$418K VA Lottery Jackpot Win Spikes Fairfax Man's Blood Pressure

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Sherman Neal of Fairfax had a definite reaction when he discovered that he'd won $418,009 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Print ‘n Play Rolling Jackpot game.

“My blood pressure went up a little bit,” he told lottery officials.

When Neal purchased the ticket at the Giant Food in Greenbriar Town Center in Fairfax, he noticed that the jackpot suddenly reset. This told him that someone had just won the big prize.

“I guess that’s me,” he said.

The Fairfax County resident, who works in information technology, told lottery officials that he had no plans for spending his winnings aside from putting some aside for retirement.

Print ‘n Play Rolling Jackpot is a Virginia-only, instant-win game with a starting jackpot of $50,000. The odds of winning the game's top prize are 1 in 240,000