Bristow Woman Wins $153K On Gifted Lottery Ticket

BRISTOW, VA — Heads up, husbands — one man may have set the gift-giving bar a bit higher when he decided to give his wife a "little present" in the form of a winning Virginia lottery ticket worth almost $153,000.

Minok Seo of Bristow won the jackpot in Virginia's Print ‘n Play Rolling Jackpot, an instant-win game where the jackpot increases with each ticket sold until it is won. A $10 ticket can win you 100 percent of the jackpot, but the odds of winning are 1 in 240,000.

The odds were beat though when Seo's husband purchased the ticket at J Jewelry inside Global Food, 13813 Foulger Square in Woodbridge, according to the Virginia State Lottery.

The prize comes at a good time, too. The couple, who celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary next year, was already planning a vacation.