Man plays same lottery number 11 times, wins $1.1M

[December 17, 2008]  HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- 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/

[Associated Press]

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