Lottery player tells husband he ‘might want to sit down.’ She won a huge prize
A lucky Virginia woman won a huge prize while playing online lottery games at her home, officials said.
Cheryl Nettingham cautiously told her husband about her jackpot win, worth nearly $900,000, the Virginia Lottery said in a March 14 news release.
“I have something to share with you,” Nettingham told her husband. “You might want to sit down.”
Nettingham won her prize playing the Bucks Triple Play game, lottery officials said.
“I was stunned,” she told lottery officials while collecting her $893,232 prize.
The Bucks Triple Play game costs between $1 and $50 to play, and “the odds of winning vary by price point,” according to the lottery.
The jackpot as of March 14 is more than $169,000, lottery officials said.
This story was originally published March 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM with the headline "Lottery player tells husband he ‘might want to sit down.’ She won a huge prize."
