Stafford Woman Wins $2,777,777 Prize From Virginia Lottery

STAFFORD COUNTY, VA — When Carla Payne scratched a Lucky 7s Cash Blowout ticket from the Virginia Lottery that she bought in Stafford County, she almost passed out.

“I ran out to the car, jumped in and locked the doors,” she told the Virginia Lottery. “It’s very surreal!”

Payne, who bought the ticket at the Onville Kwik Shop on Onville Road in Stafford, had just discovered she won the game’s top prize: a choice of either the $2,777,777 prize in annual payments over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $1,671,346 before taxes.

Luck 7s Cash Blowout is one of dozens of Scratchers currently offered by the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $20 up to $2,777,777. Payne is the second player to redeem a top prize-winning ticket in this game, which means one more is unclaimed. Payne chose to take the cash option.

The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 979,200, while the odds of winning any prize in this game are 1 in 3.11.

The Virginia Lottery generates more than $1.7 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools.