Lottery Ticket Given By Son Wins Vienna Woman $1 Million

VIENNA, VA — Maria Roldan’s son was going to miss the Powerball drawing when he went on vacation, so he gave his mother his Powerball ticket. That proved to be a lucky million-dollar choice for the Vienna woman.

The realization of winning $1 million hit when Roldan and her son took the ticket to the Virginia lottery's Northern Virginia customer service center in Woodbridge.

"You are kidding, right?" her son told the Virginia Lottery.

But it was true. Roldan won the only $1 million prize in the March 11 Powerball drawing by matching the first five winning numbers. The winning numbers were 1-3-7-16-66, and the Powerball number was 5.

If the ticket had matched all six numbers, it would have won an estimated $532 million jackpot. The jackpot ultimately grew to $1.3 billion and was won by an Oregon lottery player.

Roldan's $1 million ticket came from the 7-Eleven at 2242 Gallows Road in Dunn Loring. The location gets a $10,000 bonus by selling a $1 million ticket.

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Since a winner was found for the $1.3 billion jackpot, the prize reset and now stands at $129 million for Wednesday's drawing. The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The chances of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 25.