Virginia neighbors share $3 million prize Drawing Date: 3/7/2025 March 20, 2025 - Thomas Bell and Lorraine Dimuccio have been neighbors for twenty-some years. One afternoon, they saw each other at a happy hour and got to talking. They decided to go in together and play Mega Millions. The ticket that Thomas bought ended up winning $3 million. “I couldn’t believe it!” Lorraine later told Virginia Lottery officials. “I was stunned!” Thomas added. The ticket was bought at the 7-Eleven at 1800 Jamestown Road in James City County, Va. It matched the first five numbers in the March 7 drawing, missing only the Mega Ball number. Normally, that would win $1 million. However, they spent an extra dollar for the Megaplier when they bought the ticket, which tripled the prize to $3 million. The winning numbers were 8-20-48-58-60, and the Mega Ball number was 7. This was the only ticket in Virginia to match the first five numbers in that drawing and one of only two nationwide. Had the ticket matched all six numbers, it would have won a jackpot worth an estimated $233 million. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday nights at 11 p.m. The odds of matching the first five numbers in Mega Millions are 1 in 12,607,306. The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. James City County received more than $4.8 million in Lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal year. In Fiscal Year 2024, the Lottery raised more than $934 million for K-12 education, making up approximately 10 percent of Virginia’s total K-12 school budget.