Mary Elliot, won the top prize of the Cash 5 with EZ Match game by picking numbers based on birthdays.
One Virginia woman trash can included a winning lottery ticket worth $110,000. Mary Elliot, of Buckingham County, panicked when she realized she won the top prize in the Feb. 24. drawing of the Cash 5 with EZ Match game, sending her digging through her trash.
“When I saw I’d won, I couldn’t stop shaking to save my life!” she said in a Virginia Lottery statement. She had purchased her ticket at a Food Lion grocery store in Dillwyn, picking the numbers based on birthdays that matter to her.
Thankfully, she found the receipt but it was covered in coffee stains and the barcode wouldn’t scan when she tried to confirm her win. She took to Virginia Lottery’s Prize Zone West in Henrico where her victory was confirmed.
She beat tough odds in getting the prize -- a 1 in 749,398 chance in matching all five numbers
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