Woman wins $100,000 in lottery after listening to piece of advice from cousin

03 August 2023 , 10:29

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Tina Renee Johnson is from the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia State (Image: Virginia Lottery/Newsflash)

An amazed lottery winner has told how she won a $100,000 fortune after listening to her cousin's advice.

Lucky Tina Renee Johnson - from the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia State, US - bought her ticket in her local 7-Eleven store on a family shopping trip.

As the pair got to the checkout her cousin noticed that the Powerball game jackpot had soared and urged her to snap up a special Power Play ticket on July 19.

The extra $1 (79p) she spent catapulted her share of the $1billion (£790million) jackpot to $100,000 (£78,750). Tina explained: "My cousin made me do it! If it wasn't for my cousin, I wouldn't have paid an extra dollar for the Power Play.

She bought the ticket in a 7-Eleven store on a family shopping trip (Virginia Lottery/Newsflash)

"But she told me to do it, so now I always need to listen to her." Tina collected the prize at lottery headquarters in Richmond on July 20.

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She said she plans to donate some of the money to her local church and help out her cousin who boosted her win. Virginia Lottery said: "Powerball drawings are held at 10.59pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

"The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The overall odds of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 25. For more information on Powerball, visit the game's site.

"All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. Ms. Johnson lives in Virginia Beach, which received nearly $37.4 million (£29.4million) in lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal year.

"In Fiscal Year 2022, the Lottery raised more than $779million (£614million) for K-12 education, making up approximately 10% of Virginia's total K-12 school budget."

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