A Virginia family affected by the federal government shutdown isn�t feeling the pinch like others who aren�t getting paychecks.

Carrie Walls of Ashburn won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery�s special drawing. The lottery says she picked up her winnings Friday of a Ford Expedition at a Loudoun County dealership and a $100,000 check. There were over 550,000 entries in the drawing.

The drawing happened last month, before the government shutdown. Still, a lottery release has Walls saying the cash prize was particularly timely because her husband is a federal worker currently furloughed in the shutdown. His name wasn�t released. Walls herself spent over a decade in the U.S. Air Force.

(AP)