Jennifer Minton of Gloucester told lottery officials she was “in shock” after the double win.
Jennifer Mintonof Gloucester told lottery officials she was “in shock” following the double win.
According to the VA Lottery, Jennifer first won $50,000 while playing the online game Safari Quest. She won the prize in mid October. Woman Shares Her Story Of Winning The Lottery Game For A Second Time
She reportedly was sitting around a fire, casually playing Safari Qest on her smartphone. Minton was playing Safari Quest on her phone when she noticed that the jackpot had “suddenly reset.” It didn’t hit her immediately, but she did notice the jackpot. She remembered thinking “Dang, someone just hit.” She made the connection a few seconds later! Minton just won almost $1 million, or $ 912,936, as it was.
She told VA Lottery officials that she was “shocked.” “I’m in disbelief.”
Woah! Lightning strikes twice! One Virginia Lottery winner won a $912 936 jackpot in Safari Quest, just one week after he had won $50,000 on the same online game. https://t.co/Q4QrH3rLbA
— Virginia Lottery (@VirginiaLottery)
Safari Quest is “one of dozens of online instant games” available in the state’s lottery app, officials say. The odds of winning are listed as 1 in 3.84.1001010Profits generated by Virginia’s lottery go towards funding K-12 education in the state. The gambling proceeds accounted for about 10% of Virginia’s school budget in 2023. The county where Jennifer Minton resides received around $2.7 million from the VA Lottery in the last fiscal.November 1, 2023
Just a few miles away, a Maryland man won $50,000 in the lottery three times in fewer than a year.
He remained unnamed, but state officials say he won a $50,000 lottery prize three times in less than one year.— ABC Mundial (@ABCMundial) #MarylandLottery #pick5 #DollarAnother stand-out win in this last year includes a Florida mother. She won $2 million in April after she used her savings to support her daughter during her cancer treatment. The mother, Geraldine Gimblet, chose to take home a “one-time lump sum payment of $1,645,000.”pic.twitter.com/LNab6p0kWC
Her daughter told state lotto officials:April 24, 2023
“The day before my mom bought this ticket, I rang the bell and walked out of the hospital after completing my last treatment for breast cancer. My mother had used her savings to care for me while I was ill. I’m just so happy for her!”
