Lottery player buys six tickets for same drawing — and wins six times in Virginia

A lottery player bought six tickets with the same numbers for a drawing in Virginia.

Then she won six times.

Latoya Burke won six $30,000 prizes in the June 5 Pick 5 daytime drawing, making for a total windfall of $180,000, according to a July 16 news release from the Virginia Lottery.

The Chesapeake woman used 5-5-5-5-0 and matched all five numbers in that exact order, lottery officials said.

She put $0.50 on matching all five numbers in order and $0.50 on having any combination of the right numbers, according to the Virginia Lottery.

Normally, the top prize is $50,000 with a $1 bet.

“I checked the numbers, and I was happy,” Burke told lottery officials.

She beat the 1-in-100,000 odds of matching all five numbers in order, and she did it six times, according to the Virginia Lottery.

More than $27.2 million in funds from the lottery went toward K-12 education in Chesapeake in the last fiscal year, officials said.

Chesapeake is near the southeast coast in the Hampton Roads area, about a 25-mile drive west from Virginia Beach.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

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