RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – A Virginia man received a $1 million lottery prize after profitable a $2.5 million prize seven years in the past in December of 2014.
Michael Worsham scratched off the profitable ticket on the sport known as, Excessive Hundreds of thousands, on the 7-Eleven situated at 1488 Butts Station Highway in Chesapeake. Excessive Hundreds of thousands options prizes starting from $30 to $10 million, together with a $1 million second prize. The $10 million prize is the biggest prize supplied in any Virginia Lottery Scratcher sport.
“I assumed possibly I’d received 100 {dollars},” he instructed Lottery officers as he redeemed his profitable ticket. “I checked out it once more and stated, ‘This can be a million!’. Worsham is a small enterprise proprietor and he stated he plans to spend money on his winnings and deal with his kids.
Worsham had the selection of taking the total $1 million over 30 years or a one-time money choice of $657,030 earlier than taxes. He selected the money choice. The shop will obtain a $10,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery for promoting the profitable ticket.
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