Former principal wins Virginia lottery — and weeks later learns it was $1 million prize
.jpg "The woman didn’t know how much she won until she logged into her lottery account.")
After a Virginia woman won a massive prize in the lottery, it took two weeks for her to discover just how life-changing the prize amount was.
Alka Franceschi bought a ticket for the Aug. 9 Mega Millions drawing and later got an email that notified her she had won, according to lottery officials.
The Virginia Beach resident didn’t open her account online for two weeks after she discovered she won, though. It was only then that she realized she won $1 million.
“It really feels unbelievable!” the former principal told lottery officials.
Franceschi matched all five of the Mega Millions numbers for the drawings and only missed the Mega Ball number, according to lottery officials.
Franceschi, who still works in education, told lottery officials she had no immediate plans for the winnings.
The odds of matching the first five numbers in Mega Millions are 1 in 12,607,306, according to the Virginia Lottery.
This story was originally published September 22, 2022 at 11:37 AM with the headline "Former principal wins Virginia lottery — and weeks later learns it was $1 million prize."
