Virginia man wins $100,000 on 20 identical Pick 4 lottery tickets

Comment #13

Stack47 — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:39:57 GMT

When the drawing produced the four-digit combination 5-4-1-1

Note to self: Next time play the number for a drawing or two; the KY midday drawing was 1451 today.

Comment #12

Stack47 — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:25:17 GMT

Yep, what a feeling hitting a pick-4 number straight even if it's a 50 cent ticket!

It's a difference of playing preference and the overwhelming odds against winning a huge jackpot or the $1 million secondary prizes are irrelevant to many players. Players can purchase 10 MM or PB tickets and take a chance or like William Newell, simply decided the size of the jackpot they want to win.

Comment #11

Reggie Numbers — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:30:28 GMT

This is how you check the chop. Congratulations to you William Newell. I guess we can call you big Willie now

Comment #10

Cassie8620 — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 19:24:24 GMT

STACK 47:

It's Cassie, and icam.

Quite Flagrantly yyyep!

Obviously is right.'

Smart man he was, and won huge... #loveit

So happy when we who play wisely p4 weekly win $$$$$$ than Rigged/Waste of Cash/Mega-Powerball,

sorry. I like to win cash each month, thousands,

is the best $$$ feelin' and i know he is feelin' so overwhelmed,

like a real winner would.

Love P4 for years now, so, i am sticking with P4(at times p3)and i do that... [ More ]

Comment #9

Stack47 — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 19:36:09 GMT

Buying 20 tickets, 7 days a week for 4 week a month, that money adds up. That is around $560 a month, to finally win 10 thousand dollars.

FYI a $20 winning ticket pays $100,000. The article doesn't say how long he played the same combo, but even at $560 a month, they could play for 178 months or 14 years and still show a profit.

At least with MM and PB, one can win millions of dollars.

The game he played was pick-4 with a fixed $5000 for $1 payoff. When he made the bet he knew exact... [ More ]

Comment #8

winterhug — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:07:44 GMT

I doubt the $2 price of the MM and PB tickets are the reason, people play multiple pick 4 and Pick 3 tickets with same numbers on it. Like someone else said the story NEVER says how long the guy had been playing those numbers. Buying 20 tickets, 7 days a week for 4 week a month, that money adds up. That is around $560 a month, to finally win 10 thousand dollars. In the long run, that does not seem worth it. At least with MM and PB, one can win millions of dollars.

Comment #7

Cassie8620 — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 03:24:16 GMT

yep. the ONLY TRUE WAY imo to win. love when i get p4's double to triple or more, i hope again soon this year.

congrats. better odds than losing cash on mb. and p-ball. g-night all.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 01:45:15 GMT

Maybe it's because PB and MM raised the ticket price to $2 and players are comparing odds of what they could win for the same two bucks playing other games. At odds of 14,547 to 1, can win $200 matching 3 + 1 with MM or win $1000 at 1000 to 1 playing pick-3. The pick-4 odds are 10,000 to and a $2 straight bet gets $10,000. To win the same prize playing MM, we have to beat odds of 931,001 to 1.

Obviously the $2 MM and PB tickets can win much more, but maybe more players are looking at the exp... [ More ]

Comment #5

Tony Numbers — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 23:14:43 GMT

There's a reason why these stories always have winners with multiple tickets. The player is trying to make a big score. But it's rarely reported why they played that particular combo, or how much they played and for how long?? I've always wondered if committing to a combo is worth the time and expense.

Comment #4

plshelpme — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:27:33 GMT

Awesome win for him...

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:59:08 GMT

Whoa, Nellie!

Nothin' but good news comin' otta Virginia lately!

And that's good, cuz all I ever got otta there was speedin' tickets.

Comment #2

hearsetrax — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:45:04 GMT

Comment #1

sully16 — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:20:08 GMT

Congrats to him, awesome week for Virginia

Virginia man wins $100,000 on 20 identical Pick 4 lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:12:04 GMT

A small change and a big bet make all the difference

By Kate Northrop

The stars aligned for one Virginia man, who hedged his bets on 20 identical tickets in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 drawing on Oct. 23 and walked away with a whopping $100,000.

One small change here and a leap of faith there, and William Newell of Alexandria suddenly became $100,000 richer after winning on 20 Pick 4 lottery tickets that each contained the same numbers.

Newell is a fan of the Lottery's Pick 4... [ More ]