Jacqueline Mangus said a TV news report tipped her off to the fact that the lottery ticket stored in her Bible was a $1 million winner. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery
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A Virginia woman found storing her lottery ticket in her Bible to be a lucky move when she scored a $1 million prize in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle.
Jacqueline Mangus told Virginia Lottery officials she tucked her raffle ticket away in her Bible after buying it at Lake Mart & Deli on Scruggs Road in Moneta. Advertisement
Mangus said she was watching the news recently and learned a ticket bought in Moneta was a $1 million winner, so she retrieved her ticket from its holy hiding place.
She told officials she was “tickled to death” to discover the $1 million ticket was in her hands.
Mangus did not reveal whether she has any plans for her winnings.
