PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth woman recently found out that she was sitting on a $3 million prize for over a month.
Melena Hill bought a Mega Millions ticket for a drawing on Jan. 9. Over five weeks later, she took her ticket out of her nightstand and realized she had won a multi-million-dollar prize.
“My stomach had butterflies. I screamed a bit!” she told the Virginia Lottery.
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Her ticket matched the first five numbers, which usually amounts to a $1 million prize. However, since she bought a Megaplier, her earnings were tripled to $3 million.
Hill’s winning ticket was purchased at the Murphy USA gas station in Suffolk.
