Henrico man, three family members split $1M Powerball prize

A Henrico man and three family members won a $1 million winning Powerball prize after buying a ticket at a Varina grocery store.

Daniel Ceroni was about to leave town when he checked the winning Powerball numbers for the June 22 drawing and realized that a ticket he had bought at the Food Lion on New Market Road had matched five of the six winning numbers.

“I couldn’t believe it!” he later told Virginia Lottery officials.​ Ceroni allowed the computer to randomly select his numbers.

A few weeks later, he claimed the prize with three family members: Danielle Brundage of Port Orchard, Washington; Tracy Zaldivar of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Teresa Bass of Spotsylvania, Virginia. Each received $250,000 before taxes.

The Powerball number on the ticket was 21, while the winning numbers were 4-5-15-32-62. Ceroni’s ticket matched every number but the Powerball number. According to the Virginia Lottery, there were only two tickets sold nationally that won a $1 million prize in the June 22 drawing.

The Food Lion that sold the ticket received a $10,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery.

All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. Last fiscal year, Henrico County received more than $37 million in Lottery funds.