Virginia woman wins lottery jackpot with first-ever ticket purchase

First clip was nan charm for a Virginia woman who precocious won a $50,000 lottery jackpot.

Katelynne Berland, of Yorktown, Virginia, was moving errands successful mid-April erstwhile she decided to bargain herself a lottery summons for nan first time.

As it turned out, that was a bully decision: Her summons was a victor for nan April 14th time drafting of nan Pick 5 game. 

Pick 5 tickets are sold for either $0.50 aliases $1, and players tin opt to either prime “any order,” “exact order,” aliases a operation of nan two, said nan Virginia Lottery’s website. 

Berland’s summons matched nan numbers 2-9-4-2-3 successful nan nonstop order, meaning she won nan apical prize of $50,000, said nan Virginia Lottery’s website. 

The likelihood of hitting the five numbers successful nan nonstop order are 1 successful 100,000, nan statement said. 

The Pick 5 is drawn doubly a day, astatine 1:59 p.m. and astatine 11 p.m., said nan lottery’s website. 

With her winnings, Berland said she plans connected helping to salary her sister’s college tuition, she told nan Virginia Lottery. 

Katelynne Berland, of Yorktown, Virginia, was moving errands successful mid-April erstwhile she decided to bargain herself a lottery summons for nan first time. WILL OLIVER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

The Virginia Lottery was established successful 1987, aft Virginians voted successful favour of creating a state-operated lottery. 

The first tickets were sold nan pursuing year, said nan Virginia Lottery’s website.

Since 1999, nan Virginia Lottery’s profits person supported K-12 nationalist acquisition successful nan commonwealth, said its website.

In 2023, this amounted to much than $867 cardinal that went to nationalist acquisition successful nan state. 

This was astir 10% of nan commonwealth’s fund for K-12 schools, said nan Virginia Lottery’s website. 

These costs are distributed passim Virginia’s counties. 

As it turned out, that was a bully decision: Her summons was a victor for nan April 14th time drafting of nan Pick 5 game. AP

“Ms. Berland lives successful York County, which received much than $5.3 cardinal successful Lottery costs for K-12 acquisition past fiscal year,” said nan Virginia Lottery. 

During nan 2023 fiscal year, nan Virginia Lottery had income of $4.6 billion. 

Of those sales, much than $3.5 cardinal was distributed to lottery winners and nan retailers who sold nan winning tickets, said nan lottery’s website.  

FOX Business reached retired to nan Virginia Lottery for further accusation astir its games and prize structure.