Man wins Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle prize for the second time

Ben Hooper
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Nathan Dean won a $100,000 prize from Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle 12 years after winning $25,000 from the raffle. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery

Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A Virginia man won $100,000 in the state lottery's Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle 12 years after he won a $25,000 prize in the raffle.

Virginia Lottery officials said Nathan Dean of Henrico bought his raffle ticket at the Food Lion on Lauderdale Drive in Henrico and he won a $100,000 second-tier prize in the Jan. 1 Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle.

Dean said his previous win of a second-tier prize when the amount was $25,000 in 2012 made it difficult to convince his wife that his latest win wasn't a joke.

"It took a bit to convince my wife I wasn't messing with her," Dean told Virginia Lottery officials. "She said, 'There's no way you've won it again!'"

Dean, an environmental chemist, said he has no immediate plans for the winnings.