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LEARN MOREApril 11, 2023
5-2-0-1.
Those are four lucky numbers for Mandy Garcia of Chesapeake, Virginia.
As it turns out, they were lucky on multiple lottery tickets.
On March 30, Garcia bought 35 $1 plays for the drawing on that day, all with the same four-digit combination.
When her numbers were drawn, all 35 of those plays won the games' $5,000 top prize, for a grand total of $175,000.
"I just couldn’t even believe it!" she told Lottery officials. "My heart started racing! I feel like certain numbers are lucky. I feel like it’s my best chance at winning a lot of money."
Garcia told Virginia Lottery officials that she plans on saving her money to buy a house.
