Now the question is, will he continue to play?
By Kate Northrop
A Virginia man was through playing the lottery, but deciding to give it one more try, won a $2.2 million jackpot.
A Virginia lottery player, ready to give up on the lottery after playing online lottery games and not having any luck, ended up winning a $2.2 million jackpot on his last try.
Brent Butler, of Woodbridge, was not having any luck with the lottery. He decided that his last play would be on the Virginia Lottery's Banker's Bonus online game.
His dismissive attitude towards the lottery must have instantly changed when he saw the jackpot total: $2,204,371.
"I can tell you my wife was more happy than me!" he joked to Lottery officials when claiming his prize.
Butler, a home contractor, does not have immediate plans for his winnings besides paying off some bills.
"I might not go to work today," he quipped.
Banker's Bonus is part of the Mega Money Jackpots games playable in Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. The game features a progressive jackpot that grows through the sale of associated games sold by the participating lotteries.
The overall odds of winning any prize in the game per play are 1 in 3.9.
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If at first you don't succeed...
Congrats!
HA! I just quit the Michigan 6/xx Games after 40 years and I didn't win!
I quit after last nights drawing.
The 25th of this month marks 40 years for Michigan 6/xx games and I have played them for 40 years and they have gotten worse and worse. They were switched to RNG over 20 years ago. I should have quit then but I guess I am just too slow to realize when games have been ruined.
I'm currently concentrating on different games.
oh really I did same thing than Boon nothing happen
I want to know if he was playing the max bet per spin?
I agree. Sometimes when you make a deposit to your account, you get 10 free spins for one of those games. I noticed a 3 tier jp so unless you are making the max 50$? bet, you will not win the top jp. I did win $60 twice with my free spins.
So 2 jackpot wins online for Woodbridge in a few weeks. This gentleman and then a lady who won The Loot game for $5.3 million. I guess I live in the wrong area for the jackpots, they seem to win big in the Tidewater and Northern Virginia area.