Someone is holding a $1 million lottery ticket in Virginia — and it expires soon
A Virginia lottery player is holding a ticket worth $1 million, but it will expire soon if it remains unclaimed, lottery officials said.
The player won big in the Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle drawing Jan. 1, the Virginia Lottery said in a June 11 news release. It was bought at a Food Lion in Fishersville, about a 100-mile drive northwest from Richmond.
Four other winning raffle tickets have already been claimed, but the person holding ticket #229618 has yet to claim their prize, according to the lottery. The ticket expires at 5 p.m. June 30, lottery officials said.
Another big prize from a Powerball ticket sold at a 7-Eleven in North Chesterfield — a 12-mile drive southwest from Richmond — is also set to expire soon if the prize is not claimed, the lottery said.
This ticket won $50,000 in the Dec. 28 drawing and expires at 5 p.m. June 26, according to lottery officials.
The winning numbers in that drawing were 6, 31, 51, 54, 55 and the Powerball number was 12, the lottery said.
“Whoever has the winning tickets should contact the Virginia Lottery immediately,” lottery officials said.
In Virginia, lottery winners have 180 days after the drawing to claim their prizes before tickets expire, according to lottery officials.
This story was originally published June 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Someone is holding a $1 million lottery ticket in Virginia — and it expires soon."
