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College student celebrates Virginia lottery win: 'It feels unreal!'

Posted at 2:52 PM, Jan 11, 2023
and last updated 2023-01-11 22:23:47-05

RICHMOND, Va. -- Hunter Johnson said she screamed and jumped in the air when she learned she'd won $100,000 playing Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle.

Johnson, a college student from Gloucester, bought the ticket at the 7-Eleven on Crab Thicket Road in Gloucester.

“It feels unreal!” the business management student said about the win.

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Her ticket was one of six $100,000 winners.

Five people won the $1 million top prize.

Two of those million-dollar tickets were sold in Central Virginia.

One was sold at the CVS on Staples Mill Road near Hungary Road and one at the Wegmans in Midlothian.

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