Lucky Virginia Lottery Players Say: 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame!'

Washington Nationals(TM) 2nd Chance Sweepstakes Winners Announced: 31 Sets of Tickets to See the Nationals Play at Home

RICHMOND, Va., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- You might call it a late-inning victory. Thirty-one Virginia Lottery players who thought they had losing tickets have found out they have actually won a different set of tickets: four passes each to see the Washington Nationals play at Nationals Park(TM) in Washington, DC.

Mark Patrick of Stafford won the top prize of four Presidents Seats at a 2008 home game.

Four players each won four Diamond Seats at a 2008 home game: William Knott of Manassas, Bernard Bennick of Springfield, Michael O'Flaherty of Staunton and Tamara Oliver of Manassas Park.

An additional 12 players each won four Baseline Seats and 14 more players each won four Mezzanine Seats.

And that's not all! An additional 120 winners will receive an officially licensed Major League Baseball(R) prize pack, consisting of a baseball jersey, team plaque, team flag, cap, windshirt and two stadium cushions.

Click here for a full list of winners: www.valottery.com/promotion/baseball/drawings.asp

The Washington Nationals(TM) 2nd Chance Sweepstakes is being held in conjunction with the Washington Nationals(TM) Scratcher game, offered jointly by the Virginia and DC lotteries in the District and Northern Virginia. The $2 game offers a top cash prize of $5,000.

Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have been designated solely to K-12 public school education in the Commonwealth. In that time, the Lottery has turned over more than $3.4 billion for Virginia's public schools, currently representing about 7 percent of annual state funding for public education in Virginia. In 19 years, the Lottery has awarded more than $10 billion in prizes to players and more than $1 billion in retailer commissions.

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Source: Virginia Lottery

CONTACT: John Hagerty of the Virginia Lottery, +1-804-692-7778

Web Site: http://www.valottery.com/

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