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It happened around 6 p.m. at Mayhugh’s Grocery in Amissville. Jeanie Brochette, an Amissville resident, mother, and grandmother and a carrier for The Washington Post is a regular customer at the little country store, but this time she wasn’t shopping for eggs, bread or milk. She came for three lottery tickets. And she left a $5,000 winner.
All across the Commonwealth on Tuesday, a lucky few — 34 is the report from lottery officials — struck it $5,000 rich as the new state lottery got under way. In urban areas, there were lines at the 7-Elevens and other all-night businesses by the time sales began at 12:01 a.m., and estimates put the statewide take from the first day at $2 million.
In Rappahannock, most folks were willing to wait; there were no crowds hanging around local groceries and garages at opening time, which here can be anywhere between 6 and 9 a.m.
“My husband said, ‘You think we should be driving somewhere at midnight to get some tickets?”' reported a woman doing her morning shopping at Baldwin’s Grocery in Washington. ‘“No, I think we should be sleeping at midnight,’ I told him.” But she says she’ll be a regular lottery player. She didn’t want her name in the newspaper, however. “My minister might read the Rappahannock News and then I’d be in deep trouble!"
“I haven’t had so much fun since I rode a horse,” enthused another happy gambler as she scratched off the numbers on her ticket. “Bah! Humbug!” she complained when there wasn’t a match. “I won’t tell my husband I did this,” she added, hurrying out with the newspaper to where he waited in the car. “But I’ll come back later!”
By 7:35, Baldwin’s Grocery had its first winner and he was a satisfied man. “Thank you, Lord,” proSee
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