Second Monthly Wheel Of Fortune© Winner Announced

February 26, 2010

The second $10,000 winner from the West Virginia Lottery’s five monthly Wheel of Fortune© drawings was David Hunley, 55, of Hurricane, according to Lottery Director John Musgrave. Hunley, and his wife own an office supply company.

Held today in Charleston, the drawing is one of a series of monthly events that lottery officials announced to help celebrate the agency’s 24th anniversary. The promotion offers players five monthly $10,000 prizes, a $250,000 grand prize, and two trips to Hollywood for Wheel of Fortune© auditions.

The Lottery’s Wheel of Fortune© instant game includes “Free Play” tickets that can be won by players. Those tickets represent entries that can be mailed to the Lottery for inclusion in each monthly drawing for one $10,000 cash prize.

Remaining drawings are scheduled for March 26, April 30, and May 28. Last month’s winner was Debra Hull of Buckhannon.

In addition, a grand prize drawing is slated for June 25 in which entries will be drawn for a $250,000 cash prize and two trip packages to Hollywood for Wheel of Fortune© auditions. Musgrave said that to improve odds of winning for players, each month’s drawing will include only tickets that were not used in previous drawings.

Excluding those entries drawn for $10,000 prizes, all remaining entries will be included in the grand prize drawing. The deadline for entries will be by the end of the business day one day prior to the date of each drawing; any entries received after that day will be included in the following drawing.

“The exception, of course, will be the deadline of June 24 for the grand prize drawing, which will mark the end of the promotion. Any ‘Free Play’ entries purchased by players after that date will simply be considered non-winning tickets,” Musgrave said.

He noted that players may not win more than one $10,000 monthly prize; if they have entries drawn after their cash wins, they will be included in the last grand prize drawing.