Crutchley wins big in the Virginia Lottery

Angie Crutchley was on a winning streak. In early May, the Exmore woman won $5,000 playing the Virginia Lottery. But that was a just a warmup for when she sat down to play the Virginia Cash Expander game and won $150,000.

Ms. Crutchley said when she realized how much she’d won, she drove to her mother’s house with the good news. However, her mother thought it was a scam.

“There was no greater feeling than paying off loans and debt. My mom, Debbie Rouse, was my first prioity– she has always been my rock. It felt good to buy her a dishwasher,” Crutchley said to ShoreDailyNews.com. “I set $5,000 aside for fun, and the remainder will go into my retirement. Now I won’t have to wait until I’m 90 to retire, I think 87 should work just fine.”

Virginia Cash Expander is one of dozens of online instant games available at the Virginia Lottery’s website, valottery.com, and on the Virginia Lottery mobile app. It features a top prize of $250,000. The odds of winning a prize in this game are 1 in 4.7. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 2,000,000. Players must be at least 18 years of age and physically located in Virginia.

All Virginia Lottery profits go to K-12 education in Virginia. Ms. Crutchley lives outside of Exmore. Northampton County received more than $2.4 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.