WEST VIRGINIANS HAVE BIG LOTTERY WINS THIS YEAR - Arnoldsburg Man Ricky Hall A Winner

(05/08/2014)
In 30 years of West Virginia Lottery there has never been a year like 2014.

The state has already doubled the amount of million dollar winners they had last year.

"We've had a remarkable run for this to be only the fifth month of the year. We've already had 10 million dollar tickets sold in the state," said Randy Burnside, the Public Relations Manager with West Virginia Lottery.

An Arnoldsburg, Calhoun man, Ricky Hall was a million dollar winner Saturday night. After taxes he will receive something less that $700,000,

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The increase in winners in the Mountain State is likely luck, but if you're looking for a trend, eight of the winners have won by playing the Powerball, the other two played Mega Millions.