Retired Duffield coal miner wins $250,000 lottery prize

**cvcgrad** · September 18th, 2007, 08:56 AM

From the KTN...

<span style='font-family: Arial Black'><span style='font-size: 11pt'>Retired Duffield coal miner wins $250,000 lottery prize</span></span>

Published 09/18/2007 By Clifford Jeffery

DUFFIELD "? A retired coal miner from Duffield won the second-highest prize in the Virginia Mega Millions Lottery.

Kenneth Ricketts was watching the news when he saw his lottery numbers displayed on the television for the Aug. 31 drawing.

The numbers "? except for the Mega Ball number "? were the same. The correct pick won Ricketts $250,000.

"I got pretty excited and nervous,"? he told Virginia Lottery officials.

His winning numbers were 8-18-22-40-44. If he had matched the Mega Ball number, 11, he would have won part of the $330 million jackpot.

Four tickets did hit the jackpot in that drawing, including one purchased in Buckingham, Va.

Ricketts' ticket was one of four that won $250,000. His number was picked by the computer, and his ticket was purchased at Red Roof Discount Cigarette Center in Weber City.

**shwalker32** · September 18th, 2007, 11:32 PM

glad to see someone from this area won something and a person who seems to actually need it!

**cvcgrad** · September 19th, 2007, 08:28 AM

I agree!

There seems to be a lot of winning tickets sold over near the VA/TN border too.

**ms pemberley** · September 19th, 2007, 01:01 PM

Congrats to Mr. Ricketts

**shwalker32** · September 19th, 2007, 10:33 PM

most of the time i say at least 75-80% of winners uses the easy pick option, of the comptuer picking numbers. i would hate to be the person who bought a ticket rite b4 or rite after the winning ticket lol