29-01-2025
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.
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