Cleaning out the closet had a huge payout for one lucky woman.

Alfreda Hawkins stumbled upon a box in a closet in her home with Virginia Lottery tickets.

Hawkins started scratching the tickets, and one of them revealed a $100,000 prize.

‘I almost passed out!’ she told lottery officials.

‘It was amazing!’ The ticket belonged to the $100,000 Extreme Cash game. She had purchased it at a Shop & Go convenience store at 1627 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Richmond. It was not clear when.

Hawkins has not yet figured out what she will do with her new fortune, according to the Virginia Lottery last Thursday.

She was pictures smiling and holding a larger-than-life green Virginia Lottery check with her name, $100,000, and the date of September 12.

Hawkins landed the third and last prize for the Ex

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