New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Talk about a lucky find. A woman in Virginia, United States, has won $100,000 after stumbling upon a box of old lottery tickets hidden away in her closet, Fox News reported.

The winner, identified as Alfreda Hawkins, was cleaning her house when she came across the tickets. Deciding to scratch them off, she realised that one of them - an Extreme Cash ticket - was worth the massive prize.

"It was amazing," Hawkins said in a statement shared by the Virginia Lottery, adding that the unexpected discovery left her almost speechless.

The winning ticket had been purchased from a Shop & Go convenience store in Richmond. Interestingly, this was also the last top prize available for the Extreme Cash scratch-off game, accordin...