Siblings who plays lottery together wins a big jackpot in Virginia

A Virginia woman didn’t believe her brother when he told her they won seven figures on a lottery ticket.

“He told me we won, and I said, ‘Come on, it’s not April Fools’ Day,’” Mary Crider told Virginia Lottery officials.

But the Danville siblings, who often team up to play the Mega Millions game when the jackpot gets above $200 million, really had won a $1 million prize, the Virginia Lottery said in a news release Friday, Sept. 30.

One of the tickets they purchased at a convenience store in Danville matched the first five numbers pulled in the Sept. 20 drawing, according to the lottery.

They missed only the Mega Ball number. The chances of matching the first five numbers are 1 in 12,607,306, the lottery said.