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February 22, 2010
 When Steven Fentress of Chesapeake discovered he had won $250,000 in Mega Millions, he didn’t hide his excitement.
“I was jumping up and down so much, I lost my keys,” he said. “I was just tickled to death.”
Mr. Fentress won Mega Millions’ second prize when he matched the first five numbers in the February 9 drawing. He bought the winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 5216 Providence Road in Virginia Beach. He used Easy Pick, allowing the computer to randomly select the numbers on his ticket.
The winning numbers were 2-17-20-26-48, and the Mega Ball was 12.
Mr. Fentress works as a janitor for Virginia Beach City Public Schools. He said he intends to pay bills and take care of his family with the 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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