Virginia Man did not realize he had won $ 2 million in mega millions of lottery

A man recently won a life -changing sum of money in Mega millions of lottery – And he originally didn’t even know.

John Willis from Chester, VA., Won $ 2 million after buying a ticket for the drawing on April 29, June 27 press release From Virginia Lottery.

“Hi, someone won on the little bodega!” Willis said only when he found out that someone in his area had won the draw, according to the publication.

He said that his girlfriend then made him check his own ticket from Bodega, at what time he discovered that he was in possession of the winning ticket.

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According to the release, Willi’s ticket matched the first five numbers in the draw, only missing the final Mega ball number. Usually this would have meant a winning of $ 1 million, but Willis had spent an extra dollar for the “Megaplier” option, which doubled the price to $ 2 million.

As for the figures he chose?

Willis used “Easy Pick”, which allows the computer to randomly generate a series of figures on the ticket, according to the publication. Virginia Lottery also stated that Willis had a 1 of 12,629,232 chance to win that day.

Willis had the only ticket across the country that matched the first five digits in the large drawing. Had his ticket matched all the six digits, he would have won an estimated $ 70 million.

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Mega Million tickets cost $ 5, and all Virginia Lottery gains go to finance K-12 training in the state. Virginia schools received more than $ 934 million from lottery funds in 2024, Per Virginia Lottery’s Official website.