Pawfect Payday ticket from Lanexa store delivers the game’s top prize

LANEXA, VA – A New Kent woman scratching a Virginia Lottery ticket beside her friend had a feeling she was holding a winner — then discovered her hunch was worth $125,000 when the ticket revealed the game’s top prize.

The winning Pawfect Payday scratcher came from Sunny Mini Mart at 15321 Pocahontas Trail in Lanexa.

The woman’s friend was with her when she scratched the ticket.

Before knowing exactly what the ticket held, the New Kent resident told her friend she knew she had won something.

She was right.

The ticket carried a $125,000 top prize.

The Virginia Lottery did not publicly identify the winner.

Virginia law allows lottery prize winners to remain anonymous, and the woman exercised that option.

Pawfect Payday offers prizes ranging from $5 to $125,000.

The New Kent woman’s win marks the second $125,000 top prize claimed from the game.

One $125,000 top prize remains available, according to the Virginia Lottery.

The odds of capturing the game’s top prize are 1 in 897,600.

Overall odds of winning any Pawfect Payday prize are 1 in 4.24.

Virginia Lottery profits support K-12 public education across the Commonwealth.

New Kent County received more than $1.6 million in lottery funding for K-12 education during the previous fiscal year.

During Fiscal Year 2026, the Virginia Lottery generated more than $914 million for K-12 education statewide, accounting for approximately 10% of Virginia’s total K-12 school budget.

For one New Kent woman, a simple prediction to her friend proved far more accurate than she could have known — the ticket in her hands held $125,000.

Key Points

• A New Kent woman won the $125,000 top prize from a Virginia Lottery Pawfect Payday scratcher.
• The winning ticket was purchased at Sunny Mini Mart, 15321 Pocahontas Trail in Lanexa.
• This was the second top prize claimed from the game, leaving one $125,000 prize still available.