ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Imagine scratching a Virginia Lottery ticket and realizing it’s worth half a million dollars. For one Roanoke woman, she doesn’t need to imagine because that’s her reality.
The Virginia Lottery says Phyllis Caley bought the 100X The Money ticket from a One Stop Market on Williamson Road.
Caley told officials she scratched the ticket while still in the Roanoke store.
“I was happy,” Caley said. “Then I got nervous”
Going quietly, Caley says she went straight home after realizing her ticket was a $500,000 winner.
“I’m kind of numb,” the retiree said.
According to Caley, she currently does not have plans for the money.
Caley’s $500,000 ticket is the second prize to be found so far, which means there are two $7 million top prizes that have yet to be claimed, lottery officials say.
According to the Virginia Lottery, The odds of winning any prize in the 100X The Money game are one in 2.77, but the odds of winning the top prize are one in 2,611,200.
