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Man Plays Same Lottery Number 11 Times, Wins $1.1M

Virginia man wins $1.1 million lottery Cash 5 top prize by playing same numbers 11 times

A Hampton man has won the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 top prize of $100,000, and won it, and won it. Lottery officials said the man won $1.1 million after playing the same numbers on 11 tickets for the same drawing. Each winning ticket gives the man $100,000.

Lottery officials haven't identified the man, who was scheduled to claim his winnings Tuesday afternoon at the lottery service center in Hampton.

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Information from: The Virginian-Pilot, http://www.pilotonline.com

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