Lottery player kept ‘winning and winning’ online game — then she saw ‘this big number’
A Virginia lottery player experienced something she never expected.
Gloria Stallworth, who runs a medical supply company, was sitting at home on her computer when she decided to play a Virginia Lottery online game.
She started playing The Lamp and soon was winning small prizes.
“I started winning and winning,” she told lottery officials in a Sept. 22 news release.
Then, her wins weren’t small anymore.
“I just checked it and … boom!” she said. “This big number came up!”
On her screen was a $228,218 jackpot.
“We were just trying to figure out if it’s real or not,” Stallworth said.
The Lamp game has a progressive, growing jackpot, with smaller prizes also up for grabs.
The odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 3.55.
Stallworth told lottery officials she was planning to use the winnings for some repairs on her home.
Stallworth is a resident of Woodbridge, about 20 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
This story was originally published September 25, 2023 at 6:37 PM with the headline "Lottery player kept ‘winning and winning’ online game — then she saw ‘this big number’."
