RICHMOND, Va. — Some people have all the luck. In February, that person was Deborah Brown.
When Deborah Brown bought 20 Pick 4 tickets from the Virginia Lottery — all with the same four digits for the same drawing — she just had a feeling.
"A couple of times during the day, I saw those numbers," she said.
A little while later, when she bought 10 more plays — again for the same drawing with that same number combination (1-0-3-1) — she said she was really feeling it.
Turns out, that feeling was right!
When that number combination was drawn in the Feb. 11 night drawing, each of her 30 plays won the $5,000 top prize, which meant total winnings of $150,000.
"I nearly had a heart attack!" the Richmond woman said as she claimed her prize.
She bought all her tickets at Irongate Shell located at 6437 Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield County.
Ms. Brown said she has no immediate plans for her winnings, but she's considering some home renovation.
Pick 4 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m. The top prize for a $1 play is $5,000. The chances of matching all four numbers in exact order are 1 in 10,000.
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Congratulations to Ms Brown. That is a lot of luck on a 4 digit. WOW. Great play!
further proof it can happen to anybody
Congratulations Mrs. Brown
Nice story to start out the week. Home renovation? If home not paid for, pay it off or knock years off of your mortgage.
Interesting . Congratulations. I don't play pick 4 but is there a maximum amount you can win with multiple tickets? I looked at the rules but did not see anything. So could she have bought 200 tickets and won $1 million?
Couldn't find any limit either, Artist77
How about page ten, section 6 about you must agree to the media mess, etc?
Yup! It only works that way in a "flat" payout state (meaning no pari-mutuel payouts) A man did that in NY many years ago ... 1.4 million. Said he had a dream of his deceased mother, played her birthday and WON!!! The story was here on LP so I'm sure you can probably find it ...
Congrats to Ms. Brown!!! I dream of doing the same one day!
Ky has a limit on how may tickets they sell with a certain combination say 1234 straight. They are not required to notify anybody of the 'liability limit' as they call it. On Cashball 225, the liability limit is fixed to $1 million/draw.
I think NY's limit is either 3 or 4 million on both P3/4 ... not sure of exact number, and the way they "notify" you is when you can no longer get a number in and the Agent says that number is closed! Unlike NJ that will keep taking your money and then payout something like $9 ... on a straight p3 or $100 for a p4!!!
Yea, VA goes way overboard with the publicity. They must lose a lot of money to DC. I avoid buying tickets in VA 99.9% of the time. At least the DC rules are vague so you can use a trust to claim.
Congrats to Ms. Brown!
I'm next....
This IS newsworthy, when you're able to do BETTER AT PICK 4 games, than money-wasting powerball or as my dad say rip off city..."and i agree to a point with dad and mom. LOLl
THIS IS GREAT!!!
I was just showing my parents when i seen this on our local news
talking bout it, just a lil brief story in NC, and i was SOOOOO happy hearing this on the news a few days ago and then today here at l-post.
DAD say, "CASSIE it is the only true way to win and to play is multiply/add on as much as you can at times. and he is right" i do well at pick 4 alot of times.
He say p-ball rigged as mega when only 1" person win" lol that's how dad feel." He say, "Why would only 1 or 2 win when it's that high, rather than hundreds to "Get a MILLION EACH or at least four numbers with a power ball" and i kinda agree more and more with him" LOL
Yep. i always make sure i at least TRIPLE to 10x(and this is minimum)
i never tell when i go beyond this nice amount if i play it and i do 20 to 50 or more times, i figure, "lets surprise the fam"
LOL
and those at LP, if i get it the pick four that higH, But i do well with p4 (winning) each year many times."
I love her winning/this story so so much.
BETTER ODDS, imo THAN WASTING MONEY IMO(IN MY OPINION) THAT IS, MEGA and Powerball."
CONGRATS. no way BIG BIG CONGRATS. #livebetter
#be happy healthy with good fortune lady and please INVEST some."Make it last.
get it girl... ! or boy,
not sure if you're female or male but INCREASE, i am right up there wit cha!
I am smiling as i look @ her nice pix, and she won more than most,
by WISELY playing multi-x one pick 4, and i love her story.
DEFINITELY NEWS to be shared, with the world.
So so lucky. #BEAUTIFULWIN
I agree it is news worthy. I was responding to another post about publicity terms in VA. And that is very clearly a woman. Geesh
That's pretty incredible. I wonder if that's a record for pick 4 winnings in a single drawing. Good for her.
Virginia had lots of pick-4 winners playing the same combo multiple times. In August 2017 Wayne Roles won $160,000 by playing the same number straight 32 times and in November of that year Robert Buckner won $100,000 betting $20 on the same combo. A North Carolina player won over $500,000 in less than a year. There are many stories in other states about players betting the same pick-4 combo multiple times and winning. What you seldom read is how much each of these players spend every day. The NC player to spend on average $800 to $1000 every drawing.
It's always neat to see stories about players creating their own large jackpots by betting more money on games with much smaller odds.
Very interesting. Thanks! I could not find the story on lp.
I couldn't find it either ... bummer. I remember it though, he lived in NJ and worked as a GM in construction or something like that in NYC. Happened sometime between 2008-09. I found another closely related story though:
https://www.lotterypost.com/news/312880
Didn't find the original story but check out this link ... the guy's name is William Harvey and he's referenced in a post midway down the 1st page of the thread:
https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/261682
Thanks. I googled it and cannot find an official lottery source, only references on blogs, etc. 700 tickets!
Pick 4 is not easy to win.
Super Congrats Ms. Brown
Been chasing 1991 for a couple of years now......I play it at least 10x daily
Really cool, congrats to the lucky lady.
I love to hear wining stories.
I would like to win like that one day soon
Happy for you
Congratulation to Deborah Brown. Winning $150,000 on a Pick 4, don't happen every day. Good story.
This story is all over the internet. Woman wins lottery 30 times. It made the Drudge Report!
That is way over the top. $300 a month?
In TN the maximum for a draw in pick 3 and 4 is $5 Million
Congratulations, but winning tickets like that are only sold around the Virginia Lottery Headquarters.
Guaranteed, no where else in the state of Virginia!
Is this the story you're looking for?
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/33158682/florence-woman-wins-largest-pick-4-payout-in-sc-lottery-history/
Thanks zephbe. Interesting story also but looking for the story on the person who bought 700 tickets.
Speaking of pick 4, can you still win the maximum amount for a straight if there are repeating numbers, like 2244 or 7771 or 7777?
Knew lots of people that played over $20 or more on more than one pick-3 straight combo and some of them won large amounts of money. Saw people buying multiple tickets on the same lotto, MM, and PB combos too. Regardless of the game, it's all about players creating their own jackpots and with a little bit of luck, hopefully you can win lots of money.
All state lotteries have pick-3 and pick-4 prize liability limit, but it varies from state to state. For instance it's $1.5 million in KY and $5 million in NY. New Jersey doesn't need a limit because their payoffs are pari-mutual, but I believe they have an aggregate limit on the secondary MM and PB prizes and if reached would payout those prizes pari-mutually.
The NJ pari-mutual payoffs work both ways because I won $587 each on the two pick-3 straight numbers I played.
yep...
I am very super- happy 4 her (still) lol i am hoping 1031 come down the
I-95 to N.C.
real soon.
lol
It does each year, so i m waiting for it, i m hoping soon even a couple or few x but i am again hoping it come out soon as it usually do, each year
and oh! i meant(to member nice one named username is "increase" who post a comment,
and i told "increase" not sure she or he is posting to me(no pic in the avie profile)so i said, for member INCREASE to get it!$$$ and i am not sure if member increase is man or woman, but i like such post and had to comment to member increase...
and again good luck to all playin$$$lotteries.
G-night.
omg!
yea! thanks alot, zeph, for sharing this again.
oh yes i remember this 1, again with some games, there are just simply BETTER GREAT ODDS= $$$$$$$$$$$$$ Ca'Chingggg!!
LOVE MY P4.
love it. dad is right, as he say "Stick with p4 cassie lol " easier, better odds than wasting at times on power b and mega but good luck to all with pb and mega. etc.,
and other games. love this story again, i recall this only a few short yrs ago
i pray such BIG WINNER$ invest to make it last a long long long time."
g-night.