Fredericksburg Woman Wins $100K Virginia Lottery Pick 4 Prize After Seeing Social Media Post

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — A social media post turned into a $100,000 reality for a Fredericksburg woman who discovered she had won the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game 20 times over.

Angela Wilcher, a management analyst, realized she held a windfall of winning tickets after seeing a post online that the Feb. 27 day drawing resulted in "quad 0's." Wilcher had purchased 20 plays of the 0-0-0-0 combination through the lottery’s website.

Each $1 play won the top prize of $5,000, bringing her total winnings to $100,000.

"I saw the post and realized I had won," Wilcher told lottery officials. She noted that she plans to put the prize money toward her retirement savings.

The odds of matching all four numbers in exact order are 1 in 10,000. While many players spread their numbers across different combinations, Wilcher’s strategy of repeating the same four digits on multiple tickets maximized her payout for the single drawing.

The winning tickets were purchased online. Virginia residents aged 18 and older can play Pick 4 and other games, including Powerball and Mega Millions, via the Virginia Lottery app or website.

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Profits from the Virginia Lottery are dedicated to K-12 education in the commonwealth. In fiscal year 2025, the lottery raised more than $901 million for Virginia schools, accounting for approximately 10 percent of the state’s total K-12 budget. Fredericksburg City, where Wilcher resides, received more than $2.5 million in lottery funds during the last fiscal year.

Pick 4 drawings are held twice daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m.