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Rocky Mount woman wins $100,000 in Virginia Lottery game

She had the computer pick her numbers for her

Doris Wright posing with her $100,000 check. (Virginia Lottery)

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – That’s one happy retiree right there!

Doris Wright matched all five numbers in the Sept. 22 Cash 5 drawing.

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She bought her ticket at the Sheetz on Old Franklin Turnpike and had the computer randomly select her numbers, 2-7-10-16-26.

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With her $100,000, Wright plans to get some work done on her home.

Cash 5 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m. andtThe odds of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256.