Nurse checks lottery ticket she put in her Bible — and wins big in Virginia
A lucky Virginia lottery player won a life-changing prize from a ticket she was keeping safe in her Bible, lottery officials said.
Jacqueline Mangus, who works as a nurse in Moneta, won $1 million in the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 29 news release.
“I was tickled to death,” she told lottery officials.
Mangus was watching the news while getting ready for work when she heard that a ticket bought in Moneta had won the $1 million prize, the lottery said.
She immediately went to grab the ticket out of her Bible, and when she checked the numbers, she found out about her big win, lottery officials said.
Mangus bought her ticket on Christmas Eve at a convenience store in Moneta, according to the lottery. She is one of five $1 million prize winners in the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle.
The overall odds of winning in the raffle are 1 in 618, and the odds of winning the $1 million prize are 1 in 125,000, according to the game’s website.
Moneta is about a 150-mile drive southwest from Richmond.
This story was originally published January 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM with the headline "Nurse checks lottery ticket she put in her Bible — and wins big in Virginia."
