$617K Jackpot Won By Fredericksburg Woman Playing VA Lottery Online

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — A Fredericksburg woman playing the Virginia Lottery's MONOPOLY Progressive Jackpots at home recently won a jackpot worth $617,229.

“At first, I couldn’t even believe it,” Myrna Johnson told Virginia Lottery officials, when she redeemed her prize. “I couldn’t stop yelling. My kids thought something was wrong.”

Although Johnson has no immediate plans for her windfall, she did say a nice vehicle might be in her future.

The Virginia Lottery offers dozens of online instant games like MONOPOLY Progressive Jackpots on the lottery's app and at valottery.com. With progressive games, the prize money grows as more people play. The odds of winning any prize in the game Johnson played are 1 in 4.68.

The profits from the Virginia Lottery go to funding K-12 education throughout the state. In the last fiscal year, Fredericksburg, which is where Johnson calls home, received $2.1 million in lottery funds for K-12 education.