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Miami Herald
30-01-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Nurse checks lottery ticket she put in her Bible — and wins big in Virginia
A lucky Virginia lottery player won a life-changing prize from a ticket she was keeping safe in her Bible, lottery officials said. Jacqueline Mangus, who works as a nurse in Moneta, won $1 million in the New Year's Millionaire Raffle, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 29 news release. 'I was tickled to death,' she told lottery officials. Mangus was watching the news while getting ready for work when she heard that a ticket bought in Moneta had won the $1 million prize, the lottery said. She immediately went to grab the ticket out of her Bible, and when she checked the numbers, she found out about her big win, lottery officials said. Mangus bought her ticket on Christmas Eve at a convenience store in Moneta, according to the lottery. She is one of five $1 million prize winners in the New Year's Millionaire Raffle. The overall odds of winning in the raffle are 1 in 618, and the odds of winning the $1 million prize are 1 in 125,000, according to the game's website. Moneta is about a 150-mile drive southwest from Richmond.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Lottery ticket hidden in Bible earns Virginia woman $1 million
Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A Virginia woman found storing her lottery ticket in her Bible to be a lucky move when she scored a $1 million prize in Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle. Jacqueline Mangus told Virginia Lottery officials she tucked her raffle ticket away in her Bible after buying it at Lake Mart & Deli on Scruggs Road in Moneta. Mangus said she was watching the news recently and learned a ticket bought in Moneta was a $1 million winner, so she retrieved her ticket from its holy hiding place. She told officials she was "tickled to death" to discover the $1 million ticket was in her hands. Mangus did not reveal whether she has any plans for her winnings.
