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February 25, 2010
 You might say that Rakesh Chhetri of Charlottesville has a mega pillow. When he discovered he had a Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000, he tucked it under his pillow for safe-keeping until he could redeem it with the Virginia Lottery.
The ticket was for the February 23 Mega Millions drawing, in which the winning numbers were 4-16-36-40-53, and the Mega Ball was 18. His ticket matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number.
He bought the ticket at 7 Day Junior at 104 14th Street, Suite 104 in Charlottesville. This store sold another ticket that won $250,000 in the same drawing; the second ticket remains unclaimed.
Mr. Chhetri told Virginia Lottery officials he hopes to use his winnings to start a business. “That has always been my dream,” he said. “The Virginia Lottery has helped me with my American dream.”
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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