NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Author's note: The video above first aired in July 2021.
A NASA employee in Newport News might be splurging on a new Jeep after she won $1 million in the lottery.
The Virginia Lottery said Norma Farr matched almost all the numbers in the Aug. 20 Mega Millions drawing. She had 42-43-51-57-70, and only missed the Mega Ball number (that day, it was one).
That means she beat the odds of 1 in 12.6 million.
The odds of matching five numbers and the Mega Ball jump to 1 in more than 302 million.
A spokesperson for Virginia Lottery said Farr bought the ticket online, using its random number generator.
"I checked the numbers, and I told my boyfriend, ‘I think I won a lot of money!’” Farr told the spokesperson.
She said she doesn't have any plans for the money yet, but did like the idea of getting a new car.
Mega Millions drawings happen every Tuesday and Friday night.