Virginia player has a $500,000 instant win

Mount Sidney resident Cody Smith was feeling lucky earlier this week. He'd cashed in a couple of winning Virginia Lottery tickets and was relaxing at his dad's house when he scratched off a Mega Money Multiplier instant-win ticket. What he was not expecting was to win the game's $500,000 top prize.

When he scratched off all his numbers and saw that he'd won the jackpot prize, his heart was pounding, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

In an interview with Virginia Lottery officials, he later said:

I kind of freaked out. At first, I couldn't believe it.

As he claimed his prize, he added.

It's crazy! It feels unreal.

Cody purchased his winning ticket from the 7-Eleven on Craig Shop Road in Penn Laird. His $500,000 was the third and final jackpot prize for this series of the Mega Money Multiplier (game #2245), so the game is now closed. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 816,000.

Plenty more chances to win instant prizes

Although the Mega Money Multiplier game has ended, the Virginia Lottery still has plenty of active instant-win games with great prizes. Some of the highest-paying scratch-off games from the Old Dominion State include:

• 326,000,000 Fortune: This is a $50 instant-win game with a top prize of $5 million. To date, one jackpot prize remains. The prize range for this game is $50, $75, $100, $150, $200, $300, $400, $600, $2,500, $5,000, $10,000, $100,000, and $5 million. All $5,000,000 prizes will be paid in annual installments for 30 years. The overall odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 2,774,400.
• 100X The Money: This is a $30 instant-win game with a top prize of $5 million. This game has 30 chances to win. To date, two jackpot prizes remain. The prize range for this game is $30, $40, $50, $60, $100, $200, $300, $500, $600, $3,000, $30,000, $300,000, and $5 million. The overall odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 2,652,000.
• $173,000,000 Extravaganza: This is a $30 instant-win game with a top prize of $5 million. This game has 33 chances to win. The prize range for this game is $30, $50, $60, $80, $100, $200, $300, $500, $5,000, $20,000, $40,000, and $5 million. All $5,000,000 prizes will be paid in annual installments for 30 years. To date, two of the three top prizes remain unclaimed. The overall odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 2,529,600.
• Dominion Dollars: This is a $30 instant-win game with a top prize of $1 million. This game has 30 chances to win. The prize range for this game is $30, $50, $75, $100, $200, $500, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, and $1 million. All $1,000,000 prizes will be paid in annual installments for 30 years. To date, two of the three top prizes remain unclaimed. The overall odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 1,060,800.