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Yahoo
31-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Lottery winner from Norfolk: 'I didn't get excited because I didn't know if it was really true.'
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Geraldine Davis-Hines received several emails from the Virginia Lottery informing her that she had matched all five numbers in the February 28 Cash 5 with EZ Match drawing. At first, she didn't believe it. 'I didn't get excited because I didn't know if it was really true,' she told lottery officials. Davis-Hines bought her winning ticket on the Virginia Lottery's website, The emails were no joke. The Norfolk woman won the $383,307 jackpot by selecting random numbers. The winning numbers for that drawing were 9-17-32-40-45. Cash 5 with EZ Match features a rolling jackpot starting at a minimum of $200,000. The odds of matching all five numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 1,221,759. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Miami Herald
06-03-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Mom calls daughter screaming after big lottery win. ‘It's 3 o'clock in the morning!'
A Virginia woman learned about her good lottery fortune in the middle of the night, after receiving a call from her mother, lottery officials said. 'It's three o'clock in the morning!' Victoria Richards said as she answered the phone, per a March 5 news release from Virginia Lottery. 'Why are you screaming?' Then, her mom told her the exciting news. 'We won! We won!' she yelled into the phone, according to the release. Richards learned she had won a jackpot worth $383,065 in the Jan. 25 Cash 5 with EZ Match drawing using the numbers her mother usually uses when she plays lottery games, the lottery said. 'Maybe you'll be lucky,' Richards' mom had said when she shared her numbers, according to lottery officials. Richards bought her ticket at a 7-Eleven in Alexandra, and the winning numbers were 8, 10, 15, 31 and 34, lottery officials said. The odds of winning the jackpot in the Cash 5 with EZ Match game are 1 in 1,221,759, according to the lottery. The current jackpot is $225,000, and the next drawing is March 6, the lottery said.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Four Hampton Roads residents won big in Va. Lottery
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Four Hampton Roads lottery players won big in the past couple months. The three winners come from Virginia Beach, James City County, Smithfield and Cape Charles. A Cape Charles man won the top prize for the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 with EZ Match game, winning $250,000. The retiree told Lottery officials he had no immediate plans for his winnings. Cash 5 with EZ Match features a rolling jackpot starting at a minimum of $200,000. The odds of matching all five numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 1,221,759. The highest winnings in the region came from a Virginia Beach man who decided to play the Virginia Lottery's The Lamp online game on his mobile phone, leading to a win of $623,371. On Christmas Day, James City County man 'cried tears of joy' when he realized he'd just won a jackpot worth $431,457 in the Virginia Lottery's Castle of Crystals online game. A retired Navy officer won $100,000 in Smithfield on New Year's Day. Bellew, a retired U.S. Navy officer, said there may be a new car in his future. That new game was Knight's Bounty, an online game from the Virginia Lottery. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
