Woodbridge Woman Wins $1M In Millionaire Maker Lottery Game

WOODBRIDGE, VA — Jacquelyn Lombos was driving with a friend from her home in Woodbridge to Hampton Roads. About halfway there, they stopped for gas in Henrico County when Lombos bought a Millionaire Maker Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery.

The two took turns scratching it as they waited for the gas tank to fill. That's when they discovered the ticket was worth $1 million. “He looked at it, and I looked at it,” she recalled. “We asked, ‘Is this for real? Are we missing something?’”

They took the ticket back in to the store, Fas Mart at 5101 Richmond Henrico Turnpike, where a clerk confirmed it was a winner.

Lombos had the choice of taking the full $1 million in annual payments over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $601,684 before taxes. She chose the cash option. The store receives a $10,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery for selling the winning ticket.

Lombos, who works in health care and is an adjunct professor, said she intends to take care of her family with the winnings, including paying for her daughter’s college.

Millionaire Maker features prizes ranging from $30 to $1 million. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 244,800, while the odds of winning any prize in this game are 1 in 2.78.

Lombos lives in Prince William County, which received more than $39.7 million in Lottery funds for K-12 public education last fiscal year.