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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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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
26-03-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Suspicious lottery player didn't think her huge Virginia win was real. But it was
A Virginia lottery player stayed calm after scoring a huge jackpot prize because she didn't think it was real, lottery officials said. 'I didn't get excited,' Geraldine Davis-Hines told the Virginia Lottery. 'I didn't know if it was really true.' Luckily, Davis-Hines' win wasn't a trick at all. She'd won a jackpot prize worth $383,307 in the Feb. 28 Cash 5 with EZ match drawing, lottery officials said in a March 25 news release. Davis-Hines matched all five numbers, despite selecting them at random, according to the lottery. The winning numbers were 9, 17, 32, 40 and 45, lottery officials said. The odds of winning the progressive jackpot, which starts at $200,000, are 1 in 1,221,759, according to the lottery. The next drawing is March 26 and the current jackpot is $562,000, according to the game's web page.
