Lottery player randomly picks scratch-off game — and wins prize that’ll change her life
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A Virginia woman wasn’t too choosy about the lottery game she picked — and wound up winning a life-changing jackpot.
“I just kind of sat there looking at it,” Theresa Baldwin, of Pamplin, told Virginia Lottery officials of the moment she scratched her ticket to reveal a $500,000 prize. “I’m still trying to process it right now.”
She bought the winning VIP Cash ticket at a Murphy USA in Appomattox, officials said in a Jan. 22 news release.
Baldwin said she loves scratchers but doesn’t pay much attention to the tickets she picks.
“I just kind of push a button and just go with it,” she told officials
Baldwin is the first lottery player to win a top prize in the VIP Cash game, and now only two jackpots remain.
She beat odds of 1 in 612,000 to win the game’s jackpot, officials said in the release. The odds of winning any prize in the VIP Cash game are 1 in 3.95.
Baldwin didn’t say how she plans to spend her prize money but said “it feels great” to be a winner.
Appomattox is about 90 miles southwest of downtown Richmond.
This story was originally published January 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM with the headline "Lottery player randomly picks scratch-off game — and wins prize that’ll change her life."