"Breathe!" Virginia woman screaming after winning $1.7 million playing the lottery online

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Fantasy876 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:27:07 GMT

Congrats. I can't imagine what that feeling must be like seeing all those digits pop up on the screen. I fantasize about how I'd react to something major but you can't really know until you know.

Online seems like so much fun because it appears that it's not just about regular draw games but each state has made separate unique online only games.

Hopefully my state will get online. Maybe they have been secretly working on it for some time now and an announcement is coming soon.... [ More ]

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hearsetrax — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:30:55 GMT

still surprised by the fact VA allows one to remain anonymous, regardless of pot won

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:26:02 GMT

Congratulations!!

Shame on Virginia....allowing customers to gamble on their home devices! (You'd think other states would follow suit

"Breathe!" Virginia woman screaming after winning $1.7 million playing the lottery online

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:56:31 GMT

Winner's reaction panics husband

By Kate Northrop

A Virginia woman's screaming reaction to a $1.7 million lottery prize brought her husband rushing into the room.

A lottery player wasn't the only one who felt the rush of the moment when she won $1.7 million in the lottery. Her husband felt it too, albeit a bit more panicked.

The anonymous Chesterfield woman bought lottery tickets at the local Sheetz convenience store earlier in the day, but her jackpot win surprisingly wasn't a r... [ More ]