Dulles Woman Wins $150K Virginia Lottery Jackpot After 2 Earlier $100K Prizes

DULLES, VA — A Dulles woman has added a third major Virginia Lottery win to a streak that began last year. Sally Ferguson of Dulles won a $150,000 jackpot on March 19 while playing The Lamp, her favorite Virginia Lottery online game, according to the Virginia Lottery.

The latest prize followed two earlier wins of $100,000 each, one in August 2025 and another in November 2025, according to the Virginia Lottery. Her March 19 jackpot was her biggest yet.

When Ferguson saw the amount she had won, she said she had to keep quiet because others in the home were asleep. “I was downstairs, but I couldn’t scream because everyone was asleep,” she said. “I took a screenshot and said, ‘I guess it’s real.’”

The Lamp is one of dozens of online games offered through the Virginia Lottery mobile app and at valottery.com. The game features a progressive jackpot that grows over time. The odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 3.55, according to the Virginia Lottery.

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The lottery said players also can buy Powerball, Mega Millions, Millionaire for Life, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 and Cash 5 with EZ Match online. To play online, players must be at least 18 years old and physically located in Virginia, according to the Virginia Lottery.

The Virginia Lottery said all of its profits go to K-12 education in the state. Loudoun County, where Ferguson lives, received more than $28.8 million in lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal year, according to the Virginia Lottery. In Fiscal Year 2025, the lottery raised more than $901 million for K-12 education, making up about 10 percent of Virginia’s total K-12 school budget.

The Virginia Lottery directs people seeking a full list of school district distributions to its Giving Back page. General game information and online play options are available through the Virginia Lottery website and app.

The lottery also included a responsible gaming message with the announcement. It said anyone who thinks they or someone they know may have a gambling problem can contact the Virginia Problem Gambling Helpline at 888-532-3500 by call, text or chat at any time.