 11714 Sunset Hills Road in Reston. He used Easy Pick, allowing the computer to randomly select the numbers on his ticket. The winning numbers were 8-13-27-28-52, and the Mega Ball was 9.
Mr. Popal, who works for an export/import business, said he intends to pay bills with his winnings.
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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