Lottery player wakes husband with teary phone call sharing news of big Virginia win
A lucky Virginia player was overwhelmed with emotion after winning big in a scratch-off game, lottery officials said.
Trina Crider called her sleeping husband in tears after scratching off a $125,000 top prize in the Merry Money 50X game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 8 news release.
She bought her winning ticket at a gas station in Ridgeway, about a 45-mile drive north from Greensboro, North Carolina, lottery officials said.
When Crider presented her ticket to lottery officials, she told them she was relieved.
“I just wanted to make it here!” she said.
The Merry Money 50X game came out in December and features prizes ranging from $5 to the $125,000 top prize, the lottery said.
The overall odds of winning are 1 in 4.59 and the odds of winning a top prize are 1 in 367,200.
As of Jan. 9, two top prizes remain unclaimed, according to the lottery website.
This story was originally published January 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM with the headline "Lottery player wakes husband with teary phone call sharing news of big Virginia win."
