Biggest Pick 4 Winners In Virginia

Virginia is known for its massive lottery payouts, including a record-breaking $239 million jackpot! Pick 4 is no exception, as the state has seen some of the biggest Pick 4 prizes ever won.

While the top prize in Virginia Pick 4 is advertised as $5,000, players in the state have discovered a way to win even more by purchasing multiple ‘Straight’ plays on a single ticket. 

This strategy is popular among Pick 4 players, allowing them to play the same four numbers multiple times. If their numbers match in exact order, the top prize is multiplied by the number of plays. 

There’s really no limit to how much can be won in Pick 4. Read on to find out the biggest prizes that've been won in Virginia!

September 27th 2022 - $1 million

Ali Ghaemi of Alexandia is our highest documented Pick 4 winner who pocketed an astounding $1 million in a single draw! Ghaemi, a retired real estate investor, achieved this incredible win by purchasing 200 plays on the same four numbers. 

He decided to go for the famous lottery strategy of picking his birth month and year, 0-2-6-5, which luckily came through, making him a millionaire overnight!

December 15th 2020 - $800,000

The winner of second biggest Virginia Pick 4 prize goes to Kwame Cross who achieved an incredible $800,000 after purchasing 160 tickets!

Cross Picked the four numbers 7-3-1-4 stating that he “just had a feeling”. When the numbers came up, in the exact order he picked them, he couldn’t quite believe it, claiming “this can’t be real!”

February 20th 2024 - $200,000

An Arlington man, named Wassihun Woldeamanuel, won $200,000 by playing the same number 40 times in a single drawing. He played ‘Quads’ at 4-4-4-4 to win the straight prize of $5,000. Quick maths shows 5,000 multiplied by 40 results in 200000 which is how this final prize was reached. 

When redeeming his winning tickets he confidently stated “I knew four is coming”.

June 8th 2021 - $200,000

Michael Raines, a dump truck driver of Petersburg VA, chose the numbers 1-2-2-0 to commemorate the day of his mothers passing. When the numbers came through Raines commented “it’s like she was looking out for me.” He went on to say “I knew it was going to come. I just didn't know when”. 

Raines purchased the winning tickets at Little Food Market and now has $200,000 to his name!

May 9th 2018 - $200,000

This incredible Pick 4 win goes to Warren Blackwell, a retiree who picked the number combination 1-9-3-3 through his wife's decision (it was the year her mother was born). Once Blackwell’s wife had stopped entering those numbers, he decided to give it a go saying “I had a feeling that those numbers would hit soon, so I decided to start playing them.”

He was so confident that he decided to play those numbers 40 times in one go. They finally came up in that order, winning the Northumberland County man an astounding $200,000.

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