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Stafford Woman Scoops $1 Million Prize in Virginia Lottery Win

In the $1 Million Spectacular game, Marie Edwards scratched off the lucky ticket.

Stafford Woman Scoops $1 Million Prize in Virginia Lottery Win: This month, a woman from Stafford won $1 million in the Virginia Lottery. In the $1 Million spectacular game, Marie Edwards scratched off the lucky ticket.

Stafford Woman Scoops $1 Million Prize in Virginia Lottery Win

Edwards claimed her check was too big this month. The winner told the lottery that she bought the ticket at a CVS in Stafford County on McWhirt Loop. She went to the store to get medication.

The next day, Edwards didn’t scratch the ticket. Edwards told lottery officials, “It feels great and unbelievable.”

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Edwards could have taken the $1 million payment spread out over 30 years, or he could have taken a lump-sum payment of $571,00 before taxes. She picked up the cash deal.

Edwards said, “You always hope it will happen, but you don’t really think it will happen.”

One in 1,240,000 people will win the $1 Million Spectacular game’s top prize. One in 3.93 people will win any prize.

In Virginia, lottery winnings go to programs that help with schooling. Stafford County schools got $16.2 million from the Virginia Lottery during the last fiscal year.

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