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Virginia man wins $250,000 lottery jackpot 5 months after $200,000 win

By Ben Hooper
A Virginia restaurateur won a $250,000 lottery jackpot just five months after winning $200,000 from a different game. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery
A Virginia restaurateur won a $250,000 lottery jackpot just five months after winning $200,000 from a different game. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery

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Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A Virginia restaurant owner claimed a $250,000 lottery prize only five months after he won a $200,000 jackpot.

Hussein Haj-Assaad of Annandale said he scored a top prize on the $250,000 Money Mania game just five months after winning a $200,000 jackpot on a different Virginia Lottery game.

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Haj-Assaad said at the time of his first win that he planned to invest his winnings in his Falls Church restaurant, and he said he is now considering opening a second eatery with his latest jackpot.

The restaurateur said he bought both of his winning tickets at the E&C VA store in Falls Church.

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