Woman Who Won $150,000 in Lottery to Donate It All to Charity

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A Virginia woman won $150,000 in the lottery, and she plans to donate it all to charity

Carrie Edwards of Midlothian said she initially thought it was a “scam” when she received an email telling her to collect her “winnings”

Edwards plans to divide the money equally among her three favorite organizations

A Virginia woman just won $150,000 in the lottery — and plans to donate every penny to charity.

Carrie Edwards of Midlothian selected her numbers online and matched four of the first five of them— plus the Powerball number — on the Sept. 8 Virginia Lottery drawing, according to local news outlet WWBT . While this usually would have resulted in $50,000, Edwards had paid an extra dollar for Power Play, which tripled her winnings.

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